>>725660291
Again, it's not just them jewing us out of vram (though that too). 8 gig cards are a niche BECAUSE they can't 1girl. If you are just a gamer and you want a budget (-ish) new GPU that doesn't get swept off the shelves immediately, you get an 8 gig. If they only sold cards with 16 gigs or more, you'd just have a market where everything is scalped and all GPUs are too expensive, but for now the 8 gig cards are undesirable for the main consumer of GPUs, yet good enough for the gaming niche, so people can actually kinda afford them.