Gigabyte 1070  selling for 700 at B&H, lucky to even find one.  Newegg has the 1070's starting at 850 going to 1000 and the 1060's not far behind for price.
  Radeon Vega starts at 1000.  Prices seem unbelievable to me.  Lots of very low priced older cards but I wouldn't want to use any of them.  Guess a shortage help the seller to clear the shelves.
Carl2

Looks like the trend of increased prices has trickled down to the low  end cards now. Remember that $30 card I bought a couple of months ago on Amazon? Well I just bought another one, same model, same specs, same supplier, NOT the same price. It was 50 quid this time!

but it will be here today, so I can get my four displays back. I'll just call it a win and suck it up.

So very happy for you 

Dave, hope the new card all works out for you.

When will this mining stop though, seriously it's very bad news for us normal PC owners and gamers 

  The new AMD Vega cards are selling for $1000, The Gforce 1080 with 11 Gb is selling for $1250.  Ridiculous prices, most people buy computers for half that price.  I keep hearing that prices will settle down but haven't seen that happening over the past few months.  the worst part is that it's like a car as soon as you buy it it is worth half the price.
Carl2

The new card is working well, and I'm beyond chuffed that I'm back to four displays.

All I can say about the price of graphics cards is that they won't drop till the "bitcoin bubble" bursts, and who knows when that will be...

  I just came across a Geforce GTX 285,  I'm not familiar with the outputs  but I found a connector at Newegg that should get me to the monitor,  It also has a 2 pin connector that goes some where in the computer  and two 6 pin connectors to the PS.  Guess I could use it till I can get a newer one.  Filled with dust, I have to open it.
Carl2

The GTX 285 was a great card in it's day, still pretty good considering it's 8 years old now, but the main drawback is it's shader type, it only supports up to DirectX 10, where as your onboard graphics supports DirectX 10, 11 and 12.

It's also a hungry card for power consumption taking 180 watts 

Personally I think the onboard is better.

  Well I was able to open it up, it has a blower motor, blades covered with dust, inlet to the heat sink 80 to 90 % covered with dust, thermal compound close to dried and hard.
  To get Direct X 12 I have to go to the 1050, MSI, 75 W 4 GB mem $250.
Rather strange 3 new and no reviews for it. 
Carl2

  The GTX 250 is all cleaned and put back together,  I left a lot of screws out since it needs new thermal paste.  I'm kind of curious about it, don't plan on using it.  Not sure what to do about a card for the coffee lake, it feels like your being robbed buying a card at twice the price than it originally sold for. 
Carl2

Ask yourself what you need the GPU for then go from there is my advice. It sounds like, from your usage, you may as well save the money and use on-board; unless you plan on doing graphics work or play the more demanding of modern games.

  I just go by "this computer will have a graphics card" and go from there.  In my early days with computers I ran across programs that said I can't do that and thought I should have bought a better version of the program.  I actually don't know what I'll be doing but if I decide to do or try something I want the computer to be able to do it.  It's very frustrating to look for cards that are not in stock and prices that are double the original cost. I waited a year or two for the coffee lake release,  maybe I'll do that with the card.  Nvidia is going to the Amperage but AMD's Vega is selling for $1000 and higher so maybe this is a price increase.
Carl2

Quote from: Carl2 on February 21, 2018, 13:51:21 PM
I actually don't know what I'll be doing but if I decide to do or try something I want the computer to be able to do it. 

Than you should be fine with the onboard graphics, it's not like in the old days when the onboard didn't support 3d acceleration, now it fully supports it up the latest standard.  As I've said before the onboard  is now better than an entry level graphics card. Really it is Carl 

EDIT:
However if you are still not convinced, and I don't think you are, then the GTX 1030 could be an option, it supports the latest standards like the onboard does but is faster:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2F85VV1064   

You can get the same card from Amazon for a few dollars less, and might be able to send a penny or two Data's way, Carl.

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-PH-GT1030-O2G-GeForce-Phoenix-Graphics/dp/B071JV26GH/ref=sr_1_2

  Really not a big thing since I do have the onboard graphics but lots of people are pretty upset about the current situation.  As I mentioned tis frustrating to see not in stock and not available in Worcester.  I didn't even know how really bad it was till I read this article.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ethereum-effect-graphics-card-prices,34928.html
  The best example would be the new AMD Vega meant to sell for $400 is being sold for 1000..  According to the article the 1030 should sell for 70, Thanks for the info Dave, I was able to copy and post my thread.
Carl2