Prior to the big cryptomining/ML hypes. Back then these highend-GPUs used to be prestige projects that mostly existed for the marketing of "We have the fastest

Prior to the big cryptomining/ML hypes. Back then these highend-GPUs used to be prestige projects that mostly existed for the marketing of "We have the fastest GPU!", the real money on consumer markets was made with the bulk of the volume in the mid-range.