Nicehash Ad on TPU main site

trog100 · Mar 4, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
No, as the thread title directly states, it's about the Nicehash ad itself, not it's size or colour.

coiners and no coiners the animosity between the two camps aint gonna go away.. in fact as one lot get richer and the other lot get poorer it might even get worse.. he he

trog

Ahhzz · Mar 4, 2021

Keep the personal attacks out of here, guys, and stick to the topic. Debate the available facts and data, politely express your opinions, and follow the unwritten rule.

Don't make me write it. :laugh:

W1zzard · Mar 4, 2021

Slesreth said:
In addendum; Cookies are not used on TPU to track anything you do on TPU

Just to clarify, we use cookies for functional things like your timezone setting, to remember some search settings, the forums use cookies to save the login state

We use Google Analytics, but anonymize your IP, before it even reaches Google's servers

lexluthermiester · Mar 4, 2021

W1zzard said:
We use Google Analytics, but anonymize your IP, before it even reaches Google's servers

I still block it as a general rule in NoScript. Google Analytics never runs on my systems.

kapone32 · Mar 4, 2021

"I preclude all I am saying with the fact that I have had a few bevies today."

It really is sad that we live in a time where if you are a serious Gamer that you need to spend upwards of $2000 to build a mid range Gaming PC. It is also sad that mining is being blamed for something that is out of the hands of TPU or anyone for the matter. As I have stated before Bitcoin at $50,000 created a "gold rush" frenzy that meant that GPUs became once again a focus of the people interested in Mining coin.

The problem (oppurtunity) with Nice Hash and hence the affordability if Ad campaigns are feasible is the ease of use. Now that they have established mutual funds it is here to stay. Back on point though the people who are complaining the most are those who have saved the money in the expectation of 3000 and 6000 series cards and seeing that their gamble was right but not being able to get a 6800 or 3070 (totally dependent on Geography) for a decent price. The 6700XT has confirmed it $479 US is already a high asking price but nothing compared to what you currently pay for a 6800XT.

Unfortunately even now the PC space (which was always a luxury item) is being gentrified with compelling cards costing over $1000 (A great Gaming PC in 2016) and CPUs that are over $400. The problem is PC Gaming has always (until recently) been a niche space as anybody born past 1970 had to have parents (or access to) that could afford PCs to get into the them in the first place.

I really feel the angst stems from seriously disgruntled Gamers that want their fix but can't get it. The truth though is at the end of the day (unless you are affluent) you will be more than happy to be making dollars a day to pay back for the eye watering cost of modern GPUs. For those of you who are worried about this Intel (as I fall off my chair) will be your friend as I expect that they will be very aggressive with the price of their GPUs. I distinctly remember the 660P being 40 to $50 cheaper than every other PCIe 3.0 NVME drive available in Canada. As evidenced by Polaris Raja knows that if you want to sell cards price/performance is the key. If you doubt me realize that Polaris was AMD's best selling GPU chip since Tahiti.

At the end fo the day I want us all to just enjoy the fact that we are all enthusiasts and Mining is no more evil than Gaming so there is not need to rant on an ad that reflects the reality of the space.

milewski1015 · Mar 4, 2021

kapone32 said:
"I preclude all I am saying with the fact that I have had a few bevies today."

kapone32 said:
(as I fall off my chair)

Stay safe out there friend :toast:

Mussels · Mar 5, 2021

Anymal said:
FFS! Havent you heard for AdBlock?

we dont want to block the ads here. The goal is to make the ads nice enough that they dont need to be blocked, as TPU needs ad revenue to exist

W1zzard · Mar 5, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
I still block it as a general rule in NoScript. Google Analytics never runs on my systems.

Agreed, same here

kapone32 said:
Now that they have established mutual funds it is here to stay

Actually it looks like Nicehash will not be renewing. While we had the best conversion rate of all their "traditional" advertising, they say the conversion rate for their YouTube ads is still higher, which kinda makes sense given our audience and the audience on YT

r.h.p · Mar 5, 2021

W1zzard said:
Agreed, same here

Actually it looks like Nicehash will not be renewing. While we had the best conversion rate of all their "traditional" advertising, they say the conversion rate for their YouTube ads is still higher, which kinda makes sense given our audience and the audience on YT

the add has completely gone for me using ms edge

kapone32 · Mar 5, 2021

W1zzard said:
Agreed, same here

Actually it looks like Nicehash will not be renewing. While we had the best conversion rate of all their "traditional" advertising, they say the conversion rate for their YouTube ads is still higher, which kinda makes sense given our audience and the audience on YT

I don't think they needed to renew. The traffic that this thread created alone has done enough. In my opinion there are just as many Mining channels as PC channels on YT. I totally get what they did with this campaign though. As good as Nice Hash is it is still not as common as it will be after being on TPU. There are plenty of Enthusiasts that are not frequenting Youtube but may come to TPU once a week. I still stand by my support for the ad (as bold as it was) and TPU as to me you guys should be inert when it comes to opinions on aspects of entities that are realities in the PC space. Mining has been added to the things we have been learning to do with our electronic brains.

