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

Quartz · 2025-01-23T14:03:22+0000

BUDFORCE said:
There seems to be this obsession with having the best, it's almost like some kind keeping up with the Jones's or something.

Note that I specified 4090, not 5090.

Minusorange · 2025-01-23T14:48:25+0000

Adrian1976 said:
I personally find it hard to believe there will be more demand than when the 40x series launched, There was a far bigger uplift on performance last gen, This gen looks MEH.

There's a lot of people who have skipped 20, 30 and 40 series because of cost, but they've now managed to secure a mortgage to get a 50 series card

Quartz · 2025-01-23T15:16:39+0000

Minusorange said:
There's a lot of people who have skipped 20, 30 and 40 series because of cost, but they've now managed to secure a mortgage to get a 50 series card

The GTX 1080 Ti was released in March 2017, nearly 8 years ago, for £670. If you've kept it all that time it's cost you about £7 per week. If you buy a RTX 5090 now, for £2k, and keep it to 2033 it will have cost you a little over £20 a week. I don't think we've had 200% inflation in the past 8 years.

Shogun_Krayt · 2025-01-23T15:31:01+0000

Hostile_18 said:
We have a leak amongst us boys. What do snitches get?

I love leaking posts from a public forum x

Rogueywon · 2025-01-23T16:18:54+0000

Hostile_18 said:
We have a leak amongst us boys. What do snitches get?

This isn't Gibbo's first rodeo. He'll have known his post would get pickup. There were already US vendor sources talking about how tight the supply is.

Hostile_18 · 2025-01-23T16:28:31+0000

Rogueywon said:
This isn't Gibbo's first rodeo. He'll have known his post would get pickup. There were already US vendor sources talking about how tight the supply is.

It's actually pretty clever. It puts pressure on distributors/Nvidia to help one of the UKs biggest computer retailers get day 1 stock in an amount that isn't quite a joke.

That been said it would be a shame if it wasn't intended and it hampers honest shop insights.

Dave2150 · 2025-01-23T16:33:08+0000

I still have a sneaky feeling Nvidia has hoarded most of the 5090 stock for the FE. Lets hope the FE retailer has thousands of boxes ready to make their way to us :cry:

Alt0153 · 2025-01-23T16:36:50+0000

25% more fps for 25% more money and 25% more energy usage, truly amazing, about the only thing good about the 5090 is that it stays as cool as it does

P.B · 2025-01-23T17:18:28+0000

Quartz said:
The GTX 1080 Ti was released in March 2017, nearly 8 years ago, for £670. If you've kept it all that time it's cost you about £7 per week. If you buy a RTX 5090 now, for £2k, and keep it to 2033 it will have cost you a little over £20 a week. I don't think we've had 200% inflation in the past 8 years.

Do you think a 5090 will still be relevant in 8 years ? I don't, more and more every gen it's seems like there is gen specific hardware that changes the field.

P.B · 2025-01-23T17:19:25+0000

Rogueywon said:
This isn't Gibbo's first rodeo. He'll have known his post would get pickup. There were already US vendor sources talking about how tight the supply is.

We all know why that is though....

Supply and demand and up prices.....yawn
...

P.B · 2025-01-23T17:20:36+0000

Alt0153 said:
25% more fps for 25% more money and 25% more energy usage, truly amazing, about the only thing good about the 5090 is that it stays as cool as it does

Yeah looks like the how the 3090ti was when that came out, glad I've kept hold of my strix

Quartz · 2025-01-23T17:45:30+0000

P.B said:
Do you think a 5090 will still be relevant in 8 years ?

Based on experience, yes I do: my brother's PC runs my old 2080 Ti. It's fine for his PC needs and his daughter's. There are lots of people running really old gear. It likely won't run the newest games of 2033 very well, but so what?

varkanoid · 2025-01-23T18:01:10+0000

Gibbo said:
5090 - (single digits at present, maybe double for launch)

well it is going to take time so plan ahead and also act like adults

lol

CaptainRAVE · 2025-01-23T18:03:02+0000

Hardware nerds. Patience? Ha, nice one.

Adrian1976 · 2025-01-23T18:03:55+0000

Alt0153 said:
25% more fps for 25% more money and 25% more energy usage, truly amazing, about the only thing good about the 5090 is that it stays as cool as it does

And this is my main reason for staying away, The 4090 I have rips through anything I throw at it and also I am sane lol.

They have increased the cut off temp on 5090 to 90c not surprising at 575w lol, They have pushed it too far I can't really see how it's going to be any more efficient than the 40x series with these ludicrous power requirements.

I mean I upgraded to a 1kw Seasoning ATX 3.0 PSU when I got the 4090 and thought I'd never need to change it for 10 years as it has a 10yr warranty lol but Nvidia says "Hold My Beer" No way am I changing the PSU again, I'll wait for next gen when they bring the power requirements back down to earth.

CuriousTomCat · 2025-01-23T18:19:26+0000

Demand outstripping supply means they're too cheap

Hostile_18 · 2025-01-23T18:23:11+0000

CuriousTomCat said:
Demand outstripping supply means they're too cheap

Not if they are artificially limited. After the early adopters purchase, then we will see the true demand at a given price point.

Kelt · 2025-01-23T18:24:26+0000

CuriousTomCat said:
Demand outstripping supply means they're too cheap

Or, OR, maybe OCUK only having two 5090's to sell isn't enough!

Rob_B · 2025-01-23T18:25:46+0000

artificial or just that Nvidia can sell as many datacentre GPUs as they can make so they don't want to 'waste' their time making consumer GPUs?

As a business I get it, as a consumer I hate it.