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hinch said:

vivster said:

Meh. Not sure if I would've considered the 2080 high end even when it came out 2 years ago. The 2080ti still comfortably outperforms it by a good margin. Prices are a bit warped since the cards are already that old. The "end" in "high end" should mean something and when there is something after that "end" that is significantly stronger and still scales about the same on price/performance then what you have is probably not the "end". For example I would consider the highest non-Titan GPU as high end since it is very close in performance to a titan(the actual end) but it's way way cheaper. We'll see how expensive the new high end is but I doubt you'll be able to get it for under $1200.

I would also definitely not consider the picked CPU as high end. Let's call it elevated midrange because "low high end" sounds incredibly stupid.

Amd and Intel have their low (i3, R3) mid (i5, R5), high end (i7, R7) enthusiast ranges (i9, R9) This hasn't changed in the years I've been gaming on PC. Same with goes for GPU manufacturers. There are always high end range with one SKU that is the creme de la crop.

GTX 980 and 1080 was high end. And 980Ti/1080Ti was their TOTL cards for consumers, outside Titans. I wouldn't call an i7 or XX8X series mid range by any metric

This is first time I've heard someone say RTX 2080 was mid range. Its just weird concept to me O_o

It's simple, really. The high end isn't high end anymore when a higher end is introduced. That's why we don't consider a 980ti high end anymore. The i7 stopped being high end when the i9 was introduced.

In the end it's how you want to define it. For me high end is the highest end. Of course it's weird to call a 2080 midrange but feel free to invent a new name for it. You yourself are using a tier that's above high end so you can put a 2080 in high end. But that kinda betrays the "end" part of the descriptor.