NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - Technical/General Discussion

[opethdisciple]

Very odd to give the 5060ti 16GB and yet the 5070 only 12GB.

Should be the other way round.

 

[Sargatanas2511]

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.

So the 5080 is underwhelming and barely an upgrade with nothing really to warrant a purchase. But yet the limited stock is still flying off shelves because of FOMO and hype.

Nvidia could have made the 5080 $1500 and the 5090 $3000 and the same thing would have happened.

 

[Sargatanas2511]

Very odd to give the 5060ti 16GB and yet the 5070 only 12GB.

4060 has a 16GB variant while 4070 and 4070Ti are 12GB.

 

[opethdisciple]

4060 has a 16GB variant while 4070 and 4070Ti are 12GB.

I know. But it's still odd.

 

[DarrenM343]

So the 5080 is underwhelming and barely an upgrade with nothing really to warrant a purchase. But yet the limited stock is still flying off shelves because of FOMO and hype.

Nvidia could have made the 5080 $1500 and the 5090 $3000 and the same thing would have happened.

I think people have a limited to be honest. But limited stock will always sell out. Ignoring the price and performance, it's just absurd Nvidia can't even supply in decent quantities a GPU just 10% faster(or so) than the outgoing 2.5 year old model. Probably more to do with commercial demand for its products I assume

 

[Armageus]

Very odd to give the 5060ti 16GB and yet the 5070 only 12GB.

It's down to bus width and memory module sizes - nothing more, nothing less

 

[Sargatanas2511]

I think people have a limited to be honest. But limited stock will always sell out. Ignoring the price and performance, it's just absurd Nvidia can't even supply in decent quantities a GPU just 10% faster(or so) than the outgoing 2.5 year old model. Probably more to do with commercial demand for its products I assume

There will be a limit somewhere but I don't think we are close to it for the flagship. People were paying significantly more for a 3080 and 3090 back in the shortage times than a 5090 is now and we have undergone a fair amount of inflation and wage increases since then.

 

[Rroff]

So the 5080 is underwhelming and barely an upgrade with nothing really to warrant a purchase. But yet the limited stock is still flying off shelves because of FOMO and hype.

Nvidia could have made the 5080 $1500 and the 5090 $3000 and the same thing would have happened.

It is odd to me that people are rushing to spend more money on a GPU that is slower and with less VRAM than it was possible to get the 4090, albeit the 4090 is in short supply now.

 

[varkanoid]

So the 5080 is underwhelming and barely an upgrade with nothing really to warrant a purchase. But yet the limited stock is still flying off shelves because of FOMO and hype.

Not just those reasons there will be many people with a 2080 or older wanting to upgrade as an example or an older AMD card.

 

[StarShock]

Very odd to give the 5060ti 16GB and yet the 5070 only 12GB.

Should be the other way round.

Yeah, because of the bus width they are limited to either 8 or 16, and for the amount of noise about 12 being too little can you imagine what would probably be a £400 card launching with 8

 

[Murphy]

Personally I'd say it's more a design choice as nothing physically stopped them from designing it with a wider bus.

 

[varkanoid]

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

Have a look at the 5080 FPS in Far Cry 6 at 4k. 7:00 minute mark.

 

[Sargatanas2511]

Not just those reasons there will be many people with a 2080 or older wanting to upgrade as an example or an older AMD card.

If you're spending that kind of money then a 4090 genuinely makes significantly more sense.

For £100-200 more you get a card with 24GB of VRAM and is quicker in everything.

 

[varkanoid]

If you're spending that kind of money then a 4090 genuinely makes significantly more sense.

For £100-200 more you get a card with 24GB of VRAM and is quicker in everything.

Yeah it does but finding one at a sensible price is getting very hard but with the 5080 not everyone is an enthusiast and reads this forum. Some still think a 5080 = 4090.

 

[kute]

I was just watching the astral 5080 review and yea, asus made a real piece of **** here - what a bizarre, ugly, underperforming shroud

But I'm kind of intrigued that with a heavy overclock, the 5080 does seem to get within a few FPS of a 4090

 

[Richdog]

But I'm kind of intrigued that with a heavy overclock, the 5080 does seem to get within a few FPS of a 4090

Do you mean generally within a few FPS or within specific scenarios?

 

[parisv]

Do you mean generally within a few FPS or within specific scenarios?

5% under sometimes matching.

 

[hobib_ali]

So the 5080 is underwhelming and barely an upgrade with nothing really to warrant a purchase. But yet the limited stock is still flying off shelves because of FOMO and hype.

Nvidia could have made the 5080 $1500 and the 5090 $3000 and the same thing would have happened.

i bet you that in production cost, a 5090 costs $75 at most, R&D wont be much as Nvidia already have the infrastructure, their profit margins on GPU's are very high, even for a $2000 5090

 

[Zowghi]

Ever since you lot started paying those prices lol.

haha, I think you are right...

 

[Varys]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886384260086423673

Didn't a couple of the AIB companies say last week there were issues with the bios sent by Nvidia with the 5090's which was the reason for the delay

As always early adopter beta testing...