Blackwell gpus

[harmattan]

If that turns out to be true, my 6950XT(paid 444 quid before tax 1½ years ago) will be the best bang for buck I've ever gotten out of a GPU as I will most likely continue using it instead of "upgrading". Pretty insane to think about, how meh 4000/7000 series has been and we now are looking into another generation of meh outside of paying stupid money.

I just literally bought a used 6950xt for £380 after selling my 4090 (for more than I bought it). It's a heckuva card, plays everything I need at 4k and runs cooler than I thought it would. I did a quick run down of the games I was playing, and there's been literally 9% of my time over the last year when I've needed more than a 6950xt to play highest settings at 4k. It was utterly striking how much a 4090 was wasted on me, and how little value I got out of it when running the numbers.

I'll likely upgrade next gen, but very little reason to at present. At present, I'm most interested in 8800zt (or whatever they call it): >7900xt raster with ~30% better raytracing for £550 sounds like a goldilocks card.

 

[Phixsator]

I just literally bought a used 6950xt for £380 after selling my 4090 (for more than I bought it). It's a heckuva card, plays everything I need at 4k and runs cooler than I thought it would. I did a quick run down of the games I was playing, and there's been literally 9% of my time over the last year when I've needed more than a 6950xt to play highest settings at 4k. It was utterly striking how much a 4090 was wasted on me, and how little value I got out of it when running the numbers.

I'll likely upgrade next gen, but very little reason to at present. At present, I'm most interested in 8800zt (or whatever they call it): >7900xt raster with ~30% better raytracing for £550 sounds like a goldilocks card.

You should see what happens once you take 150-250 off the maximum core clock in Wattman. Wattage starts to drop like a stone. There is absolutely no doubt that the 4090 is a fantastic GPU and I got a sneaky feeling that it will feel even better once the 5000 series launches. But with how Nvidia has segmented their 4000 series I just dont see any game dev trying to target 4080/4090 hardware but instead opting for an upper limit of perhaps a new 4070ti class card or equavalant from the competition. This is meant as a broad statement, there will of course be that one game that goes nuts like Cyberpunk and its Path tracing but seriously, I could not care less about such instances. I've been through the FOMO machine enough to know when I'm being fed an "upsell". Plan for your 80% use case unless you have money you NEED to burn

 

[BS Dave]

Question to the people that know about these things. If Nividia halved the tensor cores on the 5000 series and doubled the RT cores, how would that work out for gaming? It's my understanding that for DLSS the current amount of tensor cores are overkill, and i assume more RT cores would be a good thing right? Might be a nice way for old Jensen to separate AI and gaming cards...??? From the 5080 down maybe?

 

[RevBillyG]

Got deep pockets?

GPU server with eight unreleased GeForce RTX 5090 cards costs €50,000 - around €5K for one card - VideoCardz.com

One RTX 5090 costs around 5K EUR in this system It just doesn’t add up. Following the unusual announcement of a GPU server featuring unannounced RTX 5090 graphics cards, enthusiasts began to worry that Blackwell GPUs might attract interest from companies not strictly related to gaming...

videocardz.com

 

[potatolord]

I just literally bought a used 6950xt for £380 after selling my 4090 (for more than I bought it). It's a heckuva card, plays everything I need at 4k and runs cooler than I thought it would. I did a quick run down of the games I was playing, and there's been literally 9% of my time over the last year when I've needed more than a 6950xt to play highest settings at 4k. It was utterly striking how much a 4090 was wasted on me, and how little value I got out of it when running the numbers.

I'll likely upgrade next gen, but very little reason to at present. At present, I'm most interested in 8800zt (or whatever they call it): >7900xt raster with ~30% better raytracing for £550 sounds like a goldilocks card.

"Ancient gameplays" on YouTube has a good 6950xt undervolting video. I applied that and saved a tonne of Watts and heat. Well worth a look!

 

[cHk4]

Got deep pockets?

GPU server with eight unreleased GeForce RTX 5090 cards costs €50,000 - around €5K for one card - VideoCardz.com

One RTX 5090 costs around 5K EUR in this system It just doesn’t add up. Following the unusual announcement of a GPU server featuring unannounced RTX 5090 graphics cards, enthusiasts began to worry that Blackwell GPUs might attract interest from companies not strictly related to gaming...

videocardz.com

Guess I best put some extra shifts in down at the local Asda glory hole.

 

[chaparral]

Got deep pockets?

