Nice comedy here
Drivers was bad 22-23 years ago and that is a valid argument…
And what is the meaning of real RT?
Does AMD fakes RT?
Jeez…
Don't bother with that guy, he said the exact same thing early and never replied to comments rebutting his points. Bad drivers 20+ years ago is definitely a valid argument but an experience that long ago reflects nothing on the current company and products.
Oh, these
will sell to gamers alright. The extreme specs don't necessarily translate to "it's a professional or AI GPU", it's just the next-generation's flagship product. It's not just the AI crowd. The latest Steam Hardware Survey places the RTX 4090 at a higher utilization rate than even the RX 580, which is by far the best selling GPU model of all time (thanks to cryptocurrency miners).
List here includes iGPUs and mobile dGPUs:
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As a 4090 owner who only purchased a 4090 for AI, those steam 4090 numbers are almost certainly influenced by the hobbyist AI market. The StableDiffusion reddit is a top 1% reddit in size and I'd be willing to bet a sizable number of those individuals also have steam installed. Factor in the 4090's use for OLLAMA and other AI hobbyist use cases as well and you have a significant number of users, particularly for a top end card.
For what you get.. the price really isn't that bad. Once all the software is laid out and in place, AI in game should be pretty cool. And you get the beef of a 4090 in 2 slots.
The price is high given the lack of improvement this gen and the fact that they are using the same node, which has come down drastically in price since the 4000 series.
2 slots is nice but the drawback of a smaller cooler will likely be a reliance on the fans. Fatter coolers will likely be able to sustain zero RPM fan mode for longer / up to a higher TDP than a 2 slot design. Plus one has to ask the question of if the cables connecting the PCBs on the FE have longevity drawbacks. Carrying a PCIe 5.0 signal over cable alone is a feat, ensuring long term reliability is another. When those cables carry your PCIe and IO data that's a big deal. Can't say I've ever had data lines on a PCB ever go bad but I've had plenty of cables go bad, and that includes some expensive enterprise cables. It would have been vastly preferable IMO to have a hard PCB style bridge instead of cables.
