Yes..but only slightly..

Rx 7800 xt here is around 2.7 to 2.8k

Won't be cheaper as Radeons are price skewed outside of USA. This what Techspot(HUB) has stated:
"Then there's pricing and right now the US MSRP is heavily in AMD's favor. The Radeon 7800 XT is $100 more affordable, a comfortable position that translates to a significant 17% discount. This makes the Radeon GPU the obvious choice in our opinion as it offers a lot more value.

However, this might not hold true universally. Outside of the US, the Radeon's pricing can be less competitive. For example, in Australia you can easily purchase an RTX 4070 for $890 AUD, whereas the most affordable 7800 XT costs just $10 less at $880 AUD. So, the 7800 XT and RTX 4070 occupy the same price point in Australia and this is true for many other regions we checked.

To be a more attractive purchase outside the US, the Radeon 7800 XT should be priced at least 10% lower than the RTX 4070. It's disappointing to see the 7800 XT offering great value in the US but not as much in most other regions. We hope this is just an early availability issue and pricing will correct shortly."

Many batch 1 products are marked up. Its not just 7800 XT. They expect early adopters to buy it fast.

Dont hope on that. AMD Msia is smoking strong weed that makes them think their Radeons are hot shits while they continue to rot on the shelfs. In USA, RX family are priced down one tier vs Nvidia RTX ie 6700XT priced cheaper than 3060TI but here it is still as expensive as a 3070.

And this stupidity continues with 7000series, while Nvidia took a backseat with 4000series AMD actually match them in product stagnation but for the saving grace of lowering their GPU family price point ie 7800XT is one tier below vs 6800XT.

RTX brand image is strong here even if 4070 loses FPS in nearly all games (except RT) the brand power meant it will be pricier than 7800XT.

i heard about that. AMD officially supporting FSR for VLC.

I did not test that. I much prefer MPV though i use this fork of it since it has more features
https://github.com/mpvnet-player/mpv.net

even if you want to save on space, wouldn't 720p be better? personally i do 1080p good enough for me. Works even better when using the mpv + anime4k glsl shader combo.

Not sure about 32'' so no comment on that. But moving up from 24'' 1080p to 27'' 1440p, i am content with it for desktop gaming pc. But to make anime mediaplayback good, i used mpv + anime4k, definitely worth it.

anyway i digress. feel free to create new topic if you want and ping me if you need further on this    i'm still tweaking but i more or less got it setup sufficiently good for gaming and mediaplayback.