Was hoping to upgrade from the 4090 to the MSI 5090 Liquid. 4090 was $1800, 5090 is $3000? WTF.

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Shapely Twig 13 Sep @ 6:28pm

The last 5 years has forced us to be more patient in acquiring the enthusiast tier GPUs, but this is just ridiculous. At this rate I will just ride my 4090 until it becomes extinct, and go back to console gaming like I did exclusively during the PS1-PS2, Saturn-DC, N64-GC days.

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Bind0fGod 13 Sep @ 6:29pm

It's not a buying market rn.
I'd wait a few years and enjoy the build you have.

Caldari Ghost 13 Sep @ 6:31pm

since the rtx pro 6000 exists, shouldnt you be spending energy being upset about that cards price tag instead?

Shapely Twig 13 Sep @ 6:36pm

Originally posted by Bind0fGod:
It's not a buying market rn.
I'd wait a few years and enjoy the build you have.

In other words, buying GPUs has now become as volatile as real estate. :(

I hope Sony really steps it up with the next Playstation. I imagine even a $1000 price tag would look great next to this mess that is PC GPUs today.

Shapely Twig 13 Sep @ 6:39pm

Originally posted by Caldari Ghost:
since the rtx pro 6000 exists, shouldnt you be spending energy being upset about that cards price tag instead?

That looks like a workstation prototype. When the a 6090 Liquid cooled model releases, we'll see. But I'm pretty sure it's not going down in price.

Bind0fGod 13 Sep @ 6:55pm

Originally posted by Shapely Twig:
Originally posted by Bind0fGod:
It's not a buying market rn.
I'd wait a few years and enjoy the build you have.

In other words, buying GPUs has now become as volatile as real estate. :(

I hope Sony really steps it up with the next Playstation. I imagine even a $1000 price tag would look great next to this mess that is PC GPUs today.

I have a 7900xtx.
I'm personally waiting for AMD to release something that's a decent upgrade for that.

Shapely Twig 26 Sep @ 5:17pm

Originally posted by Bind0fGod:
Originally posted by Shapely Twig:

In other words, buying GPUs has now become as volatile as real estate. :(

I hope Sony really steps it up with the next Playstation. I imagine even a $1000 price tag would look great next to this mess that is PC GPUs today.
I have a 7900xtx.
I'm personally waiting for AMD to release something that's a decent upgrade for that.

If AMD can release a card that is close to the 5090 even a full year from now, I would be fully onboard (assuming they are actually available).

But even the 4090 struggles to maintain 120fps at 4K for many games, so more power is needed.

Azza ☠ 26 Sep @ 5:23pm

What monitor resolution and refresh rate are you running?

The RTX 4090 is still a seriously good graphics card for even 4K resolution. Plus you still have Physx to support older games.

The RTX 5090 on the other hand is 4x AI Frame Generation, so if you want UltraHD 4K with RayTracing and 120Hz+. This AI Frame Generation was rubbish at first, but improves greatly over time with the driver updates. They have supercomputers running 24/7 improving upon the latest games. So if your monitor and psu (power supply) supports that, then it future proofs too. AI Frame Generation is getting better quality than the original games these days. Yet it will also use more power to juice.

You can still sit pretty sweet with a RTX 4090.

It just depends what you really want to juice?

ps: I've used them both personally and I love them both for different reasons.

pss: Factor in your motherboard / cpu and psu (power supply) too. Then the monitor which can only dish out whatever it's given. Plus what games do you play the most? Latest or older?

Last edited by Azza ☠; 26 Sep @ 5:27pm

Senor Eppeb Beppers 26 Sep @ 8:03pm

games aren't scratching the surface of what a 4090 can do. There is 0 incentive to upgrade. Also, I've heard the 5000 series is overly reliant on AI, requiring more specific setups. The 4090 is the only time i've seen a graphics card go up in value after the initial release because they discontinued it.