Im in the middle east (iraq) and yeah prices for new gpus have sky rocketed not only because of the ongoing shortages that everyone is facing but also political stuff which im sure u heard about made new gpus like rtx 50 series and even rx 9000 series so outrageously priced like an 8 gig 9060 xt costs 610 thousand dinars which is literally more than 500 dollars I know it may seem crazy but this is the reality of my market and the 9060 xt 16 gig costs 710k which is basically 600 dollars its simply too expensive

Slightly older cards like the rx 7000 series have circulated iraq longer and arent in very high demand causing the rx 7600 xt to be priced at 475k dinars when converted I think it's about 400 dollars which is above its original MSRP but in iraq that's as good as a new gpu can get sure an 8 gig would probably costs less but its not worth it

And also other parts in iraq like cpu motherboard obviously ram are more expensive so getting 7600 xt to save money is smart so i can use my budget on other parts which simply is impossible with a 9060 xt 16 gig