MSI and ASUS hike GeForce RTX 50 series prices in official stores, now up to $3,409 for RTX 5090

[pringles@lemm.ee]

That's about 10x more than I have ever paid for a gpu and will ever pay for a gpu. Who tf buys this at hose prices? You can go on a 3 month vacation to Thailand for that kind of money.

[bassturd@lemmy.world]

I get rarely but newer AAA titles but grab them later on sale. There will be a point when either my card fails or just can't keep up. If I'm pigeon holed to only lower graphics games, so be it.

[wooki@lemmy.world]

At this point why not charge $40,000.

[bassturd@lemmy.world]

Nah. I don't have a computer to game, but I built my computer to game. Consoles at this point are smart data collection devices that also play games. I wouldn't introduce that into my network at home. I could get a steam deck though...

[appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Well...The ones buying it anyway can do that in addition.
Or they wont. Depending on who you ask

[lumpybag@reddthat.com]

Eh just get into the used pc parts market and upgrade to the 5090 when it is made obsolete by the 7090

[bassturd@lemmy.world]

Yea, really I just wanted to piss and moan about Nvidia. Realistically, I'll find alternatives if the need arises, but it won't be to the tune of a $3k purchase.

[lumpybag@reddthat.com]

Haha it’s ridiculous and they are basically using the Apple model where they charge obscene amounts for just more memory. It will only last while they have their AI moat. That moat is under a multi-pronged attack and will eventually lose one way or another

[louneko@lemmy.world]

Nvidia's biggest finacial achievement in their gaming branch was fairly simple, getting rid of the "Titan" nomenclature. That's it.

Before we had the XX80' cards and that was it. All you ever needed for gaming was a XX80 Ti. That was the top of the food chain. Nobody ever expected you to have lr need a Titan card - that would have been ridiculous. The Titan card was a mix between gaming GPU and buisness GPU. It was for people who didn't want to buy a Quadro Series for work and additionally a GTX/RTX Card for gaming. The Titan was the best of both worlds but came with a high price.

But now the XX90' Series is essentially what the Titan Series was. Except now owning a XX80' Series doesn't feel like top of the line anymore. Simply by having a card in a generation with a higher "number" than yours, feels like there's still a higher tier to achieve or like you're still in "mid" tier, essentialy. Enough people fell for it and started buying the XX90' Series as if it where a requirement for modern gaming. And after the XX90' Series became mainstream, game developers stopped optimizing their max setting for the "mid" tier cards. This I why cards like the 4070 Ti or 4080 S still dip below 60 FPS on 1440p on maxed settings in some titles. 60 FPS on maxed is reserved for a 4090 - maximum settings, maximum graphical fidelity, maximum power consumption, maximum price.

[bassturd@lemmy.world]

We can only hope.

[surewhynotlem@lemmy.world]

Don't worry. You can always just buy Skyrim again.