Looks like prices are starting to settle very near where they were before the mining spike, but how smart is it to buy designs this old at that price? For $500 today, I want tech that is way better. For $800, I want something that holds 120 fps at 4K with max settings in DCS World for very little power/heat. For me, PC prices have been somewhat static. A solid box should be possible for $1,500 with at least double the RAM any current application uses and room to grow. I have typically bought mainstream gpus in the $200 range or last year's single gpu monsters in the $300 range. The 1080 GTX I got for $470 (including a very long delayed $30 rebate) is by far the most expensive card I have ever bought. I only spent that money to ensure I could support 4K and/or VR as best as possible with current tech. At the time, the 1080 Ti was pretty much twice the price for relatively little gain in performance. $750 for a Ti sounds good... but it is half the cost of my entire PC including its original gpu. If I saw a Ti for $500, I would consider snapping it up. It will be interesting to see the next gpu generation's performance and prices compared to the 1060/1070/1080 generation. Will AMD ever win another development cycle? The days of the Radeon 9700 Pro/9800 Pro and Athlon 64 had such positive effects on supply/demand/pricing for gamers. AMD's inability to compete has allowed intel to drive the cpu market and nVidia to drive the gpu market for far too long.
