I cant believe people are excited at these gpu prices. And these are the same people that say Apple customers are sheep.
The 3060Ti is the equivalent of a 6700XT, not a 3070.
That being said, they are all still to high, but I digress, foolish people giving these retailers what they want for pricing is why we are here.
Humanity destroyed by humans.
When my friend posted in two enthusiast forums telling gamers that the only way they're going to stop being exploited is by only supporting a corporation that makes its primary mission creating and supplying gamers with hardware (rather than table scraps at ridiculous prices) — he was met with all sorts of excuses.
They included claims so wild, so nuts... One claimed that it's easier to create the equivalent of Google from scratch than to create a gamer-oriented GPU firm. It was all nonsense but that's how it is. Either the people are sheep or they're astroturfers from AMD and Nvidia pretending to be enthusiasts.
As Einstein said... doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different outcome is insane. Yet, that's what gamers do every time there is one of these crypto cycles. They continue to waste their energy hoping that AMD and Nvidia will become their friends.
Intel chose to pile on, after being part of the problem for decades by refusing to offer anything. It is going to contribute to the TSMC crunch, which won't help pricing. So, Intel is not going to be the solution. That company is far too concerned with fat margins. What gamers need is a leaner hungrier firm that won't try to milk them so much. It can be done. It takes effort.
AMD competes directly against PC gamers by propping up the parasitic console grift. But instead of being willing to recognize that, people express outrage when it's pointed out. I suppose they invested in AMD stock. Meanwhile, it has become fashionable to condemn Nvidia. All of this sort of thing is counterproductive. People should put their energy into actually solving their problems.