I live in Canada and the cost of products the past year or so has been terrible. bought my GTX 980ti at launch, paid about a grand.
i'm not surprised at the cost, but for what people need to run it, and the cost, I feel that at this point, a nice monitor would be better. personally I am waiting on VR, and at this point am spending my money on a decent G-Sync monitor. especially with some lower end cards, G-sync/Freesync might be a bit better for lower end cards, especially until VR is a bit cheaper. I wouldn't be surprised in the coming years graphics vendors selling a VR/Video card bundle for a set price. idk.
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