RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s biggest bargain in years

Re:RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s bigge... by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @11:58AM (#33164977)

I will never understand people that bought a 3090 for gaming.

It was literally double the price of a 3080, but was at most 20% faster, and usually only 10-15% faster.

nVidia's claim that "It's for 4K gaming!" was marketing bullshit. With a such a small performance premium over the 3080, I'd argue that if a 3080 can't handle a game in 4K, the 3090 probably can't either.

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Re:RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s bigge... by lupire on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @12:22PM (#33165296)

Because nVidia knows that a huge part of their gaming market wants to buy the highest specs to show off to their friends, not for game performance.

The "1%" who have unlimited budget for consumer purchases like this, are millions of people.

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Re:RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s bigge... by dispat0r on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:52PM (#33166495)

Also, you couldn't buy a 3080 at launch, it was never in stock. Now, the real 4080 16 GB is too close to the 4090 in price to be worth it. For the moment, it is the best to wait for AMD and hope it will be good.

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Re:RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s bigge... by brokenmachine on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:58PM (#33172236)

Many are sick of waiting.

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Re:RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s bigge... by aplummer on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @12:02PM (#33165020)

It just can do 4k. I’m one of these people, my only monitor is a Pro Display so I need every last % because less than 4k is unplayable on it.

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Re:RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s bigge... by foobarian on Friday October 14, 2022 @10:30AM (#33203989)

I will bet you anything that had they numbered the cards in reverse, the 3090 would still sell better. There is something about having the highest number that pleases the minmaxer in us.

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