NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - Technical/General Discussion

[Rawr]

You need to use an API to get stock drop alerts. If you are relying on manual refreshing you are unlikely to succeed.

I ordered almost an hour after launch via an API and got an FE. I was hoping to get an AIB then 45 minutes later saw that there was 0 stock of AIB cards so casually tried for an FE. I didn't even rush through the checkout. I only made sure that all my address, card details etc were available in Firefox autofill and my bank transaction 2FA was to hand to use ASAP.

Yep. I didnt know about that so I tried manually and it was largely impossible without luck. I saw the button change once but by the time I got into the link and clicked add to cart it was already gone. I think it keeps the stock for you if you manage to add.

Another reason why this is such a mess though really. Shouldn't have to be in the know to get one. It should be accessible to people going to the website normally...

 

[Sin_Chase]

Yep. I didnt know about that so I tried manually and it was largely impossible without luck. I saw the button change once but by the time I got into the link and clicked add to cart it was already gone. I think it keeps the stock for you if you manage to add.

Another reason why this is such a mess though really. Shouldn't have to be in the know to get one. It should be accessible to people going to the website normally...

I agree but things start getting complicated otherwise. I personally would not be against linking Government ID against an account which then enables you access to order functions but I know many would be dead set against it.

 

[Neil79]

Open Issues in latest drivers :

• Changing state of "Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area" does not take effect until PC is rebooted [4995658]
• [VRay 6] Unexpected Low Performance on CUDA Vpath Tests for Blackwell GPUs [4915763]
• [GeForce RTX 5080] Valorant may crash when starting game [4951583]
• 3rd party utility NVIDIA Profile Inspector may crash when used with NVIDIA driver 572.16 [5073734]
• [No Mans Sky] Game may crash when enabling frame generation [5083718]
• [Windows 11 23H2] When exiting Final Fantasy XVI, PC may freeze [5083532]
• [GeForce RTX 5080] PUBG may randomly crash during gameplay [5083238]
• [Delta Force] Some PC configurations may experience performance regression when Resizable BAR is enabled [5083758]

 

[Rawr]

I agree but things start getting complicated otherwise. I personally would not be against linking Government ID against an account which then enables you access to order functions but I know many would be dead set against it.

Well I don't know if it needs to go as far as that as much as they can make use of the nvidia accounts they already have. Give priority to those of us who have had a history of cards and usage. They're already pushing their nvidia app on people lol.

That all said the real answer is just having more stock. It's a night and day difference between say an apple launch and a nvidia one despite them being top companies in valuations.

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Feeling smug now. Bought my 4090 in November for £1200 from the MM because I felt this launch was going to be bad and pricey and limited. I bought 3090 launch day for £1400 then sold that for about £450 I think so 4090 for £750. No interest in the 5000 series or maybe even 6000 series.

Starting to think in 5 years the GPU market is going to be a different thing, with lithography limits, material costs and the pricing out of most normal consumers (even those like us that spend lots on parts). I wonder if at some point you'll have to have an AI partner installed along with the GPU to help compute.

GTA6, Kingdom come 2 and replaced are the only games I really have on my radar for the next couple years so buying another GPU is bottom of the list for a while now.

 

[Joxeon]

The only reason I’m thinking of “upgrading” from my 4070ti Super is warranty along with the 20% performance bump.

I bought it at a good price 2nd hand on eBay, but obviously there’s no warranty, touch wood it’s great but if anything goes wrong I’m stuffed. As it is I can probably get about £500 for it, so is it worth the piece of mind for £500?

GPUs have around a 2% failure rate

 

[Grim5]

Well I don't know if it needs to go as far as that as much as they can make use of the nvidia accounts they already have. Give priority to those of us who have had a history of cards and usage. They're already pushing their nvidia app on people lol.

That all said the real answer is just having more stock. It's a night and day difference between say an apple launch and a nvidia one despite them being top companies in valuations.

For sure; when a new iPhone comes out I can always secure one for delivery in one week even though millions of units are sold. Apple has nailed product launches; Nvidia is a pathetic sack of rot

And ironically assembling the iPhone is probably more complicated than assembling a GPU

 

[Personality+]

 

[bimbleuk]

I need help with pricing before I list my rare RTX 5090?*

Spoiler: ASUS RTX 5090 SUPRIM - ITX Edition

*Disclaimer : Not a real product for funsies only.

