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

[cheesenoodle@lemmy.world]

Aren't these the same cards that have been self destructing during driver updates?

[sturgist@lemmy.ca]

Especially for such slim margins of improvement over the 4000 series.

[robotzap10000@feddit.nl]

You can get very acceptable performance for fractions of the price of a scalped 5090.

[bakkoda@sh.itjust.works]

Stop. Buying. Nvidia.

[jordanz@lemmy.world]

I’d be questioning the sanity of a gamer that needs to buy something from every generation of card released(I don’t understand buying a phone yearly either). If they use it to turn a profit and gaming is a convenient side benefit then fine. That or they just have larger than average discretionary funds.

I went from a Titan X(2015) to a 3080(2020). It’s 2025 now and the 3080 is still doing just fine. I upgrade when something I want to play doesn’t perform well…I’m not there yet.

[sturgist@lemmy.ca]

My desktop is still running a 1060, I got it when the 3000 series had just dropped. I've got my pal's old OCd 1080 sitting on the sidelines waiting for me to get all the bits for water-cooling put together. The 1060 runs everything I've thrown at it. It might not run new new things at photorealistic quality, but stable frames and good enough quality that it doesn't look like shit. Once I've got a loop put together for the 1080 the 1060 is going into my media server to take over transcoding from the 970 I had before the 1060.

[knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de]

After a while it's not cheaper. 2080ti should already perform at the level or above a PS5 and console games don't get the discounts PC games have plus most indie games aren't even available on console.

And for real you don't need a 1000$ card to game up to date AAA games, a 600-800$ PC can play fine at 1080p

[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