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.