Quote from: Imglidinhere on March 19, 2021, 18:49:49
Does anyone else remember when an "entry level GPU" used to cost only around $100-150?

$350 for the high end of their "entry level" line... absolutely retarded.

$50 says that Nvidia and AMD are price-fixing the market to maximize profits.

Came here to say the same thing. I'd like to take a moment to thank all the Nvidiots who lapped up Titan, xx80Ti and RTX GPUs, and made it painfully obvious to the financial bods at both Nvidia and AMD that a huge section of the market would bear these obscene costs, leaving the low-end buyers to fumble around with last-gen (or the gen before that) tech.

Quote from: Imglidinhere on March 19, 2021, 18:49:49
Does anyone else remember when an "entry level GPU" used to cost only around $100-150?

$350 for the high end of their "entry level" line... absolutely retarded.

$50 says that Nvidia and AMD are price-fixing the market to maximize profits.

Yeah, no matter how you twist it, $350 isn't "entry-level" and won't be for another half century if inflation continues at current rates. Prices and availability are both insane right now, but $350 is solidly upper mid-range no matter what. The RX 6700 XT at $480 is firmly high-end. The only current-gen GPU deserving the mid-range moniker is the $329 RTX 3060 ... if it was available anywhere near those prices, that is. Entry-level is below $200, and ideally closer to $150 or below as $200 is historically the lower mid-range sweet spot for GPU pricing.

I really hope things calm down a bit in the coming months.

Pricing is not guaranteed, and who says this is their entry line? So this might be $300 MSRP, and there will be cut N23 cards a tier lower for real midrange. Then- Navi24 seems to be perfect for entry tier 4GB cards.

Does anyone else remember when an "entry level GPU" used to cost only around $100-150?

$350 for the high end of their "entry level" line... absolutely retarded.

$50 says that Nvidia and AMD are price-fixing the market to maximize profits.