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PATIENCE - IF PLANNING TO BUY A 50 SERIES..........

To be honest if we have to rely on AI to speed new cards up it will be like Blackwell all over again .
 
If this was an AMD launch everyone would be huffing the "Fine Wine" copium with bold statements about driver maturity :D

Anyway, as someone coming from a 2000 series I couldnt care less about uplift from the 4000 series. Largely irrelevant for an audience like me!
 
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Sin_Chase said:
If this was an AMD launch everyone would be huffing the "Fine Wine" copium with bold statements about driver maturity :D

Anyway, as someone coming from a 2000 series I couldnt care less about uplift from the 4000 series. Largely irrelevant for an audience like me!
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exactly, it's all relative. Anyone with a GPU that's 3 years or older will get a significant upgrade over anyone with a 4080S or higher.
 
Yeah agreed. For 4000 series owners, the 5080 and lower don’t look great but for anyone else the gains will be significant. I don’t think the performance is really such to declare “blackwell bad” or words to that effect.

I guess the problem is mainly the direction of price but it ain’t gonna change so suck it up or don’t… As a 3080 10GB owner and one who games at 4K 240Hz, I have chosen to suck it up, bend over and lube up and I shall be there with the boys tomorrow at 2pm furiously using F5 for a shot (and failing :D)
 
Rusty0611 said:
Yeah agreed. For 4000 series owners, the 5080 and lower don’t look great but for anyone else the gains will be significant. I don’t think the performance is really such to declare “blackwell bad” or words to that effect.

I guess the problem is mainly the direction of price but it ain’t gonna change so suck it up or don’t… As a 3080 10GB owner and one who games at 4K 240Hz, I have chosen to suck it up, bend over and lube up and I shall be there with the boys tomorrow at 2pm furiously using F5 for a shot (and failing :D)
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Yeah I too will be taking it roughly when the time comes to mash the F5 button. According to the Igors leaked results, my card (6900XT) is on par with the 7800XT, which is the bottom of the list, so should I get one, I'll see a decent uplift for a cost that I'd imagine the 6900XT cost me (when they were north of 1K).
 
AMDPower said:
I am going to wait this one out till there is more stock, I am too old for pressing F5 on an item that's not limited edition or limited production rum, I am not going to die waiting few months. In a few months there will be more stock, highly doubt there will the demand for 5090 as there was with 4090. Most 4090 owners will unlikely to upgrade as its not worth paying over £1000+ after selling their 4090, for extra 30% and some fake frames, there is not enough performance uplift. I highly doubt there will be demand for 5080 either as its performance is not great by early leaks.
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It's not so much a FOMO thing but there is the frustration that it'll be like previous gens and the 9800x3d where the initial wave comes in on expected (appreciate they haven't officially been revealed yet) price but then the markups start happening for subsequent batches that appear.
 
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mrBr00n said:
It's not so much a FOMO thing but there is the frustration that it'll be like previous gens and the 9800x3d where the initial wave comes in on expected (appreciate they haven't officially been revealed yet) price but then the markups start happening for subsequent batches that appear.
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All you can hope is they don't sell at the inflated prices so the prices drop really. The 9800 is slowly coming back down again at many retailers.
 
Sin_Chase said:
If this was an AMD launch everyone would be huffing the "Fine Wine" copium with bold statements about driver maturity :D

Anyway, as someone coming from a 2000 series I couldnt care less about uplift from the 4000 series. Largely irrelevant for an audience like me!
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You're forgetting the increased power draw and the the stupid price increases.

Good luck getting a 5080 for what MSRP 4090s sold for not to mention less ram, Slower and need I go on?
 
I'm more intrigued in the dlss 4 frame gen for laptops.

If it's good on a 5070, then I'll get one with an AMD cpu to replace my Helios neo 18 which uses a 14700 and 4070.
 
I'm building a new PC and need a GPU - everything else is ready and waiting.

My old PC with 3080Ti is going to my kids.

For the performance I want (mainly VR simracing), 5080 seems like the obvious choice - at MSRP.

Seems my only other options would be 4080 Super if available and price made sense or go second hand - in hindsight, a 4090 with some warranty left would be great!
 
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Chud_Jenny said:
Totally agree but as a standalone product it's absolutely dog s***. Makes good sense for people on 30 series or previous.
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On the plus side now Nvidia have lost a **** ton of dough We may get back to them making a decent gaming GPU for the 60x series now their cash cow AI racket is collapsing.
 
Chud_Jenny said:
Well the 5080 is a DOA
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Very underwhelming it has definitely changed my upgrade plans. On a 3070 and was thinking I’d possibly go for a 5080, now I might as well get a 4080 but I’m expecting the 4080s won’t be as cheap as I’d hoped.
 
Zom said:
Very underwhelming it has definitely changed my upgrade plans. On a 3070 and was thinking I’d possibly go for a 5080, now I might as well get a 4080 but I’m expecting the 4080s won’t be as cheap as I’d hoped.
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That was my thinking the big three needed that shake and kick up the ass.
 
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