Will you buy a RTX 5090?

[Macro Device]

Hmmm, what I owned...

Some Athlon Thoroughbred + iGPU. Died.
Celeron 1200 MHz (PIII based) + Riva or Vanta TNT2. Both died.
Celeron 1700 MHz (Willamette) + GeForce 4 MX 440 64 MB. Super dead.
Celeron 2800 MHz (Prescott, Socket 478) + GeForce FX 5200. Only the CPU survived. No idea where it is.
A dozen LGA775 motherboards + Celeron 2666 MHz (Prescott) + Celeron E3200 + Pentium E2180 + C2D E6550 and E6750; also E8400, E7200 and X5450. As for GPUs, I used 9500 GT, 9600 GT (x2; one is used to date), Radeon X1650 XT, X1950 GT, HD 3870, HD 4850. All but E6750 and 9600 GT are either dead or sold.
LGA1156 build with, IIRC, i3-530 as the first CPU and i5-750 as the second one. As per GPU, I used some Radeon GPU. Don't remember which one. Sold.
LGA1155 builds with G620, G2120, i5-2310, i5-2550K, i7-3770K + HD 5770, HD 6870, GTX 570. Sold everything.
LGA1151 builds with at least two i3-6100s + GTX 950 and R9 270. Sold everything.
LGA1151 rig with G4600 + R9 280X. Sold. Motherboard died.
LGA1151 build with Coffee mod (8600K) + GTX 1070 (gaming) / RX 470 8 GB (Hackintosh). Also used an R9 290 at some point. Everything was sold.
LGA1150 Hackintosh build (same RX 470; some i5). Also sold.
LGA1200 system (i3-10100F; later upgraded to an i9-11900 ES) + numerous GPUs (HD 7900 series; R9 280X; GTX 1070; GTX 1080 Ti). Today it rocks 10600KF + R9 380, other CPUs and GPUs are sold.
LGA1700 system (i5-12400F) + RX 6700 XT (bought 2 years ago, never upgraded).

The list is not exhaustive, I remember having some other stuff but don't remember what exactly and when exactly.

I previously wanted to jump it and buy a 5070 Ti but now I'm saving for my Africa tour so no, no 5090 for me. Will spend this money on whatever fun stuff I can find there. Once tired partying, I consider buying a 4080 and calling it a day.

 

[AusWolf]

@AusWolf Unfortunately, I begin to think that you are a hardcore troll. Your posts lose more sense by the day.

Do you disagree with me? That's fine. Just say what you have in mind. Throwing "you're a troll" around doesn't prove a point.

So who's the troll, hmm?

 

[Macro Device]

So who's the troll, hmm?

Me. Commencing eating humans.

 

[mtosev]

I'm considering getting the 5090 along with the new Threadripper series CPUs that are coming out later this year.

 

[Mindweaver]

Guys cool it with the Troll talk.

 

[Dr. Dro]

What!!?? Really??

Now you made me thinking....

Yup, and my plan to get the ROG Strix for resale value worked. $1100 USD liquid after platform fees. Managed to get so much because no PC shops in Brazil currently have stock of anything above the 4070 Super.

Shipping it to its new owner tomorrow. I'll be ordering the 5090 the moment they pop up here, I want a ROG Astral ideally but it'll depend on price and availability.

 

[unwind-protect]

Might do.

I have CUDA projects that might need the additional memory. I really like 2-slot cards. The new thing seems like a good fit.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I might pick up a 5090 if the Cuda performance is 25% better than my 4090. If the market drops on 4090's I'll have to see what the best return on my investment is. I don't think there is any power efficiency improvements over the 4090 in relation to 100% GPU usage 24/7.

 

[Tomgang]

Since i all ready have a rtx 4090. No i can't really see why i would go after 5090. Besides with a 5950X i would also have to big a cpu bottleneck as well.

Native performance on 5090 seems to be 15 to 35 % over 4090. Not worth spending 2000 usd + tax + i would need a complete platform change.

So yes i could seel the old stuff. But it would still be a fairly exspensive complete upgrade. Just for rtx 5090. No i stay with what i have now.

 

[Kovoet]

There is no game that needs that much power. The pricing has just got crazy. I used upgrade my PC every 6 months to a year with the top of the range items but now it's crazy

 

[JustBenching]

If it has a substantial performance upgrade over the 4090 while being limited to ~350w - sure, ill probably get one. If not, no point, 4090 can still get it done

 

[JohH]

I don't think so. My 4090 is good enough.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Ok here goes nothing:

5800x3d / 6800xt (current)
6600k / 980ti
Q9550 / GTX 460 -> HD 7950
E7500 / HD 4850
X2 3800+ / 7900GT
3500+ / X800pro
XP 2500+ / 9800pro
XP 1500 / 4600ti
Duron something/ GF2 MX400 (First real GPU)
Celeron Something / 3d Labs Permedia 2
???? / Trident Something

That's the whole history of my main rig at any given time. Was a real trip down memory lane.

I tend to swap vendors pretty frequently and technically my next card should be Nvidia, but I doubt it'll be anything from the 5xxx series and I doubt it will be new since I enjoy the deal hunting nowadays as much as I enjoy the PC gaming and building.

 

[Metroid]

5070 ti is looking good.

 

[Sound_Card]

Absolutely not. I will not buy overpriced hardware from Nvidia / AMD for many reasons. It's not practical or wise. I game on 2560x1080 and find this resolution the best for getting the most life out of one's hardware and enjoying ultrawide gaming. Most people that buy these graphics cards, especially the 3090, 4090, and now 5090 don't even game on them, they just stare at the screen analyzing their frame rate. They call it a hobby, but I call it consumer idiocracy. Especially since many of these consumers are purchasing on credit. If you don't have the money, don't buy it - not a hobby at that point, but rather an addiction.

