This beefy RTX 3080 Ti 'deal' is evidence that GPU prices are coming back down to Earth

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We're always on the hunt for great deals here—the sort of thing that will actually save our dear readers some money on the PC gaming hardware they really want. That means we've not been able to write about any graphics card deals in what feels like forever. At least not for two years for a half-decent deal, anyways.

But today the graphics card crisis appears to be easing. Not all that rapidly, but gently GPU prices are coming back down to their MSRPs. That's generally promising news for PC gamers because, while we're not out of the woods yet, it does mean GPUs, such as this Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming OC are available in stock for $1,530.

This is a card that was at one point listed on Amazon US for $2,999. I'm not sure if anyone paid that much for one, or that anyone even thought about it, but the market was so barren for capable GPUs that there is a chance someone did. Those were some truly dark times for PC gaming. 

We know people have been paying more than $1,530 for this card even fairly recently, though. This same model is going for $1,840 on Amazon and is listed as a "#1 best seller". Just head over to B&H and it's 17% cheaper.

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming OC | 10,240 CUDA Cores | 12GB GDDR6X | Latest Ampere architecture | $1,529.90 at B&HThe RTX 3080 Ti is the proposed king of GeForce gaming, and while the RTX 3090 is still a top buy for overkill PC builds, this is a GPU with serious 4K gaming intent. It's not a fantastic price in the grand scheme of things, but relatively speaking to today's pitiful GPU market, and considering its immediate availability, it's definitely worth a look.

Now is that a good deal for Nvidia's GA102-225 GPU and 12GB of GDDR6X memory? I guess it is, kind of. It's