I.d.k. why i thought that Euclid, and perhaps also others, were around Plato
There was an Euclid that was a pupil of Socrates. He was a friend(and classmate i guess) of Plato.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid_of_Megara
And dont worry, it wasnt just you who was confused
"Editors and translators in the Middle Ages often confused him with Euclid of Alexandria when discussing the latter’s Elements. "
The only thing keeping 4080(and 5080) cards “reasonably” priced is the fact that they only have 16GB, therefore they arent that good for ai shit. You dont need more than 16gB vram for gaming. If those cards had more vram, the ai datacenters would pick them up, keeping their price even higher than it is.