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RTX 4090 - actually future proof?
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The only way you could be truly future proof is if you got a piece of hardware that could transform itself completely into the latest and greatest every 2 years.
Nvidia fine slime.
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So basically a subscription service
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I was thinking more along the lines of nano machines able to change things on the nm scale.
Watched it this afternoon again on BBC1 classic.
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Same, Also finally saw the most recent one "Afterlife" and it was a real tribute to Ghostbusters and especially Harold Ramis unlike the abomination that shall not be named from 2016.
That's not the issue. 4K is easy and has been easy for a long time now, at least for 60 fps, just because you can do near enough to it (via reconstruction or just simple upscales + sharpening), and/or turn one of the key dumb super-res options tied to volumetrics that tanked the framerate but were barely noticeable. I know, technically "not 4K", but perceptually you'd fail a blind test, and it would still look better doing that with a 4K display than remaining tied to 1440p and doing it "natively".
It's really RT that's going to hamstring future proofing, and even more so on the CPU/software side than squarely on the GPU. Anything resolution-wise is fairly flexible, but the other stuff is much harder to tune usually.
Just watching it on 4K blu-ray. Classic
Maybe nvidia will move to hire/purchase as Gpus become to costly for many as an outright purchase.
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Ive got one and Id say no, its really good, really really good, but fortnight can kick its ass with everything on...maybe thats a coding thing but its still a thing.
Isle of man TT 3/2023 OMG version 2 is so close to real its nuts but the version due in May 23, justifies a 5000 or 6000 series card.
Isle of man TT 3/2023 OMG version 2 is so close to real its nuts but the version due in May 23, justifies a 5000 or 6000 series card.
Both 1 and 2 were tbh.
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I deeply regret getting 4K. It places you in a constant spiral of upgrading. I just downgraded to 1440P to get out of it.
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I'd probably still happily be using a 1070 if I hadn't upgraded to a 3840x1600 monitor, I've just 'downgraded' to a 1440p OLED and am very happy with the outcome, this should mean I can skip the 40xx series entirely while waiting for better 4k monitors (guessing it'll be at least a couple of years?).
1440 is a bit weak outside of gaming though, not the end of the world though. I just hope pricing sanity returns although judging by Gibbo's sales comments we're probably screwed.
I wonder if using DLSS/FSR at it's lowest preset looks and performs better than dropping to 1440p.
EDIT: Going to test it and find out.
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The great thing about PC gaming is most the best high end monitors are not 4k
There mainly 3440x1440 & 2560x1440 etc
or has this changed these days
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That used to be the case for 1080p between 2000 and 2013, if you had a 1080p you were constantly upgrading your gpu and cpu every year or other year.
The only way to avoid this is to use a resolution that is behind the developers curve - so back then I was gaming at 480p and 600p instead of 1080p to avoid having to upgrade which is the same as you're doing now with 1440p to avoid the 2160p resolution that game developers are targeting.
At some point in the future game developers will target 8k and then 4k will become that easy to use resolution, we're still 5 years away from this though
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Perhaps it's time to revisit this discussion two and a quarter years later 
Seems likely the RTX 4090 will be the second best consumer graphics card in existence until very late 2026 / early 2027, so nearly 4.5 years on the podium at first and then second place.
It getting the actually useful parts of DLSS 4.0 should be a massive boost too.
As it stands, I'm even wondering if my 7900 XT will still be in my system and delivering reasonably highish-end performance for 4+ years, especially if FSR 4 comes to RDNA 3
Seems likely the RTX 4090 will be the second best consumer graphics card in existence until very late 2026 / early 2027, so nearly 4.5 years on the podium at first and then second place.
It getting the actually useful parts of DLSS 4.0 should be a massive boost too.
As it stands, I'm even wondering if my 7900 XT will still be in my system and delivering reasonably highish-end performance for 4+ years, especially if FSR 4 comes to RDNA 3