Will you buy a RTX 5090?

[T4C Fantasy]

My cpu/gpu history has been... biased
Pentium 4 2.8 / X1550 PCI
Pentium 4 HT 3.2 / HD 2400 PRO PCI
i7 2600K / HD 6870
i7 3770K / HD 7970
i7 6700K / R9 290X
i7 6700K / GTX 1070
i7 6700K / GTX 1080 TI
i9 9900K / RTX 2080 Ti
i9 12900K / RTX 3080
i9 14900K / RTX 3080
I plan on buying a 5090 expecting more than a 2x performance uplift in raster
The early gap was just me trying to update my dell dimension 3000 trying to create a gaming pc lol, then i bought a gaming pc, then built my own after.

Whats your gpu history and will you be getting a RTX 5090 or any 50 series for that matter?

 

[jesdals]

Well I do like the 5090 founders edition but it will be vapor wear in Europe

 

[AusWolf]

It's not that crazy. Here's mine:

Celeron MMX 300 MHz / S3 ViRGE 4 MB PCI
Athlon 64 3000+ / Radeon 9600 XT 128 MB -> Radeon X800 XT -> GeForce 7800 GS AGP
Core 2 Duo E8400 / GeForce 9600 GT
Core i3-4130 / GTX 750 Ti
AMD FX-8150 / Radeon HD 7770 -> 7870 -> 7970
Core i5-5500U / GTX 950M
Core i7-7700 / GTX 1060 -> 1660 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X / Radeon RX 5700 XT -> RX 6750 XT
Core i7-11700 / RTX 2070 (it died)
Ryzen 7 7800X3D / Radeon RX 7800 XT (I sold it because I needed cash, now back on the 6750 XT).

This isn't an exhaustive list - I've also had several laptops and small PCs as well. I also currently have two HTPCs, one with the 11700, and the other with an i7-4765T.

No, I'm not planning on a 50-series card.
The 5070 has only 12 GB RAM, and I'm not paying more for a GPU. I'm currently waiting for RX 9070 XT reviews to drop, and if it's any good, I'll get one, and call it quits on my upgrades for a while.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

It's not that crazy. Here's mine:

Celeron MMX 300 MHz / S3 ViRGE 4 MB PCI
Athlon 64 3000+ / Radeon 9600 XT 128 MB -> Radeon X800 XT -> GeForce 7800 GS AGP
Core 2 Duo E8400 / GeForce 9600 GT
Core i3-4130 / GTX 750 Ti
AMD FX-8150 / Radeon HD 7770 -> 7870 -> 7970
Core i5-5500U / GTX 950M
Core i7-7700 / GTX 1060 -> 1660 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X / Radeon RX 5700 XT -> RX 6750 XT
Core i7-11700 / RTX 2070 (it died)
Ryzen 7 7800X3D / Radeon RX 7800 XT (I sold it because I needed cash, now back on the 6750 XT).

This isn't an exhaustive list - I've also had several laptops and small PCs as well. I also currently have two HTPCs, one with the 11700, and the other with an i7-4765T.

No, I'm not planning on a 50-series card.
The 5070 has only 12 GB RAM, and I'm not paying more for a GPU. I'm currently waiting for RX 9070 XT reviews to drop, and if it's any good, I'll get one, and call it quits on my upgrades for a while.

Oh i just displayed my main rig xD

That is pretty all over the place

Edit: i play ff14 with 9 accts active for my band so its very cpu and gpu intensive, 128gb ram now helps also, skyrim with mods gets crazy on ram too.

 

[AusWolf]

Oh i just displayed my main rig xD

Same here - that list above is just my main rig.

That is pretty all over the place

What do you mean? I'm not bound by any manufacturer. I buy whatever strikes my fancy.

Nvidia is overpriced as heck, and AMD has been great to me with their Linux support, so that's why I've got a full AMD system at the minute.
Intel has been a no-no ever since they started bothering with the heterogeneous architectures and software scheduling and whatnot. I used to love their non-K chips, though.

Edit: i play ff14 with 9 accts active for my band so its very cpu and gpu intensive, 128gb ram now helps also, skyrim with mods gets crazy on ram too.

How many mods do you have that fill up 128 GB RAM? I've currently got 48 GB and haven't seen it reach 50% usage with any program.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

Same here - that list above is just my main rig.


