A 4-year-old RTX 4080 now costs $1,500, and the AI community is laughing at the pricing
yacineMTB · x · 2026-09-04
Game developer Jonathan Blow called out the RTX 4080 — a GPU released four years ago — now retailing for $1,500, and the post got widely mocked and shared in the AI community. It's the latest sign of how AI-driven GPU demand keeps pushing graphics card prices to absurd levels.
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