After picking up a 4090 Founders from Best Buy i feel the price is worth it.

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After giving it some thought i think we all wish the prices were much cheaper then they currently sit at , but i forgot that in 2005 i bought 2 EVGA 7800 512 meg cards at $749 a pop. So looking up what that equates to $100 then is Equivalant to $149 now. So 1 card back then was basically $1118!! Wow!! To be young and stupid with not many responsibilities. It was hilarious that i did get the cards early ( breaking the steet date ) and HardOcp had so much traffic it actual went dark for awhile due to traffic.
https://hardforum.com/threads/guys-picking-up-2-xfx-7800gtx-512-meg-cards-right-now.977404/
 
I really hope that sig of yours is not up to date otherwise putting a 4090 with that old Broadwell cpu was just a laughable waste of money especially at 3440x1440.
 
I can't think of a better way to test the limits of a top of the line GPU than going the opposite direction with everything else. Maybe it could break the spell over all of us about the relative worth of any upgrades of the sort.
 
If you have the money and a display that can take advantage of it, the 4090 is a beast. I'm a believer, even coming from a 3090.
That said, it's a niche item even if you do have the money. You need to have a display that's 4K and more than 60Hz. Ideally with Gsync. That's a small audience in the grand scheme of things.
 
Been using my 4090 FE since I picked it up from Best Buy in November. It is a decently large step up in performance from my 3090. Was well worth the money for me!
 
4090 is an incredible performance uplift even over the 30 series! Sadly I don't think Nvidia will be able to pull this off again going from the 4090 to 5090.
 
MistaSparkul said:
4090 is an incredible performance uplift even over the 30 series! Sadly I don't think Nvidia will be able to pull this off again going from the 4090 to 5090.
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Most likely not. Since they went away from sli nvlink for gaming cards, they needed a flagship to essentially be better than nvlink 3090s.
 
Domingo said:
If you have the money and a display that can take advantage of it, the 4090 is a beast. I'm a believer, even coming from a 3090.
That said, it's a niche item even if you do have the money. You need to have a display that's 4K and more than 60Hz. Ideally with Gsync. That's a small audience in the grand scheme of things.
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My only problem really with the 4090 is that it seems more people are buying at that level than ever. It would seem it would be a small audience, but that does not seem to be the case. At least you know you have the fastest card for the price.
 
Marcdaddy said:
After giving it some thought i think we all wish the prices were much cheaper then they currently sit at , but i forgot that in 2005 i bought 2 EVGA 7800 512 meg cards at $749 a pop. So looking up what that equates to $100 then is Equivalant to $149 now. So 1 card back then was basically $1118!! Wow!! To be young and stupid with not many responsibilities. It was hilarious that i did get the cards early ( breaking the steet date ) and HardOcp had so much traffic it actual went dark for awhile due to traffic.
https://hardforum.com/threads/guys-picking-up-2-xfx-7800gtx-512-meg-cards-right-now.977404/
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You wouldn't actually have those 7800 GTX 512s still, would you? If you do, PM me when convenient, please. :D
 
Mr. Bluntman said:
You wouldn't actually have those 7800 GTX 512s still, would you? If you do, PM me when convenient, please. :D
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Ah, the rare 7800 GTX 512mb... Only in production 2-3 months, 30% more cost for 256mb of VRAM and a hefty clock bump. Completely eclipsed by the 8800 a few months later. An elegant weapon.
 
vogar34 said:
My only problem really with the 4090 is that it seems more people are buying at that level than ever. It would seem it would be a small audience, but that does not seem to be the case. At least you know you have the fastest card for the price.
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Its a terribly small audience. They've only shipped around 200k units worldwide.
 
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harmattan said:
Ah, the rare 7800 GTX 512mb... Only in production 2-3 months, 30% more cost for 256mb of VRAM and a hefty clock bump. Completely eclipsed by the 8800 a few months later. An elegant weapon.
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Indeed, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age... :D

Quips aside, hell, even the 110nm > 90nm shrink of G70 (imaginitively called G71) used in the 7900 GTX 512 released 1 year later clocked up a good 100+MHz higher than even the near-4090-levels of availability 7800 GTX 512. Memory had a much bigger boost compared to even the core. But sweet Jesus, I can't say for certain because that was 17 years ago, Bro Montana... And I can't be assed to Google it, ATM. :ROFLMAO:
 
I guess. I just don't like that flagship cards keep getting rebrands and with it, price bumps.

Flagship gaming Fermi? GTX 580 for $500
Flagship gaming Pascal? GTX 1080 Ti for $699
Flagship gaming Ampere? RTX 3090 Ti for $1999
Flagship gaming Lovelace (so far)? RTX 4090 for $1599

Remember when "80" meant something? Yeah I do too.
 
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