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The RTX 4090 graphics card from Nvidia makes some bold claims. As the flagship of the brand new Ada Lovelace architecture by Nvidia, the RTX 4090 aims to take its place as the fastest GPU on the market, whether you're looking for just blazing fast framerates in heavy game workloads or are a creative making some of the world's best digital art. But do the claims match up with real-world performance? We take a look in our RTX 4090 review.
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Nice Card thou indeed.
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Now you are talking, it puts consoles in their place, while even mini-towers watch and weep!
Not even remotely true. The only people who are going to be looking to purchase these cards are the tech nerds who can't help themselves but to think they need the absolute latest cards for reasons (despite hardly ever using them to their full potential), professionals who want a great card for gaming/workstation, or just professional gamers.
With these cards out, that's going to push down the price of the 20 and 30 series cards. The 3060 is a great card for its value and high performance. The higher end 2080 TI, etc can now be purchased much cheaper.
Arc also came out of Intel and it has its uses, there's a lot of fascinating information out there about that card. Not to mention the new AMD cards are out there on the horizon.
People who know enough to look for previous generation cards can get better deals by going with RTX 2060 or some of the GTX 1660 -variants, but it requires quite a lot of knowledge to look for previous generation cards. You average buyer is more likely to just look at NVidia's current generation lineup, conclude that GPU prices start at €400, and buy either PS5 or XBox Series S at €500.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
If you're still running a 2080 Ti and want *the best* out now, this is a compelling upgrade. But there are still the RTX 4080s, as well as whatever AMD is doing with its upcoming cards, so there is plenty of time to mull options.
But like, if you want the best, this is it right now. It's a true next-gen leap.
I would expect any uptick in console sales in the near future to be due to availability during the Christmas season, not the price of a 4090. I think it is realistic to say that someone would choose a console over a low-end PC because of price and performance, but I find it hard to believe that anyone will look at the price of a 4090 and automatically downgrade their purchase decision to a console, just like I'm not rushing out to buy a console because a Ryzen 7950X or Intel 12900 cost $700.
PC gaming always has, and always will be more expensive than console. There may be a pool of gamers that bridge the gap, but PC and console are almost two separate hobbies at this point, at least in my house and circle of friends.
Since consoles started using standard PC parts 2 generations ago. The performance gap narrowed while console prices stayed pretty well the same and PC graphics card prices, mostly due to the crypto shit, went up and up to the point that Nvidia now seems to be setting price points for the 4xxx cards influenced by what crypto did for the 3xxx prices.
I mean give your head a shake, $1500+ for just a graphics card when $500 consoles do an equal or better job running games than anything but the xx80 and up.
(EDIT: DELETED the video which is likely a dishonest comparison.)
The performance gap has narrowed significantly between PCs and consoles while the cost of graphics cards has gone bonkers.
Whether this actually has an effect on market share is pure whimsical speculation on my part but IMO, thanks to Nvidia, unless AMD forces them to lower prices, may just be pushing some who have never considered a console seriously to start doing so.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
I'll remove it.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
TIL that all Nvidia graphics cards wear high heels?
The GeForce RTX 3060 is a fine mid-range card with a $330 MSRP and a 276 mm^2 die size. Its replacement in the new generation is the GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB with a slightly larger 294.5 mm^2 die size and a $900 MSRP.
That $900 is probably going to fall precipitously and be closer to $400 soon. But if $900 for a mid-range GPU becomes the new norm, then PC gaming is going to be in deep trouble.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED