Any speed benefits of the 4080 are gonna be worthless the second it has to cycle a model in and out of ram anyway vs the 3090 in image gen.
How is the halo product of a range the "sweet spot"?
I think nVidia are extremely exposed on this front. The RX 7900XTX is also 24GB and under half the price (In UK at least - £800 vs £1,700 for the 4090). It's difficult to get a performance comparison on compute tasks, but I think it's around 70-80% of the 4090 given what I can find. Even a 3090, if you can find one, is £1,500.
The software isn't as stable on AMD hardware, but it does work. I'm running a RX7600 - 8GB myself, and happily doing SDXL. The main problem is that exhausting VRAM causes instability. Exceed it by a lot, and everything is handled fine, but if it's marginal... problems ensue.
The AMD engineers are actively making the experience better, and it may not be long before it's a practical alternative. If/When that happens nVidia will need to slash their prices to sell anything in this sphere, which I can't really see themselves doing.
It's just as likely that AMD will raise prices to compensate.
Granted you could see a supply/demand related increase from retailers if demand spiked, but that's the retailers capitalising.
Because it’s actually a bargain second hand (got another for £650 last week buy it now eBay) and cheap for the benefit it offers for any professional who needs it.
3090 is the iPhone of AI, people should be ecstatic it even exists not complaining about it.
You're aware the 3090 is not the current generation? You can see why I would think you were talking about the 4090?