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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Since the 4070 Ti is the big topic right now, it is worth attaching some comparative data to the *"it's just inflation"* argument:

* $329 on a GTX 970 to $379 on the GTX 1070

Cumulative inflation between Sept of 2014 and June of 2016 1.4% - Generational price increase 15.2%

* $499 for the 2070 Super

Cumulative inflation between June of 2016 and Jul of 2019 6.5% - Generational price increase 31.66%

* $599 for the 3070 Ti

Cumulative inflation between Jul of 2019 and Jul 2021 6.0% - Generational price increase 20.04%

* $799 for an RTX 4070 Ti

Cumulative inflation between Jul of 2021 and Jan 2023 9.9% - Generational price increase 33.4%

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Inflation is inflation; but at every opportunity, NVIDIA has been increasing pricing at a rate that outpaced inflation.

Though what this also says is that the *"every other generation is the better value"* method/theory holds true since the 1070 and the 3070 were better values than their direct predecessors (despite the price increase) and their direct successors.

In theory then, the 5070 Ti will be priced somewhere between $899~$950 and have a FE version available at that price which, yeah, still expensive, still higher in price, and still outpacing inflation; BUT it should technically be the better value proposition than the 4070 Ti.

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It sucks none the less, but if you really want to get the best value then you wait with what you have for as long as possible and then you buy odd numbered generations.
gpt
Glad you put numbers to the post.

The 3070 **was** inflated in price, but it's price to performance ratio as compared to the 2080, 1080/1080ti and AMDs offerings was pretty good. So it was pretty straightforward to justify.

I am pretty interested to see what comes from the next set of releases. While the raw core counts of the 4090, 4080 and even 4070ti are pretty staggering I'm interested to see if Nvidia will be put into a problematic situation with the VRAM and relatively slow busses compared to their 30 series counterparts.