GPU server with eight unreleased GeForce RTX 5090 cards costs €50,000 - around €5K for one card - VideoCardz.com

One RTX 5090 costs around 5K EUR in this system It just doesn’t add up. Following the unusual announcement of a GPU server featuring unannounced RTX 5090 graphics cards, enthusiasts began to worry that Blackwell GPUs might attract interest from companies not strictly related to gaming...

videocardz.com

Quick guys get a pre-order in before they all sold out

 

[scubes]

I'm about £1300 now should have the rest by the time it's out in January. Just hope it's priced decently..

 

[StriderX]

Maybe the $5090 meme isn't so dead after all.

 

[RevBillyG]

Quick guys get a pre-order in before they all sold out

The more you buy, the more you save?

 

[JediFragger]

Strix model def $3k.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Just hope it's priced decently..

Really?



Really?!

 

[scubes]

And hope there's PLENTY of stock..

 

[HRL]

You can’t have both, it’s Nvidia.

Would you rather a good price OR good availability?

 

[harmattan]

My educated guess on prices...

5070 - $600 MSRP = £650-750 retail
5070 ti - $750 MSRP = £800-900 retail
5080 - $1100 MSRP = £1200-1300 retail
5090 - $1900 MSRP = £2200-2500 retail

Remember MSRP/RRP is just a marketing tool now. Pucker up butter cups.

 

[fraps]

I think they’ll go above 2000 MSRP for the 5090. They’ll still sell out.

My educated guess on prices...

5070 - $600 MSRP = £650-750 retail
5070 ti - $750 MSRP = £800-900 retail
5080 - $1100 MSRP = £1200-1300 retail
5090 - $1900 MSRP = £2200-2500 retail

Remember MSRP/RRP is just a marketing tool now. Pucker up butter cups.

 

[IceWolf]

GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, 5070Ti and 5070 to launch in Q1 2025, RTX 5070 expected to feature 6400 cores - VideoCardz.com

GeForce RTX 50 lineup – new details Benchlife has published an interesting report that not only discusses our leak on the RTX 5070 Ti specifications but also fills in some of the missing details. GeForce RTX 50 lineup and launch timing The site has approached its sources at board partners, who...

videocardz.com

Based upon this leak and sales figures from the 40 Series I think Nvidia have learned from this gen that people will only pay top dollar for the top card. The 4080 did not sell at $1200 but the 4080 Super did at $1000. That could be why the leaks suggest the 5090 being even further ahead of the 5080 than the 4090 is of the 4080.

I think the 70 series cards are also more cut down than usual to be able to sell them at a lower price point, with perhaps not much of a generational rasterisation improvement but still +20% or so in Ray-tracing. I also think an 8GB 5060 is dumb but people will buy it and the rumours suggest that it is true. The 5060Ti might have a bit more VRAM though this time as again the 4060Ti 8GB sold poorly:

5090 32GB: $1800 RRP (£1700-2200 cards)
5080 16GB: $950 RRP (£900-1200 cards)
5070Ti 16GB: $750 RRP (£700-900 cards)
5070 12GB: $550 RRP (£500-650 cards)
5060Ti 12GB: $400 RRP (£375-450 cards)
5060 8GB: $300 RRP (£275-350 cards)

 

[chaparral]

I'm about £1300 now should have the rest by the time it's out in January. Just hope it's priced decently..

Nice to hear you only need to save another £1,699

 

[JediFragger]

Hand to mouth FTW!

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, 5070Ti and 5070 to launch in Q1 2025, RTX 5070 expected to feature 6400 cores - VideoCardz.com

GeForce RTX 50 lineup – new details Benchlife has published an interesting report that not only discusses our leak on the RTX 5070 Ti specifications but also fills in some of the missing details. GeForce RTX 50 lineup and launch timing The site has approached its sources at board partners, who...

videocardz.com

Based upon this leak and sales figures from the 40 Series I think Nvidia have learned from this gen that people will only pay top dollar for the top card. The 4080 did not sell at $1200 but the 4080 Super did at $1000. That could be why the leaks suggest the 5090 being even further ahead of the 5080 than the 4090 is of the 4080.

I think the 70 series cards are also more cut down than usual to be able to sell them at a lower price point, with perhaps not much of a generational rasterisation improvement but still +20% or so in Ray-tracing. I also think an 8GB 5060 is dumb but people will buy it and the rumours suggest that it is true. The 5060Ti might have a bit more VRAM though this time as again the 4060Ti 8GB sold poorly:

5090 32GB: $1800 RRP (£1700-2200 cards)
5080 16GB: $950 RRP (£900-1200 cards)
5070Ti 16GB: $750 RRP (£700-900 cards)
5070 12GB: $550 RRP (£500-650 cards)
5060Ti 12GB: $400 RRP (£375-450 cards)
5060 8GB: $300 RRP (£275-350 cards)

You say the 4060Ti sold poorly, but it is one of the more popular cards on the Steam hardware survey.