Well it was nearer $1.50 and it is now just over $1.30,so was around 15% stronger.
So that could easily add £150 to a £1000 monitor.
...but these post Brexit price increases came in when the pound was below $1.20 in the Autumn of 2016, now it's gone up by 10% to the $1.30 level, where's the corresponding reduction in prices?..nowhere.
As for Vega, the prices are $100 too high, end of story.
What is the incentive for someone like me looking to upgrade from a 970 to spend £450-£500 on one of these.
I'll be damned if I can think of one, oh yes I can, a £299-£399 price range.
Price is all Vega had going for it, being so late to market, and AMD have blown it.