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Hardware

that $150 datacenter GPU won't just plug in and work — here's what it actually takes

MI50s and P40s are cheap because they were built for server racks, not your desk, and the gap between cheap and working is where most people give up

Ravi Malhotra · Aug 4 · 6 min

Hardware

a $150 datacenter GPU has more VRAM than a $2,000 Nvidia card — here's the real catch

The AMD Instinct MI50 32GB sells used for $120-250 with more VRAM and bandwidth than most 2026 consumer cards. AMD just made owning one a lot riskier.

Ravi Malhotra · Aug 4 · 7 min