W1zzard · Mar 5, 2021

kapone32 said:
I don't think they needed to renew [...] There are plenty of Enthusiasts that are not frequenting Youtube but may come to TPU once a week

By that logic we would run most campaigns for only one week, yet the overwhelming majority of our advertisers is running full year, with long contracts and they keep renewing every time.

kapone32 · Mar 5, 2021

W1zzard said:
By that logic we would run most campaigns for only one week, yet the overwhelming majority of our advertisers is running full year, with long contracts and they keep renewing every time.

Yes but we are talking about something totally different than most of those. Nicehash is not advertising anything for you to buy but offering a service but unlike Netflix the only cost of admission is your computer. It has the concept of "free money" associated with it so it really only needs exposure.

Selaya · Mar 5, 2021

Nicehash is very much selling a product (mining pools). It's just that their payment method for it is rather ... unorthodox?

Flyordie · Mar 5, 2021

I read through about 7 pages so if I miss something, sorry..

Yea, I sure as hell don't like bitcoin mining farms. I just also know TPU needs to keep the lights on, so if they wanna pay for an ad, Its alright by me. The way I look at it is this- Bitcoin miners paid TPU to allow us to talk bad about them. lol.

That said, I've been very tempted to do some mining on my GPU during the day on my Vega 64 just to make some spare $$ every month to put towards a new GPU down the road.

ppn · Mar 5, 2021

How can you talk bad about something called Nice, talk super nice.

And again you are not making money or earning, you are taking it from somebody. Same way Im "earning" 4% every 8% fluctuation of the market, You know how I know, because when I lose, I lose 12%. yeah the house always wins its 4%. Besides I havent figured out a way to get it out of there, so it is really useless money for now. At least I could buy myself a 3080Ti but CKing stopped accepting coins at some point.

lexluthermiester · Mar 7, 2021

W1zzard said:
Actually it looks like Nicehash will not be renewing. While we had the best conversion rate of all their "traditional" advertising, they say the conversion rate for their YouTube ads is still higher, which kinda makes sense given our audience and the audience on YT

That actually does make a lot of sense.

Hachi_Roku256563 · Mar 8, 2021

i will say half the adds on techpowerup i dont notice
i think haf of them are reviews that i dont care about

Anymal · Mar 8, 2021

Half is good, half is good.

Adam Krazispeed · Mar 8, 2021

yeah well my 6800xt just died (tdr failier BSOD) now when card get initialized My pc imediatly BSOD's or restarts ( and even give me an error beep (from MB)
BEEEEEEEP.... BEEP.BEEP???

$1100USD OFF EBAY ONLU USED PLAYING THE DIVISION 2 FOR 3-4 MONTHS?? BOUGHT DEC 29TH 2020, RECIVED JAN, 3RD 2021 AND JUST DIED AST NIGHT???

FUCK LIFE! NOW I CANT GET ANY GPU NOT EVEN A 3000 RTX SO ??

Mussels · Mar 8, 2021

Adam Krazispeed said:
yeah well my 6800xt just died (tdr failier BSOD) now when card get initialized My pc imediatly BSOD's or restarts ( and even give me an error beep (from MB)
BEEEEEEEP.... BEEP.BEEP???

$1100USD OFF EBAY ONLU USED PLAYING THE DIVISION 2 FOR 3-4 MONTHS?? BOUGHT DEC 29TH 2020, RECIVED JAN, 3RD 2021 AND JUST DIED AST NIGHT??? FUCK LIFE! NOW I CANT GET ANY GPU NOT EVEN A 3000 RTX SO ??

okay, warranty it.

And probably drink some alcohol.

Lots of alcohol. Nicehash advertising on TPU didn't kill it.

Anymal · Mar 8, 2021

You never know, its Radeon afterall.

Hachi_Roku256563 · Mar 8, 2021

Anymal said:
You never know, its Radeon afterall.

Radeon is not that bad now a days
anyone saying so i stuck in the past

Anymal · Mar 8, 2021

I know, just a saying.

yotano211 · Mar 8, 2021

W1zzard said:
Agreed, same here

Actually it looks like Nicehash will not be renewing. While we had the best conversion rate of all their "traditional" advertising, they say the conversion rate for their YouTube ads is still higher, which kinda makes sense given our audience and the audience on YT

I know what you're saying. I'm not saying anything further.

Vayra86 · Mar 8, 2021

ppn said:
How can you talk bad about something called Nice, talk super nice.

And again you are not making money or earning, you are taking it from somebody. Same way Im "earning" 4% every 8% fluctuation of the market, You know how I know, because when I lose, I lose 12%. yeah the house always wins its 4%. Besides I havent figured out a way to get it out of there, so it is really useless money for now. At least I could buy myself a 3080Ti but CKing stopped accepting coins at some point.

At least you're waking up. Now the rest...

You can get the money out though? Why not? I'd do it while you're still winning, tbh, its the only way to approach this. Get your investment back asap, see where the rest goes, maybe take out some more. until you hit some number you feel confident leaving there.

My GF works it that way

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