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NVIDIA 5000 SERIES

GordyR said:
I’m a bit undecided…

I did a full system upgrade back in October:

Ryzen 9950x
ASUS x870e Hero
96gb Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5

Given that my system is largely for productivity due to my line of work, I skipped a generation and stayed with my trusty 3090, with the expectation of upgrading to a 5090 on launch.

As much as I would love to get back into gaming and get more out of my system than just work, toddler and work commitments mean that I doubt that will become a reality any time soon; and couple that with the fact that my main monitor is a 60hz Dell 8k 32 inch (280 PPI makes sense with what I do and I could never go back to 4K) I’m starting to think that grabbing a 5090 would be a little bit pointless now.

Should I just grab a 2nd hand 4090 now? Get a 5080? Skip another generation?

I’m feeling the GPU upgrade itch and the price doesn’t really concern me, it just feels a bit wasted if I won’t be coupling it with a high refresh rate monitor and gaming heavily.
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Can you not get or use another higher refresh rate monitor just for gaming? 27" 4K 240Hz display + 5080 (With MFG with games that support it) for probably the cost of a 5090.... if you can afford the 5090 after such an expenditure then a 5090.

I will say though would be interesting to see how the 5090 does at 8K 60hz. I want a 8K 120Hz monitor (for 2 years now, still waiting)
 
Absolutely Clueless said:
Buy a 5090 and 4K 240hz OLED as a second monitor. If your desk is big enough, that's the dream, right? Whilst the money isn't a big factor, it's still a chunk of change. Would a 5090 help speed up your work in any way? Otherwise, i think it's pretty tricky to justify spending c.£3k if you go all in.
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I use a 5k Apple Studio Display as my second monitor, purely for the resolution. There’s just about room for a third screen purely for gaming I guess, so that’s definitely an option; but it would definitely feel a little cramped.

The 5090 won’t really do anything for me work wise that my 3090 can’t already do, but it’s feeling a bit long in the tooth now and seems a bit out of place in the rest of the up to date build.

I’m probably being an idiot even considering it, but I think I just can’t shake the idea of skipping two whole generations of GPUs as it would have been unthinkable to me before my boy came along.
 
Personality+ said:
I will say though would be interesting to see how the 5090 does at 8K 60hz. I want a 8K 120Hz monitor (for 2 years now, still waiting)
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Yeah, the thought of solid 8k gaming, even if it is only at 60hz is still fairly tantalising. Perhaps a 5090 wouldn’t be a complete waste after all from that perspective.

I’m the same as you, the second a higher refresh rate 8k monitor comes out, I’m snapping it up immediately, but I think we’re going to continue to have a long wait unfortunately.
 
redkrptonite said:
I have a 3090 and personally I can't wait to upgrade to a 5090 even if the price sucks.
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I'm 3090 too.
With the dramatic fall in the price for what I paid. I'm waiting to see how the 5080 looks.

In my mind it's a brand new 5080 or a used 4080 Super. If both options are expensive or not as impressive, I will sit it out for 18months to 2 years and poss do the full hog and move away from AM4 build.

I'm not ready to watch another 1500 quid dissappear, so if I'm spending the 90 card money, it will have to be the 6090 (if they call it that) and be really worthwhile.
 
GordyR said:
Yeah, the thought of solid 8k gaming, even if it is only at 60hz is still fairly tantalising. Perhaps a 5090 wouldn’t be a complete waste after all from that perspective.

I’m the same as you, the second a higher refresh rate 8k monitor comes out, I’m snapping it up immediately, but I think we’re going to continue to have a long wait unfortunately.
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With an 8k monitor DLSS performance will have a 4k base resolution, and so should be better than 4K DLSS performance is atm with 1080p to 4K. Looking forward to seeing some analysis of that by DF ;)
 
Grim5 said:
Tell them you'll give 800 for the 4090, tell them frame gen x4 makes the 4090 a paperweight and you are doing them a favour
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yeah but doesnt the 5090 have fake AI frame vs 4090 proper raster frames? maybe we need to see a head on 4090 vs 5090, no DLSS no frame gen fake BS, a fair fight, straight up 4k res all DLSS off, RT on, identical settings, then we shall see how behind the 4090 really is, also waiting to see the 4090 destroy the 5080 on the same tests
 
And that's another reason why the 5k series looks so meh currently with just mfg coming soon as the only new thing - we already can get that on 4000 series and older, if one desires.
 
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