I can tell you from an investor standpoint that there are legit million dollar+ companies buying bulk cards for mining work and they are making money or trying to. So our $300-$800 only goes so far when it comes to bulk purchases from these companies and unless crypto comes to a grinding halt, I don't see the video card market being in our favor for ages. Especially taking into consideration the lack of support/low consumer and global confidence for this shitty US administration and their weakening US Dollar.. crypto seems to be where too many people are headed.
So we may have to bite the pillow when it comes time to grab a new card. My only question will be - will game devs care and shape games based on the supporting hardware? If BF2143 shows up, but 25% of the intended audience (wild number I made up) wants to play the game, but can't, what's the fallout?