NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - Technical/General Discussion

[Zowghi]

3080Ti owner here who has had my head buried in the sand after the huge pain of paying £1,200 for a higher-spec card due to shortages.

When the heck did the '80 series breach £1k?!?! I was so distrought spending >£1k on the 3080 Ti I have only just now resurfaced to look at new hardware, but these prices for a non-Ti is crazy, or am I just out of touch?

 

[CornyOC]

There we go, first case of melted power cables with the 5090

That did not take long at all; so few GPUs in the wild and already cables are melting!

Hong Kong media PCM discovers melted cables and PSU failure after testing RTX 5090D/5080 - VideoCardz.com

Hopefully, the first and last instance of melted cables PCM tested RTX 5090D/5080 and RTX 4090 only to discover their PSU no longer works and cables are melted. Prior to the launch of the GeForce RTX 50 series, we mentioned that since both the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs have higher power limits...

videocardz.com

lol they are lucky it was the plug. I myself would recommend to people who spend over 2 grand on a GPU, to upgrade their PSU to PCIe 5.1 spec.

 

[Nitefly]

lol they are lucky it was the plug. I myself would recommend to people who spend over 2 grand on a GPU, to upgrade their PSU to PCIe 5.1 spec.

Yup this is why I ordered an NZXT C1500 PSU in prep.

 

[Drumroll]

There we go, first case of melted power cables with the 5090

That did not take long at all; so few GPUs in the wild and already cables are melting!

Hong Kong media PCM discovers melted cables and PSU failure after testing RTX 5090D/5080 - VideoCardz.com

Hopefully, the first and last instance of melted cables PCM tested RTX 5090D/5080 and RTX 4090 only to discover their PSU no longer works and cables are melted. Prior to the launch of the GeForce RTX 50 series, we mentioned that since both the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs have higher power limits...

videocardz.com

Can’t wait for dual 16 pin GPUs soon.

Maybe they need to add active cooling on the cables/connectors lol.

But on a serious note, why don’t use some proper connectors like the ones present on cars (a locking lever that ensure the connector is fully connected)? Don’t need to look good. Only be functional.

 

[Armageus]

But on a serious note, why don’t use some proper connectors like the ones present on cars (a locking lever that ensure the connector is fully connected)? Don’t need to look good. Only be functional.

Or just a bigger version of the 8 pin that worked since 2007

 

[Alex h]

Can’t wait for dual 16 pin GPUs soon.

Maybe they need to add active cooling on the cables/connectors lol.

But on a serious note, why don’t use some proper connectors like the ones present on cars (a locking lever that ensure the connector is fully connected)? Don’t need to look good. Only be functional.

That didn't take long

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Guys what connectors do these cards have ?

12vhpwr or 12v2x6 ?

I think the later and am trying to buy a 12v2x6 braided adapter to a 3 or preferably 4 8pin connectors
Scrap that ... I can run with what I'm currently using (fingers crossed)

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/101c5e6/4090_using_2_8pin/

 

[Rawr]

3080Ti owner here who has had my head buried in the sand after the huge pain of paying £1,200 for a higher-spec card due to shortages.

When the heck did the '80 series breach £1k?!?! I was so distrought spending >£1k on the 3080 Ti I have only just now resurfaced to look at new hardware, but these prices for a non-Ti is crazy, or am I just out of touch?

The 4080 had a rrp of £1269 if I recall correctly, so it's sadly not new. That said it sold really poorly so they had to drop the price eventually hah

 

[nsmalley]

This video has made me feel better about not getting a 5080 on launch day

 

[Marak]

3080Ti owner here who has had my head buried in the sand after the huge pain of paying £1,200 for a higher-spec card due to shortages.

When the heck did the '80 series breach £1k?!?! I was so distrought spending >£1k on the 3080 Ti I have only just now resurfaced to look at new hardware, but these prices for a non-Ti is crazy, or am I just out of touch?

Ever since you lot started paying those prices lol.

4080 something like £1,200 RRP but 4080 Super brought this down to £1k

 

[Blackjack Davy]

3080Ti owner here who has had my head buried in the sand after the huge pain of paying £1,200 for a higher-spec card due to shortages.

When the heck did the '80 series breach £1k?!?! I was so distrought spending >£1k on the 3080 Ti I have only just now resurfaced to look at new hardware, but these prices for a non-Ti is crazy, or am I just out of touch?

No you're not wrong nor are you crazy.

Ever since you lot started paying those prices lol.

4080 something like £1,200 RRP but 4080 Super brought this down to £1k

Yeah 'cos they weren't selling. Of course Nvidia couldn't bear to lower prices on an existing model so they introduced a new one to do it. But as long as they keep selling they'll keep hiking prices at some point it'll level off where the majority stop biting but we don't seem to be there yet

 

[Sargatanas2511]

It'll keep happening cause people keep buying. I don't think it even matters really what price Nvidia announces now, artificially create low supply and people will buy it.

 

[~>Dg<~]

any news on the 5060 5060ti yet ?

 

[Awahwah]

The answer is simple, talk with your wallet. We drive the market, not them.

 

[Glanza]

 

[DarrenM343]

It'll keep happening cause people keep buying. I don't think it even matters really what price Nvidia announces now, artificially create low supply and people will buy it.

Short supply of the 5080, which some reviewers are saying is only 10% faster than a GPU that has been on the market for 2.5 years, is a bit of a joke and probably buyers getting close to having had enough. Hopefully Nvidia can ramp up production of the 5080 soon for those that want one. Can understand the supply and demand issues of the 5090 ,being so far ahead in specs and performance, but really should have had a good supply of 5080's for launch.

 

[mrk]

It's the Apple iphone of GPU world, doesn't matter on the price, you will always "sell out" of stock if you create the hyper for it and people will end up camping or paying scalp prices of the already miniscule number of production. It does indeed seem they quite literally had more 5090s produced for global reviewer network than actual customers lol.

 

[XeNoNF50]

It's the Apple iphone of GPU world, doesn't matter on the price, you will always "sell out" of stock if you create the hyper for it and people will end up camping or paying scalp prices of the already miniscule number of production. It does indeed seem they quite literally had more 5090s produced for global reviewer network than actual customers lol.

It just launched. It will always sell out at launch. They never launch with enough to supply to satisfy the demand of everyone who will buy it over a generation.

 

[mrk]

It's a repeat of the 40 series which was a repeat of the 30 series more or less. A manufactured low production to keep demand high and just like before only one model "makes sense" - If you can call £2000 minimum making any "sense" that is, because you can bet any money that the Ti/Super versions will come within the year making current non 5090 buyers raise an eyebrow as to why they bothered buying at launch instead of waiting several months.

How long was it before 3090 Ti buyers realised the error of their ways back then when that card cost what, +£1900 or so? I fully suspect the same situation will happen once Rubin runup becomes a thing in 2026.