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The high end graphics cards were $500 in 2011 too. Maybe your definition of high end has changed...
by mahyarm 10y ago
The high end graphics cards were $500 in 2011 too. Maybe your definition of high end has changed...
- frik 10y agoA nVidia GForce GT580 was less than $500 (like $400), and a mid-to-highend GT570 around $250. The same class of cards the GTX 1080 costs now $650-$700 and the GTX 1070 $450. "GTX 1070 prices start at $429 instead of $379, while GTX 1080 prices start at $649 (and if you actually want a card in stock, that’ll be $699). These are prices that are closer to last generations GTX 980 Ti/980 prices than they are 980/970, and it means that the actual GTX 1000 series price premium is much higher as it stands, at $100+ compared to the last generation. Given that these cards keep selling out, clearly there are enough buyers willing to pay these prices – it’s the free market in action – but it means NVIDIA’s MSRPs are for the moment an imaginary number." -- http://www.anandtech.com/show/10325/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-and-1070-founders-edition-review http://www.anandtech.com/show/10325/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1... Fact is computer components got more expensive, as less people buy a PC. It correlates with the stagnation of single core performance of Intel/AMD (aka no need to replace a years old PC at all) and the less than inviting situation that Microsoft introduced with Windows 8 and continues even more aggressive with Windows 10. The users simply buy an iOS or Android tablet and a Playstation 4 to prevent continues frustration.