[PeterStuer]

Learning from crypto, a GPU's life foes not end because it fails, althougg ofc that happens, but because an alternative comes along that makes running the old equipment no longer power efficient under the new market conditions.

[thhfgujgik5]

Except, there's no real secondary market for SXM cards.

[PeterStuer]

There are plenty SXM to PCIe adapters and I do expect these to keep up with newer generations as demand surfaces. But apart from homelabbers, will there be enough demand to have a reasonable secondary market outlet? The scenario after all is either a 'bubble burst' meaning thete will be oversupply of new gen, or tech advances rendering previous gen commercially obsolete in a commodity market. The latter you can compare to 2 gen old server equipment on eBay. That is going for 10% of original rather than 50-70%, so basically a full writeoff.