Pre order ETA 12/10
Not the best price when compared to EOFY sales around late June. This model has dropped as low as $1629 at centrecom but that was only for a few days according to pcpartpicker price history.
Prices generally seem to be on the rise due to a weak AUD causing higher import costs which will eventually be passed onto consumers but ngreedia is the real reason these cards are expensive.
Retailers have recently been aggressive and have already begun pricing the 4080's towards $1900-2000 which appears to be the new 'norm' with few models under $1900.
Cheapest 7900XTX I can find is $1599 at PCCG so AMD is still the better price/perf value option but with the 4080 being $130 more a case can be made for it here.
Edit: Thank you mods for fixing up the pre-order and delivery in the title
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