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Eh... I build a new machine about every 4 years. $1000 is still a-ok as a price point.

$1000 on a new machine will get you running basically any new release at 1080p 60fps with only a little tweaking in the settings. I usually do 4k @ 60fps with medium/high graphics on my now nearly 4 year old rig, and it's FINE.

Don't buy these stupidly overpriced cards unless you have a really compelling use case (as in - you're using these commercially) or you're overflowing with cash.

Right now a good higher end machine clocks out at 1500 which is very comparable if you consider inflation.

And that will run games at 4K.

Tbf, $1000 in 2005 money is hair over $1500 in 2022 money. That $250 GPU would be ~$380 going strictly off inflation.