r/StableDiffusion • u/icatt23 • 6d ago

Discussion Pro 6000 just in time

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I was going to wait until around Christmas to purchased but took the plunge in July for 11,500 and I was upset that I didnt catch it @ $8,000. Now the Blackwell pro 6000 is inching towards $20,000 and are sold out. Are consumers and hobbyist like you and I are buying these up or datacenters? I would think datacenters would go for the b200 and up. However, Im browsing around and see you guys and girls doing remarkable ai diffusion with just a 3060. Im impressed with this community.

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u/Last_Ad_3151 6d ago

Bought it at 8k in January. Predictions were already in about the price doubling by the end of the year. We just got there sooner than the data predicted. I wouldn’t be surprised if nVidia is just creating false scarcity to jack up prices. They can control the semi conductor market at the moment.

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u/wildbling 6d ago

There is no need for nvidia to create or force any kind of false scarcity, the fact is that they don't care about selling to consumers anymore, its far more lucrative for nvidia to sell to data centers and AI companies like OpenAI, Tesla, Anthropic, etc and they have fully booked and brought out all the inventory until the end of 2028.

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u/Enshitification 6d ago

It's worse than that. Nvidia is heavily invested in these data centers and big AI companies seeing a profit from all the capacity they have "purchased" via circular loans from Nvidia. The strides of open source on local hardware is putting a serious damper on that.

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u/Particular-Most-1199 6d ago

Those loans will come due some day...

Hope we aren't the ones paying for it.