alt Hacker NewsSure, eventually. Then in 2032, you can enjoy the raster performance that slightly-affluent people in 2025 had for years.
By your logic people should be snatching up the 900 and 1000-series cards by the truckload if the demand was so huge. But a GTX 980 is like $60 these days, and honestly not very competitive in many departments. Neither it nor the 1000-series have driver support nowadays, so most users will reach for a more recent card.
There's no zero-cost e-waste like that anymore, it was a once-time thing.
Also, it's not "a logic", it's not a cosumer recomendation. It was a fluke in the industry that to me, represents a symptom.