https://wccftech.com/high-end-graphics-card-price-levels-nvidias-gtx-1080-ti-going-for-1599-and-amds-vega-64-for-2099/

2017 saw GPU pricing becoming a pain in the neck with AMD’s Vega graphic cards and it looks like 2018 is all set to make last year’s pricing look positively cute. AMD’s Vega 64, which has an MSRP of $499 was easily available at the $599-$799 mark in the months following release is now floating at roughly $2100 while as the NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (specifically the EVGA FTW3) is going for as much as $1600 which is significantly over the price of $799-$899 that we have seen it sold at in the past.

Interestingly, the reason behind the price gouging of both products is different. AMD’s Vega 64 is simply a beast at XMR mining. If you remember our XMR mining article on Vega 64, it can actually outperform the Volta powered Titan, at 2100 H/s. This means that pricing of $800, you will be able to make the card pay for itself (and the electricity it consumes) in just over 4 months. That’s an insanely good deal for miners all over the world so the retail price was bound to go upwards till it reached a more industry standard metric of roughly 1.5 years of ROI.At $1800-$2100 it will take you roughly over a year to break even.