In order to survive, GPU miners may rent rendering capabilities to PC game users

Miners using GPU mining machines have been hit hard by the current bear market. However, users who own GPU miners may soon be able to put their lower-capacity GPU mining hardware to another profitable use: renting out the high-performance rendering capabilities of mining graphics cards to users who want to experience high-quality PC games on low-power computers.

According to TechCrunch, Vectordash is seeking to allow users whose devices (such as Apple computers) are not suitable for playing games due to insufficient performance to experience high-quality PC games with the help of individuals who are willing to rent their spare performance for cloud rendering. This means that even users with a Macbook Air can theoretically game at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second because their internet bandwidth can handle these large amounts of data.

Although the idea is immature and sounds a bit unbelievable, it is not, but cloud rendering itself is not a particularly new thing. Sony launched a cloud rendering service on the PlayStation game console a few years ago - although it never took off. But Sony has proven that cloud rendering is a viable option for future games.

Vectordash’s service offers users cloud rendering capabilities for $28 per month. On the other hand, GPU renters can earn $0.60 per day, which is not life-changing money for anyone with the money to buy a high-performance GPU. Another reason is to make less profitable GPU miners useful again, which may help miners who have been decimated by the double blow of the bear market and ASIC miners.

The key to Vectordash, of course, is to provide payments to renters that are priced competitively with cryptocurrency mining returns - which shouldn't be too difficult considering that GPU mining returns are currently negligible.

The key for Vectordash, of course, is to offer tenants prices that are more competitive with cryptocurrency mining returns - which shouldn't be too difficult considering that GPU mining returns are currently negligible.

(Source: Caiyun Blockchain)