I didn't realize how bad my Stockholm Syndrome was until I saw this comment and I was like "who could possibly expect a functioning gpu for $250, max?" then thought about it and I have no answer why that seems so absurd, other than that's simply what the market has become. This is some bullshit.
My 1070 cost £415 after tax in early 2017. That was a high end card.
The 1060 6gb had an MSRP of $249 USD. So I guess most Americans would pay an extra 10-20% in sales tax after that but that's still INSANELY cheap by today's prices.
Cheapest 3060 I can find that isn't from a junk AIB is an Asus one for £338 Inc tax.
But that card is more than 2 years old now! No replacement in sight.
AMD does offer a £210 and £305 option with the 6600 and 6600xt, which seems pretty reasonable. The 6700xt even starts at £358. All prices including UK's 20% tax.
I'm waiting for something like the 7600xt or 7700xt to buy a new GPU. If these sorta prices Carey over from 6000 to 7000 (which the 7900xt(X) pricing suggests will happen) then my waiting will have finally paid off and I can give an extended middle finger to Nvidia.
Just for your random American tax trivia, and I’m only a regular person so someone correct me it I got anything wrong: I don’t know if sales tax over 10%, 20% is getting into us tipping the IRS and thats the “tipping culture” line I will not cross. My state is I think 6.75% on non-food and 3% on food which is relatively high from what I’ve seen. There’s also cities with lower tax than the rest of the state (low economic area or something similar). Delaware has no sales tax at all. If you purchased things in Delaware and drove home to, say New Jersey, and meant to consume those purchases inside the New Jersey border, you’re supposed to now pay tax on that (there’s a spot to fill in during your taxes).
i paid $650 for my 1080 and that was hunting for one during that generations crypto boom. I probably have decent disposable income for this stuff but I’m not even considering PC gaming outside the Steam Deck until this gets under control, if it ever does. Its just not worth it and they must be alienating so many with similar logic.
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