Is It The 1080 TI The Best GPU Ever?

[Ruru]

I watched the video of High Yield and he says a GB202 chips cost $300-400 to make, then the 32GB GDDR7 about $350 too, and then there's the PCB, VRM, Cooler, Packaging, Shipping, etc. (without adding R&D into account), so a full 5090 probably cost Nvidia around $900 to manufacture.
So the chances of seeing a price drop is close to none unfortunately.

Start video around 13:00

I didn't take that into account, just that simple thing that a card costing 3 kiloeuros isn't going to get that legendary status, instead it will be remembered as an overpriced card just like its three xx90 predecessors, as they're practically professional cards with GeForce branding, like the Titans were.

3080 for MSRP was a great deal though and mine is one of them, though I'm the third(?) owner, it still has its original receipt in its box.

 

[Transpanda]

they're practically professional cards with GeForce branding, like the Titans were.

I feel like this gets overlooked a lot. Nvidia successfully turned the xx80 cards into high midrange. I mean back durning the 9xx, 10xx and 20xx cards the xx80 cards where the ones getting the most attention, even though the titans where technically stronger.

It’s artificial demand, for overly power-hungry and expensive cards.

 

[Carillon]

I watched the video of High Yield and he says a GB202 chips cost $300-400 to make, then the 32GB GDDR7 about $350 too, and then there's the PCB, VRM, Cooler, Packaging, Shipping, etc. (without adding R&D into account), so a full 5090 probably cost Nvidia around $900 to manufacture.
So the chances of seeing a price drop is close to none unfortunately.

Start video around 13:00

Don't start the video at 13:00, let it play or provide a full transcript.
The guy was talking about the cost for a fully functional die, he explains that a 5090 has a lot of disabled silicon, he admits that his speculation on the cost is wrong, his wafer price is a guess, his yield number is a guess, and he divides it by the number of full dies, making the cut down dies count as magically free dies. If you watch the entire video he makes it clear.

 

[AusWolf]

I'm not sure why this old thread has been revived, but sine it has been, I'll drop my 2 cents.

Personally, I don't have an opinion on the 1080 Ti other than $700 cards fell out of my range back then just like $1000 ones do now.
Although I do have an opinion on Pascal, as I've owned and still own several cards of the series. It is honestly the best generation Nvidia has ever had. Period. Low-end, midrange and high-end cards were equally great, affordable, and frugal on power. I used to love my truly ITX sized 1060, just as I still love my passively cooled 1050 Ti. Even the 1030 was quite potent for its price. I miss cards like that very much!

Shame that the 20-series steered off course with the RT craze, the 30-series shipwrecked on the mining craze, and the 40 and 50 series are... let's not even go there.

 

[x4it3n]

Don't start the video at 13:00, let it play or provide a full transcript.
The guy was talking about the cost for a fully functional die, he explains that a 5090 has a lot of disabled silicon, he admits that his speculation on the cost is wrong, his wafer price is a guess, his yield number is a guess, and he divides it by the number of full dies, making the cut down dies count as magically free dies. If you watch the entire video he makes it clear.

I watched the full video too. He said a full GB202 is $400 so a 5090 with a few disabled cores is definitely between $300-400.

 

[Vayra86]

Don't start the video at 13:00, let it play or provide a full transcript.
The guy was talking about the cost for a fully functional die, he explains that a 5090 has a lot of disabled silicon, he admits that his speculation on the cost is wrong, his wafer price is a guess, his yield number is a guess, and he divides it by the number of full dies, making the cut down dies count as magically free dies. If you watch the entire video he makes it clear.

In other words, its a complete and utter guess based on... the need to get a video out for ad revenue.

Sweet