NVidia GeForce RTX 50x0 cards - 70% performance increase, but AI > you

Nija

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Each time this thread pops up I'm reminded that the next time anyone attempts to build a new PC, it will be back to like 1980s era pricing, where things were extremely expensive.

Everyone who paid < $1500 (maybe more?) for a video card in the past few years should hope and pray that it doesn't give up the ghost. The replacement for a similar level of performance will be a multiple of what you paid last time.

In short, you'll own nothing and be happy. By force. Stream the games, Jimmy. Pay per hour.
 
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Nija said:
Each time this thread pops up I'm reminded that the next time anyone attempts to build a new PC, it will be back to like 1980s era pricing, where things were extremely expensive.

Everyone who paid < $1500 (maybe more?) for a video card in the past few years should hope and pray that it doesn't give up the ghost. The replacement for a similar level of performance will be a multiple of what you paid last time.

In short, you'll own nothing and be happy. By force. Stream the games, Jimmy. Pay per hour.
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This too shall pass, brother. The cure for high prices is high prices.
 
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Nija said:
Each time this thread pops up I'm reminded that the next time anyone attempts to build a new PC, it will be back to like 1980s era pricing, where things were extremely expensive.

Everyone who paid < $1500 (maybe more?) for a video card in the past few years should hope and pray that it doesn't give up the ghost. The replacement for a similar level of performance will be a multiple of what you paid last time.

In short, you'll own nothing and be happy. By force. Stream the games, Jimmy. Pay per hour.
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I got lucky and built my rig about a month before ramageddon hit. I've been watching the prices for some of the pieces in that rig ever since. The GPU (9070xt) price has remained relatively stable, more or less the same. The ram went from $300 to $1800 and the SSD went from $200 to $500.

Hoping ramageddon is over (companies increasing production to meet demand) by 2030 to build a new rig and laptop.
 
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You think with the money Nvidia is making on AI now they just put the "C" team or even less on GPUs now?
 
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Nija said:
Each time this thread pops up I'm reminded that the next time anyone attempts to build a new PC, it will be back to like 1980s era pricing, where things were extremely expensive.

Everyone who paid < $1500 (maybe more?) for a video card in the past few years should hope and pray that it doesn't give up the ghost. The replacement for a similar level of performance will be a multiple of what you paid last time.

In short, you'll own nothing and be happy. By force. Stream the games, Jimmy. Pay per hour.
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9070xt for 600 still felt right to me, but I game at 1440p.

No one needs a 5090. Just retards thinking they do. Or justifying it in some way. I even bought AMD just because fuck Nvidia.
 
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Noodleface said:
9070xt for 600 still felt right to me, but I game at 1440p.

No one needs a 5090. Just retards thinking they do. Or justifying it in some way. I even bought AMD just because fuck Nvidia.
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i think the 5090 is just for 4k gaming, ai and art shit. i still game at 1080p, but next time i punch my monitor, im getting a 1440, surly the 9070xt can handle that. I've heard vr gaming is gpu intensive too, so i might end up being one of those retards with a 6090 ti super in 2030
 
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I'm surprised they haven't exited the consumer GPU market. As it is, the next gen is 2 years away.
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they make $6-10 billion profit per year on gaming gpus, they aren't going to abandon that. If they moved their best people over to AI gpus and they lose market share to competitors and gaming gpu profits dwindle, they might abandon gaming in that distant future.
 
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Grez said:
they make $6-10 billion profit per year on gaming gpus, they aren't going to abandon that. If they moved their best people over to AI gpus and they lose market share to competitors and gaming gpu profits dwindle, they might abandon gaming in that distant future.
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And datacenter profit is $193.7B. Every die they make for RTX is a die that isn't sold at much higher profit datacenter part.
 
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And datacenter profit is $193.7B. Every die they make for RTX is a die that isn't sold at much higher profit datacenter part.
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They also have to take the long view in that the gaming market has remained stable for the last 30+ years, while AI is new and uncertain. By going all-in with AI now and abandoning gaming, they could be destroying themselves in the future if AI ends up a giant flop. TSMC must be under huge pressure right now to up-scale production.
 
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Grez said:
they make $6-10 billion profit per year on gaming gpus, they aren't going to abandon that. If they moved their best people over to AI gpus and they lose market share to competitors and gaming gpu profits dwindle, they might abandon gaming in that distant future.
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Even if they abandon it in all but name, someone will move to fill that as 10bb is a significant business on its own, and pc gaming is still growing. Problem is like intel learned, it takes time and a ton of resources to stand up that business but id be over the moon with a new entrant
 
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Springbok said:
Even if they abandon it in all but name, someone will move to fill that as 10bb is a significant business on its own, and pc gaming is still growing. Problem is like intel learned, it takes time and a ton of resources to stand up that business but id be over the moon with a new entrant
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Except you still need dies. It doesn't matter how badly somebody wants to enter the market if they have no way to manufacturer dies.
 
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