Nvidia cut shipments to AIBs to effectively set pricing where they want it for the next launch. It appears that it is still going to take more than that to get people to move to AMD. Although if I'm being honest I think the AIB cards for NVidia are better looking cards than the AMD variants. For instance the EVGA FTW3 cards are Nvidia only. I've been holding out for either the 3070 to drop to ~300ish (which I no longer see happening) or the 3080 to drop below $500ish (which probably won't happen either). If they don't drop I will certainly be looking at AMD for my next card.
- Current Gen's XFX cards are honestly some of the nicest looking cards I have ever seen in my entire life bar none.
XFX has generally put out some really clean designs over prior years as well.
I'd generally say MSI (for either side) and Zotac put together some solid looking cards as well. EVGA used to be solid, but some of their current designs are just goofy as hell.
That current gen EVGA card with the weird offset middle fan that makes the card look like its curved is honestly one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. I actually underbid on those cards by a lot just because they're so damn ugly.
If you're looking at used cards, 3070's are solidly in the 300's and 3080's are solidly in the $500's which IMO is still a bit too much for used cards and they can stand to be $100 cheaper, but there you have it.