5090 - is 32 GB necessary - is 24?

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See all the gaming benchmarks with those lovely on screen benchmarks and I can’t see why you’d need this much VRAM?

16 is enough isn’t it

 

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I’d always want more VRAM even if it’s too much for current games as new games come out with increased VRAM requirements.

That being said, the 5090, 4090 and 3090 are all mostly cut down workstation GPUs with pro-sumer use cases and things like error checking removed.

Nvidia quickly figured out that people would be willing to buy very expensive graphics cards for gaming so they made another segment above the previously top of the range 80 series.

Anyone remember the 8800 Ultra or 480 or 780 being the top of the range and seen as really expensive? Seems affordable now compared to a £2000+ 4090 series.

It’s been said that the 5090 might be 2 to 2.5k

 

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If it’s correct then it’s a lot but imagine you keep that card for 5 years then it’s 500 a year investment in gaming or other hobby and interests.