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No 5090 - Cool!

I'd like to get a 5090 and build a new rig this Summer and a quieter htpc.
 
Tanquen said:
Was kinda hopping BestBuys wait in line thing would work but no. Newegg and B&H never showed me stock.
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Scalpers already bought out all the stock with BOTS. It's especially hard to get them on BestBuy.

Your only real hope was to get into the Nvidia queue on launch day and hope that a video card lasted to you once other customers ahead have been served.

The 5090s are selling for around $6,000 for Buy it Now deals on Ebay.

It sucks but this is the reality we live in now.
 
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Dreamerbydesign said:
I guess I’m surprised people are going out of their way to try to get one of these day one, for multiple reasons.

I’d wait a month or two, this isn’t pandemic era. Nvidia should have stocked if they intended to sell these. It’s not about supply constraints and shipping issues, let’s be clear it’s about Nvidia being Nvidia.
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Who wants to bet that 5090 sales is not even an Nvidia priority? They make much more profit selling their top end GPUs to AI farms and the like.
 
vjhawk said:
Who wants to bet that 5090 sales is not even an Nvidia priority? They make much more profit selling their top end GPUs to AI farms and the like.
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In that case people need to direct their angst in the right direction. It’s looking to me like if Nvidia wanted these to be sold they’d have had stock. This is a paper launch and not beyond something nvidia and amd have done before.
 
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Niner said:
I addressed this is another thread. Most of us are level headed, but some people are just in the "we need instant gratification now" mode. I don't see these sort of shortages changing anytime soon, so they just have to grin and bear it I guess.
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Or you can fake internet rage for clicks and act dramatic and self entitled. I prefer your approach.
 
Just make a card that can do 4K native high at ~160fps, draws low power, costing in the neighborhood of $800 and in stock.
Programmers fix the games .
 
vjhawk said:
Who wants to bet that 5090 sales is not even an Nvidia priority? They make much more profit selling their top end GPUs to AI farms and the like.
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That's what makes this launch so weird. They didn't need to try to sell these cards if they had so few, so why the rush? It's not like they'd miss the opportunity to sell them.

Could've waited a few months and then done a proper launch. I'm guessing they were genuinely fearful AMD's 9070 cards would suck up alot of their sales so they rushed out the door as fast as possible to make people who can't get one wait and not buy AMD instead. Luckily AMD, never being one to miss an opportunity to fail have yet again lived up to their reputation!

Honestly, how many people do you think would have snapped up an 9070XT having got hyped over a 5080 but then not secured one?


It's gotten to the point where GPU makers straight up don't want to make and sell graphics cards to gamers anymore. At all.
 
spine said:
That's what makes this launch so weird. They didn't need to try to sell these cards if they had so few, so why the rush? It's not like they'd miss the opportunity to sell them.

Could've waited a few months and then done a proper launch. I'm guessing they were genuinely fearful AMD's 9070 cards would suck up alot of their sales so they rushed out the door as fast as possible to make people who can't get one wait and not buy AMD instead. Luckily AMD, never being one to miss an opportunity to fail have yet again lived up to their reputation!

Honestly, how many people do you think would have snapped up an 9070XT having got hyped over a 5080 but then not secured one?


It's gotten to the point where GPU makers straight up don't want to make and sell graphics cards to gamers anymore. At all.
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They don't. All the money is in AI and Data centers. I don't see it changing until the AI bubble bursts.
 
spine said:
That's what makes this launch so weird. They didn't need to try to sell these cards if they had so few, so why the rush? It's not like they'd miss the opportunity to sell them.

Could've waited a few months and then done a proper launch. I'm guessing they were genuinely fearful AMD's 9070 cards would suck up alot of their sales so they rushed out the door as fast as possible to make people who can't get one wait and not buy AMD instead. Luckily AMD, never being one to miss an opportunity to fail have yet again lived up to their reputation!

Honestly, how many people do you think would have snapped up an 9070XT having got hyped over a 5080 but then not secured one?


It's gotten to the point where GPU makers straight up don't want to make and sell graphics cards to gamers anymore. At all.
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I stupidly thought one of the reasons nvidia was launching the 50 series cards later than usual was so that they could have a decent stock of them on release. Instead it seems like one of the weakest releases they've ever had.
 
I think the issue is ultimately TSMC holds all the cards (GPUs) and they simply can't produce enough for the planet's needs.

China actually invading Taiwan doesn't sound so crazy anymore.
 
vegeta535 said:
They don't. All the money is in AI and Data centers. I don't see it changing until the AI bubble bursts.
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I don't think AI is the bubble, even with compute cost of training AI going down, the overall demand for AI solutions will persist for forseeable future.... we need to ramp up fab production. We continue to severely underestimate the future demand for advanced chips.
 
imsirovic5 said:
I don't think AI is the bubble, even with compute cost of training AI going down, the overall demand for AI solutions will persist for forseeable future.... we need to ramp up fab production. We continue to severely underestimate the future demand for advanced chips.
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Well they can't just spin up more fabric capacity. We are still years out before the new plants go into operations.
 
vegeta535 said:
Well they can't just spin up more fabric capacity. We are still years out before the new plants go into operations.
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Exactly - planning and immense cost add to all of this. As nobody can predict what the demand will be in 5 years, which adds to projected conservatism.
 
I wonder how long it will be before we won’t be buying any pc components? No more waiting games.
 
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Was in line for 5 minutes...but then sold out. But hey....5 minutes is impressive I guess.
 
Blackstone said:
I don't know for sure but I doubt this was the only drop today. I think they release in batches. They clearly were restocked today. Anyway it is good news Best Buy got another drop only 13 days after launch day. It means all the bullshit conspiracies you have been reading about stock are WRONG. I'm thinking you will see drops at least every other week.
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Got in line for third wave and lasted another 5 minutes...but still was unlucky. See if anymore happen today (I think sometimes Best Buy will do a later one...they did at launch).
 
JavaLava said:
Got in line for third wave and lasted another 5 minutes...but still was unlucky. See if anymore happen today (I think sometimes Best Buy will do a later one...they did at launch).
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If you are in line, you've done all that you can do. At that point it is luck.
 
No luck so far, though at this point the only thing I really want is a close to msrp 5090, fe would be ideal, too bad I'm screen sharing and leading a call during the drop lol.
 
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Is the 5090 FE still worth getting?

I only wanted to get a FE because it's the cheapest. But with all the reports of the power connectors and cables burning, I'm almost expecting a recall and redesign soon.
 
rhcliff said:
Is the 5090 FE still worth getting?

I only wanted to get a FE because it's the cheapest. But with all the reports of the power connectors and cables burning, I'm almost expecting a recall and redesign soon.
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It seems other outlets aren't having the issue with their cards, but it may just come to down to certain scenarios I would guess. If you are getting a decent upgrade going to a 5090 then I say go for it.
 
I got my 4090 from Newegg about a year and a half for $1749. Looking at these used prices are crazy.
 
after all the reports about the connector and burning cables, even if the 5090 comes back in stock in big numbers are people really running out to buy one?
 
polonyc2 said:
after all the reports about the connector and burning cables, even if the 5090 comes back in stock in big numbers are people really running out to buy one?
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Yes, because that talk, just like the initial 4090 burnout talk, is wildly exaggerated. Less than a percent of a percent of 4090s burned up. A minuscule number.

It’s highly unlikely there will be 5090s just sitting on shelves anytime soon.

You still can’t buy a 4090.
 
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