> flagship at $1000+ than multiple basic cards at $150 Those aren't even the same market segment. The type of person buying a flagship card would not even be

> flagship at $1000+ than multiple basic cards at $150 Those aren't even the same market segment. The type of person buying a flagship card would not even be considering a basic card and vice-versa. Also, a part of me used to get frustrated at the existence of the "basic" cards, like the GT 1030. I've seen more than one person wanting to build a gaming PC and see a budget card like that and think they're getting a current-gen card without knowing that the budget cards are horrendously underpowered. For example, the GT 1030 is about the speed of a GTX 470, a mid-grade card from 7 years before it. Maybe some people are fine getting that weak of a card, but if that's all you need, I'd question if you even need a discrete GPU.