Agreed. That's exactly what happened with the 4000 series. Anything above a 4090 went straight to datacentres with the AI rush. Anybody wanting more than 32GB on a single GPU for local AI has to step up and pay the RTX Pro tax.
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5090 or wait for 5080ti (if it will exist)
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5080 Ti is pure speculation, Nothing more.
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depends on ur use case....
If you pancake game then 'it doesnt matter' frankly the 4090 was overkill over 2yrs ago and not much has changed other than the marketing, wait for the node shrink 6000 series imho and even then ask yourself why...
If you're into PCVR (proper PCVR not meta quest) then the 5090 can make sense due to the high resolutions and the benefits gained, obviously if upgrading you can offset the costs by selling 2nd hand.
If you pancake game then 'it doesnt matter' frankly the 4090 was overkill over 2yrs ago and not much has changed other than the marketing, wait for the node shrink 6000 series imho and even then ask yourself why...
If you're into PCVR (proper PCVR not meta quest) then the 5090 can make sense due to the high resolutions and the benefits gained, obviously if upgrading you can offset the costs by selling 2nd hand.
I think the issue is that generational uplift has been so poor, for (non VR) gaming at 1440P and especially 4K you can absolutely make use of a 4090 and 5090 in some games. That said, I do agree that they're generally a bit overkill for the majority, but there's literally nothing performance wise bridging the gap between the 5080 (which isn't much quicker than the 4080S) and the now discontinued 4090, which in hindsight is looking a lot more palatable price-wise given how much the 5090 costs. I was 100% in the market for a 5080 that offered close to 4090 performance, and I absolutely could make use of it in a bunch of titles. I was so shockingly disappointed I've instead been dealing with my backlog outside of one or two releases as of this year, which I suppose is a good thing in one sense.
I'm not ignoring AMD here either, but at least they admitted to focusing on the mid range and have a solid series of cards for people in the market for those performance levels.
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