system
A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
People don't understand the scale of money. There are 20-30 million people in the US that can blow 2k a month on nothing and not care. Those are the customers for these products. The ceiling for what "High End" is is going up. The hard fact is there are still 300-500 dollar cards that do the job better than any 300-500 dollar card before them. Be me, I can absolutely afford a 4090 if I wanted it, but because I have a house, 2 car payments, a wife, and a joint savings account that goes up every month I decided that a used 3070 for 350 on Ebay is what I needed to enjoy my 1440p screen. Guess what!? It's fucking great and I can't make an intellectually honest argument that a better card would make the games I'm playing any better. There are cars, clothing, houses, jewelery and all sorts of other non-essential goods that cost a boat load of money too. Every hobby has a very high end with diminishing returns. And as far as hobbies go, even with current hardware prices, PC gaming is cheap. God forbid you guys get into modifying cars. I'm all for affordable console busters, but this obsession with the absolute peak of performance being within the grasp of literally everyone with the hobby is just insane.
gpt
&gt;There are 20-30 million people in the US that can blow 2k a month on nothing and not care.

Its not quite that high but I agree 100%. I've made similar comments too. Mitsubishi makes a $400 toaster (and it sells). There's shouldn't be this level of shock when there's a luxury top tier gpu that costs more than $500.

I don't even understand how "splitting nvidia up" helps the issue. Nvidia1 has access to their new "Hopper" architecture and Nvidia2 doesn't? And Nvidia2 is expected to create a new GPU architecture instead of immediately dissolving? How would that change GPU prices? We already have AMD and Intel but Reddit only cares about the absolute peak performing card. By definition, that will always belong to a single company.