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    1. It’d be more worthwhile to examine more than just the “80-series” since they fill a different niche than they used to (1080ti / 2080 ti were the highest end). It’s also shifted upwards by the rise of crypto, machine learning, and other applications rather than being primarily used for video games.

      Regardless, it seems NVIDIA realized that there will always be a sizeable market for the highest end, no matter how much they charge for it. Even as graphical improvements becomes increasingly redundant.

      Also would be good to inflation adjust this chart, since there’s about 70% inflation from 2003 to present.

    2. I like the chart, although for the last ~5 years, the launch price has seemed pretty irrelevant to the experience of buying a new Nvidia card. The damn things seem impossible to find.

      The 5080s are out now, but I didn’t even bother hoping to somehow acquire one of those, I thought now would finally be the time to get a 4080, but this too has been a journey in bullshit. I finally found one on Amazon for $3,200, which simply never arrived. Thanks for the refund Amazon! Waste of fucking time.