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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Even at MSRP, the 20 and 30 series cards are stupidly priced. With the 20 series, they bumped the prices a whole goddamn tier — the x70 used to be $330, the x80 $500, the x80 Ti $700, and the prosumer Titan $1,200. Everyone complained about how overpriced the 20 series was because it didn’t have the gen over gen performance gain that they expected. Well, then they came out with the 30 series that resumed the normally expected performance improvement, but they kept the insane prices, and somehow it was a “good deal”. Then prices went insane with scalping, and MSRP looked “cheap”. Now, they have gone completely insane with prices. The 4080 really ought to be the 4070 by all accounts. Just a few years ago, that x70 would have been $330, but now they are trying to sell it for Titan prices, basically a goddamn 300% increase. Similarly, this new 4070 Ti is apparently more of a 4060, a tier which used to be $200, which they have again fucking quadrupled the fucking price over 5 years to $800. Nvidia can GTFO with this bullshit. If they want to claim inflation, I can see this 4070 Ti being worth like $300, and even $400 *might* be okay, but $800. Get the fuck outta here.
gpt
Inflation is such a tired excuse, there’s no way that NVIDIA should ever use that tired line to excuse their price gouging.