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5090 worth it?

Love my 5090, if you can afford one and will get your money's worth why not? Probably a good time to buy before they go up in price. I've had mine 10 months and love it, easily had my money's worth!
 
A 5090 would be the better choice if you have the dough but the 5080 is respectable if you don't want to stretch that far, are they worth the money, god no, but they cost what they cost, it's not like there is another choice.
 
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I'm wondering this also, having upgraded to a 5k2k display recently I was going to grab a 5080 (upgrade from 3080) but now I'm thinking a 5090 might be the better choice at that resolution, I'm thinking to go with Zotac Solid brand, £1050 for a 5080 or £2,180 for a 5090?
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Ah 5080 should been at least 24gb vram. The 16gb has put it as one the pointless gpu of 2025
 
Personally, I would say keep your money. The 9070XT is a great card and best bang for buck. It gets numerous mentions as being "best gaming card" or "best all round card" of 2025. I don't ever think halo cards are "worth it" in my opinion. More to do with waving a certain appendage.
 
But its so slow compared to a 5080 never mind a 5090, though its performance is commensurate to its price.

If you are driving a high res screen, the 9070XT is not enough grunt and you have to use FSR which is no match for DLSS or lower settings.

I own a 5080 and 9070XT BTW before I am accused of bias etc :D
 
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Michael Durrant said:
Is the 5090 worth the money right now? With talks it's going to go up in price. Is it a choice of now or wait for next gen
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Worth the money is debateable. I think the price of high end nvidia cards is insane and has been since the 3090.

With that said though once you dip your feet in the pool, subsequent upgrades aren't that much as the resale value of the 90 series is extremely good and covers a big chunk of your next upgrade.

I know people that bought their 4090 at the end of 2022 and upgraded to a 5090 at the start of 2025 for only a couple of hundred after selling their cards!

All of that aside, anyone wanting a 5090 should buy one now while prices aren't much higher than they've been, you're going to get a solid year of use minimum as the next gen of cards isn't coming this year despite what some people think (I've read people saying end of 2026 for a 6090 which I can't see happening at all)
 
If the multi-frame gen under DLSS 4.5 that’s coming soon is good, then IMO that makes a 5080 a better choice for people that play with a controller rather than a mouse.
 
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If the multi-frame gen under DLSS 4.5 that’s coming soon is good, then IMO that makes a 5080 a better choice for people that play with a controller rather than a mouse.
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Camera panning in some games does break with a mouse with MFG (Stray) comes to mind as a recent game I've played even without any mfg where controller was needed to avoid weird panning issues, so hard agree.
 
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Camera panning in some games does break with a mouse with MFG (Stray) comes to mind as a recent game I've played even without any mfg where controller was needed to avoid weird panning issues, so hard agree.
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Yeah it’s aggressive ‘mouse movement’ that causes obvious latency ‘float’ in my experience, not sure how much I’d pick up in a controller… not that I’ve vigorously tested it either way.
 
I don't game on mine but for video work with the new inbuilt dedicated hardware decoders/encoders and the extra VRAM for local AI video work, Its far better than my old 4090's. Its also quieter and hopefully an appreciating asset lol
 
Honestly from an Nvidia perspective I think good price/performance would be to get a 5060ti 16GB or even a 5070ti (if at 4k) and use the GFE when available to optimise the settings.

I've been using it with my 4080 and it's excellent.

A 5090 only makes sense if you're gonna use it for something work related in addition to gaming.

I reckon they are meant as a bridge between a gaming card and a workstation card. Something in the middle.
 
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Worth the money is debateable. I think the price of high end nvidia cards is insane and has been since the 3090.

With that said though once you dip your feet in the pool, subsequent upgrades aren't that much as the resale value of the 90 series is extremely good and covers a big chunk of your next upgrade.

I know people that bought their 4090 at the end of 2022 and upgraded to a 5090 at the start of 2025 for only a couple of hundred after selling their cards!

All of that aside, anyone wanting a 5090 should buy one now while prices aren't much higher than they've been, you're going to get a solid year of use minimum as the next gen of cards isn't coming this year despite what some people think (I've read people saying end of 2026 for a 6090 which I can't see happening at all)
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I reckon Q3 2027 release, by then Nvidia will be gearing up for moving on to next gen with their B2B business and give us gamers the Rubin crumbs. I see 6090 as the card to have to really enjoy ultra wide 5k2k 240 hz monitors. You have the 5090 but even that still somewhat struggles in some games (poor optimisation or otherwise) at native 4k.
 
My 5090 cost £300 to upgrade once I'd sold the 4090. It allows me to run my VR headset at full resolution which the 4090 did not (could only manage 75% res).

Everyones cost vs benefit is different, but I thought £300 was ok as it will last me at least 2yrs. The visual difference was night and day so very much worth it for me.

How much will the upgrade cost you? and what will it give you?
 
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The longer you wait since you first posted, the more expensive it's going to be.

If you have the money buy it then today.
 
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You have the 5090 but even that still somewhat struggles in some games (poor optimisation or otherwise) at native 4k.
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You’re right. I only have a 120hz display and in most AAA games I can’t play at native 4k and get 120fps.

I’m having to use DLSS quality in most, with some badly optimised games needing performance or ultra performance.

I also don’t like framegen on such a low frame rate display as it gives me a baseline of 58fps which doesn’t feel great. I’d imagine I’d use it on a 240hz display though with a baseline of around 100fps.

To be honest if I was buying a monitor to use I’d be buying 1440p for my rig.
 
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It all depends when the AI bubble bursts. It could happen tomorrow. However, there is little sign right now and no limit to the amount the professional world is prepared to pay for cards. The latest guess is that we could see prices as high over £4000 for cards.

Manufacturing is NOT stepping up numbers because of the threat of the bubble bursting, meaning we could be facing years of prices skyrocketing, or they could collapse tomorrow.

In other words, either way you could lose out BIG, but if you can actually afford it right now I would say go for it, because while there is some chance the prices might collapse, there is also the chance that in six months time you simply can not afford a card at all. And fill your boots, there is a reason why people desperately want cards with lots of RAM.
 
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