Actually, in Switzerland, an RTX 3070Ti starts around CHF520 (~ $580) and can climb up to more something like CHF900 (~ $1000) if not more.
a standard RTX3080 will compute slightly faster than my 2080Ti, and they start at CHF700 (~$780)
US dollars

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