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Is the RTX 3090 a rip off for £1,400?

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Compare this to the RTX 3080, which is less than half the price and has 82% of the shaders, but 'just' 10GB of VRAM. The profit margin on the 3090 has gotta be at least £300-400 (we know NVIDIA's overall net profit is around 30% in most months).

Does anyone disagree, or, is money simply no object?
 
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I think the main reason to buy it is simply the extra VRAM. The thing is, the 3080 is already much faster than the last gen...

I wonder how high the performance of the mega overclocked 3080s will go? Or the probable RTX 3080 Super next year? Cant be too far off the performance of the 3090
 
It exists in a vacuum, difficult to say if it is a ripoff or not? There is no direct comparison from AMD/Intel or anyone.

It is what it is therefore, a unicorn consumer item. Usually those things are expensive in relative terms.
 
The 3090 uses the same SKU as the 3080, the same 28 billion transistor count, so I bet they mass produce this SKU and just do the usual strategy of charging more for the chips that win the silicon lottery and allow all parts of the GPU to be unlocked.
 
Without a doubt in my mind, yes it's a rip off.

Don't get me wrong it is an amazingly powerful graphics card, it certainly gets the job done and then some.
But it's not a card I would ever buy for myself as it offers little value for money.
Like 2080ti owners are experiencing right now, your going to lose big money on it if it's not sold at the right time.

Some people don't care though.
They just want the best.
So price nor value is of any concern.
 
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no. like anything if you want the best you pay for it. also think logically. if you wanting those cards and you have the money not bending your credit card scraping to get one you will have the 5 grand system and the 2000 monitors to go with it.
 
Well, I dont wanna come down too much on 1 side of the debate, could be worth it if it allows some games to be played at 8k.

But, handing Nvidia all this cash will just create a monopoly. Monopolies can often lead to 'super normal' profits. Im concerned cause AMD is only making upto 10% net profit in recent years.
 
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Two types of customer for the 3090:

1. Content creators and people who use it for compute power and need the extra VRAM.
2. Gamers who want it for bragging rights and will spend forever trying to justify it to everyone.
 
It's a great price for those doing a ton of AI/hashing with them connecting to servers and linking them.

It's not amazing for just gaming I guess.

I'm not rich enough to buy one without needing to concern myself with the value - but I can afford one if I deem it worthwhile. Basically I want super smooth VR experiences without having to turn off half the effects. I'm wondering if the extra 20% could really help with that.
 
Yes.

But nowhere near the ripoff Turing was.

NV know people who simply want the best will pay anything, they may as well have put them up for £1800-£2000 because they'd still have sold.
 
From what’s going around I heard Originally Nvidia was going to sell the 3080 for under £1000. But with AMD ,PS5 and Xbox Series X coming out it’s steals some of their thunder.
 
it's a halo card. Price/performance isnt really as relevant as it is with any other cards. Value for money is also a metric of course but at the top end? theey charge whatever they think the market will bare.
 
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