I also don't care much for these new games coming out. Overproduced and unfinished. I'm enjoying the hell out of playing older games with AMD's VSR.

 

[djslam21]

if the price is same with my 4070 TI SUPER I will return it and buy 5080 Astral.

 

[N/A]

For me 5090 is a skip. 980 Ti to 2080 Ti 2.4X perf next is 4090 2.4X perf and then a 6090 48GB 16Angstroms no less.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

For me 5090 is a skip. 980 Ti to 2080 Ti 2.4X perf next is 4090 2.4X perf and then a 6090 48GB 16Angstroms no less.

-Yeah, I always aim for a 2-3x performance improvement on an upgrade as well.

It's nice when you can really feel the upgrade...

 

[Dr. Dro]

-Yeah, I always aim for a 2-3x performance improvement on an upgrade as well.

It's nice when you can really feel the upgrade...

I aim for 90-100% and NV has managed to deliver this generationally. This time, even if its only 30% over 4090, makes sense to me as I got the 80 SKU last gen

4080 + 30-40% = 4090
4090 + 30-40% = 5090
= +60-80%+ raster perf (likely to be 100% improvement in some cases, before DLSS 4 MFG factors in)
+ 2x mem capacity
+ 2x mem bandwidth
+ triple 9th gen NVENC (extremely efficient encoding)

that already makes it worth it for me

 

[remekra]

I'll be buying 5080, if the temptation to buy 9070XT and sidegrade from 7900XTX won't fade away. Was thinking to build ITX build with money saved, but we'll see.
Sold my 7900XTX so currently rocking 7800X3D iGPU and I bought one month of Geforce Now. As long as there are not too many particles flying it looks a lot better than I expected. And ping is 9-10ms.

 

[Vayra86]

"Only real gamers spend 10k" Jensen Huang

But I do / did easily spend 10K.

On games.

 

[[crs]]

I cannot remember all my CPU's: (these will not be in the correct order either)

Intel Pentium 1 100Mhz
Intel Pentium 2 350Mhz
AMD Athlon 1400 T-Bird
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (Thouroughbred or Barton cannot remember)
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (Barton)
Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz Northwood
Some form of Athlon 64, I know I had a couple just cannot remember models
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel i7 860
AMD Phenom II X4 965
AMD FX-8120 (Bulldozer)
Intel i7-3820
Intel i7 4790k
Intel Xeron E5-1650v2 (I went back to this platform after being diasppointed with the 4790k)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

I'm sure I missed a few.

Graphics cards, had way to many to remember them all:
Some really ancient PCi card that you could add memory to, think it had 4 slots total
S3 Trio
Geforce Riva TNT
Gefore Riva TNT2
ATi Rage 128 Pro (I still have this card)
Geforce 2 MX200
Geforce 4 Ti-4400 (Gainward Golden Sample (I still have this card somewhere)
Ati Radeon 9600 Pro
Im sure I've forgotten some here
Geforce 8800GTS 320Mb
Geforce 8800GT 512Mb
Geforce 9800GTX (This one died along with a thermaltake 750w toughpower psu, still annoys me to this day)
BFG Geforce GTX260 (I think this card went faulty hence the 275 below)
Geforce GTX 275
Geforce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD6850
Geforce GTX 770
Geforce GTX 1060 3gb
AMD Radeon RX480
Geforce GTX1080
AMD Radeon RX6800XT
Geforce RTX 4080 Super

 

[Audrey526]

Your GPU journey’s impressive—respect for starting with the Dell grind!

If I could have a GPU history, it’d be:GTX 750 Ti → GTX 1060 → RTX 3080 → eyeing the RTX 5090.

 

[Scattergrunt]

-Yeah, I always aim for a 2-3x performance improvement on an upgrade as well.

It's nice when you can really feel the upgrade...

For me in particular I aim for ~1.4x, or a complete resolution jump. The 1060 3GB to 2080S (which is what I've upgraded from - to) was about a 2.5x jump iirc but getting jumps like that are becoming way less common now due to the industry shifting it seems. To me anyway, anywhere between 1.4x and 1.5x is still pretty noticeable. Its only when your dipping into like 1.2x territory that you can hardly notice (at least, that's how it feels for me anyway)

I still remember when 1 generation to the other was a night and day difference. We simply don't get that sort of stuff anymore, for a variety of reasons of course. But still kind of disappointing none the less.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I aim for 90-100% and NV has managed to deliver this generationally. This time, even if its only 30% over 4090, makes sense to me as I got the 80 SKU last gen

4080 + 30-40% = 4090
4090 + 30-40% = 5090
= +60-80%+ raster perf (likely to be 100% improvement in some cases, before DLSS 4 MFG factors in)
+ 2x mem capacity
+ 2x mem bandwidth
+ triple 9th gen NVENC (extremely efficient encoding)

that already makes it worth it for me

-I think I should have also added the rejoinder: for roughly the same amount I paid for the prior card.

I've been a $300 gamer for ages now, no issues buying used. Snagged the 6800xt for $415, which gave me a 3x bump off my 980ti which I had gotten for $330, which gave me a 2x bump off my OC'ed to the moon 7950 which I had gotten for ~$300 etc etc etc.

I don't sell my old cards, they flow into the family gaming "Steambox" and sometimes even filter down to friends/family from there. So I don't leverage resale etc into the cost equation either.

NV is absolutely an execution beast however, they've released a full/competitive stack from Halo to "entry" (although that word is getting stretched a bit nowadays) on every generation for as long as I can remember, which makes them the obvious choice for folks looking for regular upgrades.