Soldato
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a 5090 isn't a fiesta though is it? It's the best graphics card you can get.
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At what point do you say GPU's are too expensive and refuse to buy?
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And nobody should care what it costs, the 5080 and below aren't the best card you can get so shouldn't be £1000+ the 5070 should be the ford focus of GPUs and should be priced accordingly.
True but it's still just a graphics card. The fact that people are spending that amount of money on a GPU when some people can't afford to heat their homes and struggle to feed a family is a worrying state of society if you stop to think about it. Even more worrying if you don't care. Yes I do apply that to any luxury item. I'm not advocating we all live out of charity shops, though unfortunately some people do. I just think "we" need to draw the line somewhere and £2000+ on a single GPU is well beyond my line. It was not long ago you could buy an entire high performance PC for that. If you drop down one level to a 5080 you can! I'm not saying you shouldn't enjoy the fruits of your labour or your hobby though. If you feel you can justify a 5090 to yourself good on you but I don't think purchasing one will help bring the price down of the next series. I am pretty sure we would all like our hobby to be more affordable, no?
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Not purchasing one might not bring the price down either. They might just decide to not offer such a high end product to consumers/gamers. But remember, the 5090 is not aimed at only gamers, it's a workstation GPU too. Some will be buying for non-gaming use and £2000+ might not actually be bad value then.
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4 cigrettes a day for 2 years
4 Costa cappuccino a week for 2 years
4 pints of pub beer per week for 2 years
Pure gym membership for 2 years
Very ordinary things add up.... and after 2 years you still have a great GPU which you can continue to use or sell.
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But imagine if the car manufacturers stopped making higher end cars and just kept moving the prices of the mediocre cars up each new release and told you they were awesome new generation super cars. Eventually the best car you could buy is a Fiesta and it costs £100,000. Yeah it’s the best car on the road by default, but is still just a ******* Fiesta*
This is what Nvidia have been doing. Just because a 5090 is the best by default, does not make it a “great” GPU.
*Yes I know the Fiesta is no longer in production.
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Wait… are you saying that buying a 5090 for £2,500 will save me from getting cancer, cure my caffeine addiction, prevent alcoholism and help me lose weight? Wow sign me up and give me two of them please. Or even better, can I get one on prescription from a chemist? Think how much the NHS could save and reduce those waiting lists if they handed out free 5090s.
Joking aside, this has to be the most ridiculous justification for the utter joke that is current top end GPU prices I have ever read. Or is this actually satire and I missed it?
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