Even the lower of "high-end" is starting to look awfully pricy and don't have reasonable future proof memory amount. I might be interested in reasonable GPU for gaming in 600-700€ range, already up from previous 500, but it should have 16GB of ram. As 8GB is seemingly low already in some games...
I sincerely think consumer GPUs are going the way of the sound card: Integrated into the CPU for most price brackets, with discrete options remaining only for those with specific needs (professional/enterprise) and people who don't need to ask how much something costs.
Of the latest generation Intel has a model you can grab new for $99, AMD $270, and Nvidia $280. I think that covers low and mid range pretty well, even filtering to only the absolute latest generation.
The big pinch on low/mid range for me was during the shortage period but that's long gone.
The cards at those prices are quite scrawny, and arguably poor value for the performance. Even accounting for inflation, ~$275 bought you physically beefy GPUs in previous generations.
Ekaros|2 years ago
Dalewyn|2 years ago
zamadatix|2 years ago
The big pinch on low/mid range for me was during the shortage period but that's long gone.
brucethemoose2|2 years ago
Everything has just moved up the pricing ladder.