[evol262]

> I'm not a GPU expert: what other characteristics other than performance are there to consider when deciding value? Intuitively, it seems like if something is twice the performance and less than twice the price, it is a great value.

It's not a great value when it's nearly twice the price and double the performance two years later. It has been reasonably common to get 50% or more performance increase between generations for the same price, and rebranding a XX70 as a "4080 12GB" to increase the price doesn't change that. It's also unusual for a XX80 to be "nearly double the price" even a generation later.

The pricing is out of line with what would historically be expected, as is having a completely different die.