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$449 is still massively overpriced for a midrange card.
Prices will never come down to previous gen card prices. We’ve passed the threshold. NVidia will keep their prices high because there is significant demand for their chips outside of gaming and AMD follows in lockstep.
This is probably true, but it doesn't mean that individual, non-AI/crypto consumers have to accept it, and largely, they haven't been. All it takes is for Nvidia/AMD stock to drop from the overinflated prices for prices to come down.
And the stock dip is unlikely since they're doing gangbusters on the datacenter front. Nvidia has enough gas in the tank to weather the hit from low consumer Gaming sales.
I'll be holding onto my 1060 6GB until it croaks.
I'm still rocking an R9 380 w 2GB VRAM. Upgrading just isn't feasable for me since the midrange cards are all super overpriced.
They'll come down when the AI bubble bursts. Never say never.
NVIDIA has been struggling in recent years to find use cases for their graphics cards. That's why they're pushing towards raytracing, because rasterization has hit its limit and people no longer need to upgrade their GPU for that (they tried pushing towards 8k resolution, but that's complete BS for screens outside of cinemas). However, most people don't care about having better reflections and indirect lighting in their games, so they're struggling to get anywhere in the gaming market. Now NVIDIA is moving into other markets for their cards that don't involve gamers, and they're just left as an afterthought.
I don't think that this will ever change again. Games like DOTA, Fortnite and Minecraft are hugely popular, and they don't need raytracing at all.
I personally tried going towards fluid simulations for games, because those also need a ton of GPU resources if calculated at runtime (that was the topic of my Master's thesis). However, there have barely been any games featuring dynamic water. It's apparently not interesting enough to design games around.
Hopefully the last generation cards will drop some after the official launch. Sucks seeing rx6700-6800xt all hovering around $600-$900 here in Canada.
Ooof. I just bought a 6700xt for £240 and thought that was a bit too pricey.
Where ? Just seeing the 6700 XT for £350 on Amazon.co.Uk But for my old i5 7600k , the £240 mark would be better :)
It was used on eBay.
Ah got you .. (slightly jealous & sipping beer sound .. 😆 )
Bought a C$500 6750xt on Newegg a while ago, it still comes up for that price a lot.
Just remember you get Starfield for free so it's kind of like a $70 dollar savings. I personally wanted the card plus the game so it really works out as a win win. I think $430 for the 7800 XT sounds reasonable for, someo who hasn't upgraded since 2016 and currently has a rx480. It might be a midrange card but I honestly don't know what more I could ask for if it runs everything max at 1440 and most thinks 4k are 60fps or over.
No 449 is great for a midrange card. It's okay to not like spending money but this price is impressive.
No it's not. If it was $350 I'd be impressed, but even in this day that's $100 overpriced.