What do you mean? I'm not bound by any manufacturer. I buy whatever strikes my fancy.

Nvidia is overpriced as heck, and AMD has been great to me with their Linux support, so that's why I've got a full AMD system at the minute.


How many mods do you have that fill up 128 GB RAM? I've currently got 48 GB and haven't seen it reach 50% usage with any program.

All the mods are 4 and 8k graphics and texture mods, it climbs to 40gb after a few teleports, then i also have my band on 24/7 cause logging them all on is a hassle

Edit: my biggest issues were 290X and 9900K, the 290X was msis choice of memory in the Lightning, went through 3 cards

 

[freeagent]

2000USD = 2898 Beaver Bucks.

I like video games but not that much.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

2000USD = 2898 Beaver Bucks.

I like video games but not that much.

"Only real gamers spend 10k" Jensen Huang

 

[T4C Fantasy]

2000USD = 2898 Beaver Bucks.

I like video games but not that much.

Your 4070 Ti is also a great gpu, better than 3080 and much faster in ray tracing, which ironically i wont use, msrp seems like a myth since 20 series, ill probably be paying 2200 without tax realisticaly from amazon, i wont go above that.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Your 4070 Ti is also a great gpu, better than 3080 and much faster in ray tracing, which ironically i wont use, msrp seems like a myth since 20 series, ill probably be paying 2200 without tax realisticaly from amazon, i wont go above that.

I think 2200 is optimistic but I guess we don't have long to see. Just going by 4090s that sat a decent chunk above msrp and the likely paper launch stock levels.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

I think 2200 is optimistic but I guess we don't have long to see. Just going by 4090s that sat a decent chunk above msrp and the likely paper launch stock levels.

Your right, probably 2500 to 2700, but the extra 200 will give me some headroom on expectations, and not wait a year for msrp lol

 

[Outback Bronze]

Whats your gpu history and will you be getting a RTX 5090 or any 50 series for that matter?

My GPU history is as long as my Johnson : )

But yeah, going a 5090 here but its looking like stock/prices will be an issue especially since I'll be putting it on water.

 

[Dr. Dro]

I've had a lot of hardware over the years, so I'll only list the past few cards I've had over the last 6 years or so (3 full upgrade cycles for me):

R9 280X (Sapphire Toxic, sold to help fund RTX 3090)
R9 290X (MSI Lightning, died during a GTA V session)
2x R9 Fury X (Sapphire, MBA, sold to help fund RTX 3090)
Vega Frontier (AMD first party, MBA air cooled model, sold to help fund RTX 3090)
Radeon VII (AsRock, MBA, sold to help fund RTX 3090)
GTX 1070 Ti (MSI Titanium, was secondary build GPU, sold this week to help fund RTX 5090)
RTX 3090 (ASUS TUF OC, sold to fund RTX 4080 and OLED upgrade)
RTX 4080 (ASUS ROG Strix OC White, about to sell it, will help fund RTX 5090)
RTX A2000 (currently using this, will go to secondary build later)

Off-cycle:
Quadro FX 5600 (1.5GB 8800GTX for retrogaming)
Zotac GT 710 with physical x1 connector (for troubleshooting)

 

[Why_Me]

I'm interested in the 5070 Ti for gaming at 1440.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

I've had a lot of hardware over the years, so I'll only list the past few cards I've had over the last 6 years or so (3 full upgrade cycles for me):

R9 280X (Sapphire Toxic, sold to help fund RTX 3090)
R9 290X (MSI Lightning, died during a GTA V session)
2x R9 Fury X (Sapphire, MBA, sold to help fund RTX 3090)
Vega Frontier (AMD first party, MBA air cooled model, sold to help fund RTX 3090)
Radeon VII (AsRock, MBA, sold to help fund RTX 3090)
GTX 1070 Ti (MSI Titanium, was secondary build GPU, sold this week to help fund RTX 5090)
RTX 3090 (ASUS TUF OC, sold to fund RTX 4080 and OLED upgrade)
RTX 4080 (ASUS ROG Strix OC White, about to sell it, will help fund RTX 5090)
RTX A2000 (currently using this, will go to secondary build later)

Off-cycle:
Quadro FX 5600 (1.5GB 8800GTX for retrogaming)
Zotac GT 710 with physical x1 connector (for troubleshooting)

Oh smart! Selling previous gpus to fund a new one is common sense but you put it in a way that i wasnt expecting, i keep mine as trophies or tech demonstration when friends ask what a gpu is, my first showcase is the 290X Lightning cause its enourmous and high quality, then a HD 7870 XT PCB to show the internals, putting your finger up to the die and comparing your fingernail next to the die has the most shock value to people.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

I will probably not be buying one.

