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Re:PC Shipments Plunge Nearly 20%, Steepest Drop in More Tha... by andrewmcwatters on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @11:54AM (#33164915)
Just adding another data point here, but for those who game on a PC, the GPU market was upside down for a while. It was cheaper to buy, say a Dell XPS, than build your own PC for a period of time.

Then prices plummeted, and all returned to normal. Not sure if it plays much of a factor, but it did for me when I was determining whether or not to buy or build.

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Re:PC Shipments Plunge Nearly 20%, Steepest Drop in More Tha... by PeterStuer on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:02PM (#33165792)
If by 'normal' you mean the 'new normal'. Prices on new GPU's might feel like a bargain compared to the Cryto/Covid/Generational perfect storm of the last 3 years, but they remain high compared to what a decent mid-range system used to be at, even accounting for inflation.
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Re:PC Shipments Plunge Nearly 20%, Steepest Drop in More Tha... by andrewmcwatters on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:56PM (#33168437)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti $699 (2016), ~$862.57 (2022)[1][2]

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti $899.99 (2022)[3]

*$200 GPU price point:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super $209.99 (2022)[3]

[1]: https://benchmarks.ul.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GTX+10...

[2]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070...

[3]: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MHTVDAyU7i8oXYAlmGPE...

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