 

[KNiVES]

Yes I did, I only have a 4K/60Hz monitor so it’s not an issue. As mentioned the main driver was to get rid of the Zotac card as it had terrible noise so I achieved that. In the meantime I’ve been using my 4070 FE so I’ve gone from 4090 to 4070 to 5080. If I can score a 5090 in next few months I’ll just sell on the 4070 or 5080 depending on which one I want to keep as a backup card. Anymore than 3 months and the fomo will wear off and the 60 series will probably be Q4 2026 anyway, as they have brought the release forward 6 months of the data centre successor to Blackwell. Unless Jensen wants to milk 50 series in the consumer space due to lack of competition.

So you spent like 1500 for a 15% drop in performance?

 

[Adrian1976]

Feeling smug now. Bought my 4090 in November for £1200 from the MM because I felt this launch was going to be bad and pricey and limited. I bought 3090 launch day for £1400 then sold that for about £450 I think so 4090 for £750. No interest in the 5000 series or maybe even 6000 series.

Starting to think in 5 years the GPU market is going to be a different thing, with lithography limits, material costs and the pricing out of most normal consumers (even those like us that spend lots on parts). I wonder if at some point you'll have to have an AI partner installed along with the GPU to help compute.

GTA6, Kingdom come 2 and replaced are the only games I really have on my radar for the next couple years so buying another GPU is bottom of the list for a while now.

I'm feeling super smug also with my 4090 as it was free lol.

My cheap ass 3080 I bought on launch day paid for my 3080 and my 4090 thank you Crypto haha and then I sold my 3080 for £350 smackcaroonies once it did it's job lol.

 

[andybird123]

Just got my 5080 setup, I'm on 3440x1440, fired up Space Marine 2 for a quick check and I've gone from 80fps on high with DLSS balanced (RTX3080) to 100fps on Ultra with Native, feels really smooth and responsive, turned on frame gen and its sitting right around 190-200fps, doesn't feel any worse than native to me and the smoothness bonus is quite apparent, I'm actually quite impressed
Also just enabled DL Scaling factor 1.78 so its running 4587x1920 and it loses like 10fps, and I gain that back with a 3185mhz OC (runs around 325W at this and about 60C)

 

[ICDP]

I'm feeling super smug also with my 4090 as it was free lol.

My cheap ass 3080 I bought on launch day paid for my 3080 and my 4090 thank you Crypto haha and then I sold my 3080 for £350 smackcaroonies once it did it's job lol.

And then people wonder why so many of us refuse to buy used GPUs.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Someone pre-ordered MSi 5080 Suprim at £1700. Make it make sense.

 

[Trox]

It’s heartwarming with the amount of people concerned with what others are paying for GPUs

 

[Adrian1976]

And then people wonder why so many of us refuse to buy used GPUs.

Why? Power limited and ran far cooler than it did while gaming.

And you know as the saying goes if you can't beat em join em and that's for Nvidia for ripping us off for god knows how many years.

 

[happysappy]

It’s heartwarming with the amount of people concerned with what others are paying for GPUs

I couldn't care less what they pay. What bothers me is they're paying for less performance for their money every generation is bringing overall prices up. Meaning everybody else have to pay more.

 

[MrH]

Little update from yesterday where I said MFG wasn't working on my 5080, it still isn't when selected from any games options, but I can force it to 3x or 4x from the Nvidia app and it does work. No idea why, but at least there's a workaround. I'm currently playing Alan Wake 2 fully maxed with RT PT and it's capping out my 165Hz display. 3080 FEs are selling for £400 on eBay ATM so I've put mine up, when that sells it effectively means my 5080 was only £700 for an insane upgrade.

 

[Trox]

I couldn't care less what they pay. What bothers me is they're paying for less performance for their money every generation is bringing overall prices up. Meaning everybody else have to pay more.

Just let them decide to do that, I don’t want to hear anyone tell me what they think of what I buy

If I did I’d ask

 

[PaulW]

I couldn't care less what they pay. What bothers me is they're paying for less performance for their money every generation is bringing overall prices up. Meaning everybody else have to pay more.

Thats Nvidia's plan, just like google with pixel phones...sell them software rather than hardware, its cheaper and most clueless consumers will be none the wiser.