I paid 1300 in 2019, 1400 in 2021, and 1700 in 2023.... That was probably my limit on what I find acceptable for a gaming gpu, if I did work on it or was more into generative AI locally I'd probably be on board though or had a much weaker card like stupidly spending 1200+ on a 4080 lol like I almost did...

The less than stellar generational improvements in actual rendered frames doesn't really help it's cause for me, spending 25-35% more for that same amount of extra performance seems silly to me.

 

[mclaren85]

Do you mean are we able to buy?

 

[Dr. Dro]

I will probably not be buying one.

I paid 1300 in 2019, 1400 in 2021, and 1700 in 2023.... That was probably my limit on what I find acceptable for a gaming gpu, if I did work on it or was more into generative AI locally I'd probably be on board though or had a much weaker card like stupidly spending 1200+ on a 4080 lol like I almost did...

The less than stellar generational improvements in actual rendered frames doesn't really help it's cause for me, spending 25-35% more for that same amount of extra performance seems silly to me.

Anyone who has a RTX 4090 (and even 4080 really) doesn't truly need to upgrade imo unless interested on the new media engine or MFG

 

[dgianstefani]

I'll buy one once Optimus releases a waterblock for it.

Next major expense is a S25U 1TB, to replace an S10+ 512.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Anyone who has a RTX 4090 (and even 4080 really) doesn't truly need to upgrade imo unless interested on the new media engine or MFG

Still 2080ti to 3080ti 50%.... 3080ti-4090 60% somtimes double in heavy rt.... this is looking like half those gains.... Two extra generated frames is the largest difference which I'm not even a fan of vanilla frame gen becuase I care about latency.

At least till neural rendering catches on fully but we will be on 60 possibly 70 before that's the case and there will new shit 50 series can't do lol.

 

[Catzilla]

I'm not buying any 5000 series card. I read the rumors and they were all consistent enough that I bought an RTX 4070 TI Super a couple months ago because I wanted more VRAM to run AI models. I also play some games at 4K (60FPS) with high quality settings and ray tracing and I'm happy with how the games play. It works well with the little bit I use it with Blender. A RTX 5090 with 32GB VRAM would be nice, but at $2000 or more it's too expensive for me since it would essentially be an expensive toy. Also being a big card and needing 600W means even more money for a power supply and maybe a bigger case.

 

[oliv_r]

I sh*t money so yeah I'm getting it day one.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Would the price to performance difference between good enough??

4070 Super Duper for a 5090?

If I wanted to go high res junky mode 8k!!

See some nice 8k monitors going for only 4k!! ($).

Does it really look THAT good????

 

[agent_x007]

I will limit myself to full upgrades (both CPU and GPU), since I never (?) swap both at the same time.

Celeron 733 (66MHz FSB, PIII based) / GeForce 2 MX200 32MB AGP
Pentium III 1GHz (133MHz FSB) / GeForce FX 5200 128MB(128bit)
Celeron D 326 2.53GHz / GeForce 6600 GT 128MB(128bit) PCI-e
Pentium D 915 2.8GHz / GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB (reference card)
Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz / GeForce 9600 GT 512MB (Gainward GS)
Core 2 Duo Q6600 2.4GHz / GeForce GTX 280 1GB (Gainward ref.)
Core i7 920 (D0) 2.66GHz / GeForce GTX 570 1.28GB (EVGA, died twice during 4 years replaced on warranty by GTX 670 2GB FTW and after that died as well, a GTX 960 4GB )
Core i7 3820 / GeForce GTX 780 Ti (Ref)
Core i7 4960X / GeForce GTX Titan Black
Xeon E5 1680 v2 / GeForce GTX Titan Xp CE (Galactic edition)
Core i7 6950X / Titan V

I currently have SO MANY cards and few newer platforms, but my main PC at the moment has RTX 2070 and I'm still on 6950X. I will buy 50-series high end reference card... eventually
(few years time, mid last year I got a RTX 3080 Ti and 6950 XT in December and those are 2020 tech).

 

[outpt]

I can. Why should I?