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Who has upgraded from a 4090 to 5090 ?

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I was wondering who had made the move from 4090 to 5090?

I have sold a few assets and thing what can I treat my self with, but finding the reviews a little under whelming.

Ill be coming from a strix 4090 which is a good solid performer well above average, with the price of the Astral at 3k is way too much I feel and because Asus are the only ones who do 2x hdmi I'm limited to either a tuf or Astral. Which again is 2.5k.

By time Ive sold my 4090 for say 1500 ? It's a 2k upgrade and tbf my 4090 doesn't struggle and I doubt i would notice the extra 30% ?

Just wondering what people's experiences have been like ?
 
I know, I know lol.... I even bought a 2nd 4k oled to scratch the upgrade itch. I've been so used to buying every high end since the titan x and overclocking the nuts of it.

My Asus 3090 strix on water is beating 3090ti scores and punching a 4080. I suppose I just want to tinker.
 
P.B said:
I know, I know lol.... I even bought a 2nd 4k oled to scratch the upgrade itch. I've been so used to buying every high end since the titan x and overclocking the nuts of it.

My Asus 3090 strix on water is beating 3090ti scores and punching a 4080. I suppose I just want to tinker.
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and I bet people who blow stupid prices on the PC rig and monitor won't get sound system like like this https://ibb.co/zW2HcM0d

:D
 
IvanDobskey said:
Personally I have no idea why anyone would blow two grand for 30% more performance when they already have more than they really need. Wait for the next gen and save your money. Or just send it to me if you really don't want it :p
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100% this. Seems like a waste of money to me especially given all of the design concerns.
 
there are probably three outlier cases where it makes some sense imho...
1. High end PCVR due to the insane resolutions
2. You can sell your used 4090 close to a 5090 price, and thus the cost is the delta
3. You have a professional use case that can be satisfied with a gaming card avoiding the cost of a workstation or datacentre GPU

then of course you should consider people that didn't get the 4090 because Nvidia has stopped making the silicon now, there are no good choices in the high end atm. You also have to remember there will be a market where value or addiction comes into play, these people are not price sensitive hence there being a scalper presence however this market is imho finite and saturated now months after release.

On the positive side though... 4090s owners just got another 2yrs+ of value out of their GPU :)
 
BigBANGtheory said:
there are probably three outlier cases where it makes some sense imho...
1. High end PCVR due to the insane resolutions
2. You can sell your used 4090 close to a 5090 price, and thus the cost is the delta
3. You have a professional use case that can be satisfied with a gaming card avoiding the cost of a workstation or datacentre GPU

then of course you should consider people that didn't get the 4090 because Nvidia has stopped making the silicon now, there are no good choices in the high end atm. You also have to remember there will be a market where value or addiction comes into play, these people are not price sensitive hence there being a scalper presence however this market is imho finite and saturated now months after release.

On the positive side though... 4090s owners just got another 2yrs+ of value out of their GPU :)
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1.I do have a quest 3 and psvr2 with the PC adapter, but tbh they don't really get used keep meaning too mind.

2. This is the main thing keeping me tempted.

3. I don't even though I have 128gb of ram, maybe I should lol

If the 4090 stays the 2nd fastest car for another 2 years I would be happy tbh and the 6090 to be 70-100% faster would be nice
 
P.B said:
I was wondering who had made the move from 4090 to 5090?

I have sold a few assets and thing what can I treat my self with, but finding the reviews a little under whelming.

Ill be coming from a strix 4090 which is a good solid performer well above average, with the price of the Astral at 3k is way too much I feel and because Asus are the only ones who do 2x hdmi I'm limited to either a tuf or Astral. Which again is 2.5k.

By time Ive sold my 4090 for say 1500 ? It's a 2k upgrade and tbf my 4090 doesn't struggle and I doubt i would notice the extra 30% ?

Just wondering what people's experiences have been like ?
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I went from 4090 to 5090, wasn't intending to but sold 4090 for £1686 and paid £1759 for it so total cost of ownership for two years 4 months was £93. Paid £2400 for 5090 so less than £800 for the upgrade. I wouldn't bother with an Astral or anything costing over £2500, I'd probably get a cheaper AIB model closer to £2000 if I were you as suspect the next generation of cards will have a high end AMD competitor and we could have another 3080 moment when 2080ti buyers were stuffed on the resale value. I can tell the difference although don't play any games that really need a 5090 but selling the 4090 for so much meant I could upgrade a generation sooner than otherwise.
 
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Jacky60 said:
I went from 4090 to 5090, wasn't intending to but sold 4090 for £1686 and paid £1759 for it so total cost of ownership for two years 4 months was £93. Paid £2400 for 5090 so less than £800 for the upgrade. I wouldn't bother with an Astral or anything costing over £2500, I'd probably get a cheaper AIB model closer to £2000 if I were you as suspect the next generation of cards will have a high end AMD competitor and we could have another 3080 moment when 2080ti buyers were stuffed on the resale value. I can tell the difference although don't play any games that really need a 5090 but selling the 4090 for so much meant I could upgrade a generation sooner than otherwise.
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The thing is the only 2 cards I can have are from Asus as they are the only ones who do 2x hdmi 2.1s as i have 2 fiber optic outputs feeding oleds else where in the house and dp to hdmi adapter don't work with g sync
 
Unless you can sell and get a deal like above, or, unless you play VR at extremely high res there is absolutely no need to upgrade from a 4090 to a 5090.
 
P.B said:
The thing is the only 2 cards I can have are from Asus as they are the only ones who do 2x hdmi 2.1s as i have 2 fiber optic outputs feeding oleds else where in the house and dp to hdmi adapter don't work with g sync
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Fair enough. Toughgaming around £2500? Think that's the price. I'm sure I'll take a hit in two years time on resale but happy with what I spent for another 30-50%. Rarely 50% uplift and don't play those games but RDR2 looks better at 4K with 1.5x DSR a comfy 80-85fps vs 60-65fps previously. I already had an upgrade urge and happy with it tbh.
 
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I did, and it’s been mostly a pointless upgrade for the type of games I play (Diablo 4, PoE2) but for the odd time I play Division 2 and Spacemarine 2 and even started playing Cyberpunk again, it’s been brilliant

It helped that I sold my 4090 for £1500 and got a 5090 for £2095 so was a fairly cheap upgrade. I just can’t help myself and love to upgrade.
 
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IvanDobskey said:
I love to upgrade too, but try to spread the money around where it makes a good impact overall. Spaffing £3k all on a GPU is just not good use of money.
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I look at it as £2400 minus the resale value of a 5090 in two years so hopefully at least £500 and probably at least £1K for the 5090 resale =£1400 for a good 4 years of absolute top end gaming (including 4090 and cost of ownership) so £350 per year for the very best PC gaming experience. The 5090 with its AI functionality may well resell for above £1000 in two years. I used to spend £500-£1000+ every 18 months to 2 years on past upgrades with occasional 3-4 year gaps so its well within my spending limits..
 
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