NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - (PRE)ORDER DISCUSSION **NO COMPETITOR HINTING**

[Rawr]

Whilst I agree with you, you're not wrong. But playing devils advocate, there is another side to the coin... Consumers

With the image quality of DLSS 4, do people really need to upgrade to the 5090..? I went from 4090 - 5090 and I've noticed pretty much zero difference.
It's literally the difference of running DLSS on quality instead of balanced

A lot of the scrabble for the 5090 is people simply wanting the top card and this is something that is becoming less important with the likes of DLSS. It also used to be rare. The top '90' card or 'Titan' was a niche, reserved for the very few people who were willing to pay the premium. The 5080 is where the top mainstream card used to sit and even though the launch has been bad for the 5080 too, there's been a steady flow of them. It's weird because the less the 90 series card is needed, the more demand there is for it.

And as for scalping... If people refused to pay those prices, the prices would drop.

Some of us aren't on 4090s though. I ended up not playing mh wilds yet because it rarely keeps 60fps on a 3080 during combat. Never mind the texture issues because of low vram.

 

[IT Troll]

Yeah I'm hoping the low amount of stock is because they're checking but I think that's very wishful thinking

The FE I received yesterday had a a manufacture and QC date stamp of 21/1/2025 which predates the launch and stories of missing ROPs. FE packaging was fully sealed.
If it had been physically checked it would have to be repackaged and presumably would have another QC date.
So either it was just on a slow boat, or held whilst batch numbers were checked.

 

[no_1_dave]

Some of us aren't on 4090s though. I ended up not playing mh wilds yet because it rarely keeps 60fps on a 3080 during combat. Never mind the texture issues because of low vram.

Are you looking to get a 5090?
Because my devils advocate post is just referring to people buying the 5090... The 5080 is easy to get hold of, it's just being scalped by around £200 instead of £500+ like the 5090 is

 

[Rawr]

Are you looking to get a 5090?
Because my devils advocate post is just referring to people buying the 5090... The 5080 is easy to get hold of, it's just being scalped by around £200 instead of £500+ like the 5090 is

Yes, I've had one on pre-order since release.

 

[LeBeast]

So I haven't been posting here for a month because I was getting depressed from constantly checking 5090 stock and failing to get one. But after seeing the power connector issues, lack of PhysX 32 bit support, etc, I was actually quite happy sticking with my Gigabyte 4090 OC.

I stopped checking online and decided not to even consider getting a 5090 until it's somewhat available, like the 4090 in 2023. The only thing I did was sign up for Nvidia's priority access, in the US . I didn't think the chances were high since I know that even Nvidia has very few 5090s. Their official FE distributor, Best Buy, hasn't had any 5090s for sale since Feb 20th.

Surprisingly, I actually received Nvidia's invitation to buy a 5090 on Tuesday. I ordered it immediately and it's due to arrive on Monday.

At launch, I would have been super excited but now that the hype has died down, I'm actually feeling kinda ambivalent about the upgrade.

I would have preferred a higher end AIB since the FE gets pretty loud and hot. My Gigabyte 4090 OC stays quiet and low even when running at 500W.

However, the price hikes for the AIBs have been getting ridiculous. I could afford a $3000 USD videocard but I would rather put the difference towards a 9950X3D+new mobo. So basically the FE is my only option for a 5090 right now because the other near MSRP 5090s haven't been available for months.

I'm most likely gonna stick with the 5090 FE but if it does get annoyingly loud or bugs out, then I'll go back to the 4090. Which is crazy to even consider, because I've never gone back to an older gen product before. I wish the current market isn't so ridiculous that the choice is either a reasonably priced FE or a decent AIB that is at least 30% more expensive.

 

[harmattan]

So I haven't been posting here for a month because I was getting depressed from constantly checking 5090 stock and failing to get one. But after seeing the power connector issues, lack of PhysX 32 bit support, etc, I was actually quite happy sticking with my Gigabyte 4090 OC.

I stopped checking online and decided not to even consider getting a 5090 until it's somewhat available, like the 4090 in 2023. The only thing I did was sign up for Nvidia's priority access, in the US . I didn't think the chances were high since I know that even Nvidia has very few 5090s. Their official FE distributor, Best Buy, hasn't had any 5090s for sale since Feb 20th.

Surprisingly, I actually received Nvidia's invitation to buy a 5090 on Tuesday. I ordered it immediately and it's due to arrive on Monday.

At launch, I would have been super excited but now that the hype has died down, I'm actually feeling kinda ambivalent about the upgrade.

I would have preferred a higher end AIB since the FE gets pretty loud and hot. My Gigabyte 4090 OC stays quiet and low even when running at 500W.

However, the price hikes for the AIBs have been getting ridiculous. I could afford a $3000 USD videocard but I would rather put the difference towards a 9950X3D+new mobo. So basically the FE is my only option for a 5090 right now because the other near MSRP 5090s haven't been available for months.

I'm most likely gonna stick with the 5090 FE but if it does get annoyingly loud or bugs out, then I'll go back to the 4090. Which is crazy to even consider, because I've never gone back to an older gen product before. I wish the current market isn't so ridiculous that the choice is either a reasonably priced FE or a decent AIB that is at least 30% more expensive.

Ambivalence and zero sum game are operative and apt descriptors for this entire launch. Even if you get one, it's a Pyrric victory.