Current Events > Will you buy an RTX 50 series card?

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RTX 5080 reviews come out tomorrow. The gen on gen performance uplift appears to be underwhelming for the whole lineup, major benchmarkers have likened the 5090 to a 4090 Ti because its FPS per dollar is about the same. ~25% uplift for 25% more price

I'm on a 3070 so I'd like to upgrade soon but don't really know what i want to try to get. It also sounds like stock will be terrible so that might stop me from upgrading.

Maybe a 5090 some day, but I don't really have to upgrade from my current GPU for a while. I have a 4080 Super at the moment. It does a pretty good job at 4K but I usually don't get close to my 240 Hz refresh rate in games.

I'm probably never going to be able to afford to upgrade my PC so I'll be stuck on an RTX 2080.

Not a chance.

No

I'll probably never buy a GPU again after my current dies and just stick with handheld hybrids

More like "CAN you buy an RTX 50 series", there's going to be a massive lack of inventory with retailers saying they are going to be lucky if they get even single digit quantities.

Nope. I got an Arc A770 Titan OC last year and it is more than capable of everything I need to do. I honestly can't see myself ever buying a new GPU as long as this one doesn't go kaput, and I'll try to stick with Intel's offerings if it does.

I was only going to buy a 5090 if I could get it from the military exchange like how I got my 4090 FE (no taxes or shipping, final cost was MSRP) to use for work and home AI/ML shenanigans, but I'm not so sure now with America speedrunning into a recession

Got a 4090 last year. I'm probably good until at least the 6000 series for what I need it to do.

I was going to upgrade from my 3080 to a 5080, but the 50 series sounds so underwhelming. Nvidia really needs to up their game

I built a new PC not long ago with a 7900 XTX. Not going to upgrade from that for a while.

I'm good on a 7800 xt

I kinda want a 5090 for self hosting deepseek, but no way am I gonna camp outside microcenter for one

No, I'll wait until the 6000s series it out and then probably buy the AMD equivalent, or Intel if it ends up being good.

No

I'm planning on building a new pc at some point this year. My current rig is showing its age.

When it comes to GPU, I'm not going to bother with the 50 series. Way too costly for what you get, compared to the 40 series.

I'm thinking a 4080 super, I'm sure once the 50s are out in the wild, we'll see prices drop a bit for the 40s

no, i have a 3080ti i'm still happy with. i haven't been playing any super demanding PC games to where i even feel like i could use an upgrade. the 50 series seems pretty underwhelming so i'll skip it. maybe i'd get a 6080/90 after the 70 series come out for an upgrade if i feel the need in a couple years.

pokedude900 posted...

Got a 4090 last year. I'm probably good until at least the 6000 series for what I need it to do.

also got a 4090 since who knows if the economy is going to be trashed this year. shouldn't need to upgrade for a while

Id say theres a 5% chance I get an AMD GPU and a 95% chance I remain on iGPU for the foreseeable future.

iGPUs have come a very long way (especially on the AMD side, but even Intel have gotten quite impressive lately), and I dont care that much about fancy graphics as long as I can play my games. And NVidia are very expensive.

The RTX 5080 is... an RTX 4080.

https://youtu.be/sEu6k-MdZgc

Maybe in 15 years when it becomes affordable.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/41cd330b.jpg
The 5080 is 4% better than a 4080 Super.

Thanks Nvidia, what a deal.

I built a PC with a 4070 Super less than a year ago. I'm good.

I bought a laptop with a 4090 in it last year. I don't plan to get anything else for a good few years, especially with what's going to happen with prices in the next few years.

If it's too expensive, no. If it's not too expensive, still probably not.

Trelve posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/41cd330b.jpg
The 5080 is 4% better than a 4080 Super.

Thanks Nvidia, what a deal.

Yes, but with the power of AI frame generation, you can pretend the framerates are even higher!

Trelve posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/41cd330b.jpg
The 5080 is 4% better than a 4080 Super.

Thanks Nvidia, what a deal.

Your comparing a card that's been out for a few years and has had multiple update patches to address performance issues to a card that was just released and has no patches. Of course its going to look only 4% better. It might not get better by much, but I'm going with the assumption that once 2026 hits the performance difference will probably be around 20%. AI Frame Generation hasn't been fully explored yet, as its essentially a new technology.

The difference in product will probably be more similar to the PS3 on launch and PS3 towards the end once people figure out how to fully use the technology.

I purchased a 4070 Ti Super around Black Friday to grab a deal and get my new PC build before tariffs come into play. There's not much reason to upgrade to the 5000 series given there's not huge improvements to justify their costs.

Ivany2008 posted...

AI Frame Generation hasn't been fully explored yet, as its essentially a new technology.

AI frame generation is a stupid fucking idea and a waste of development resources. Players want games that run well. Not ones that look like they run well.

I might get one, but in a few months when reviews for the later ones, and the 9070 have come out. I have a pretty old graphics card, which hasn't been an issue due to not playing many PC games for the past few years, but I'm starting to get back into playing them. So I need to update.

I got a 4090 around this time last year, I'm set for a while.

Ivany2008 posted...

Your comparing a card that's been out for a few years and has had multiple update patches to address performance issues to a card that was just released and has no patches. Of course its going to look only 4% better. It might not get better by much, but I'm going with the assumption that once 2026 hits the performance difference will probably be around 20%. AI Frame Generation hasn't been fully explored yet, as its essentially a new technology.

The difference in product will probably be more similar to the PS3 on launch and PS3 towards the end once people figure out how to fully use the technology.

Actually, it's not an "of course" at all. The 3080 smoked the 2080 Ti at a lower price and the 4080 matched the 3090 Ti (albeit it was more expensive than the 3080 significantly at launch). 1080 was 30% faster than a 980 Ti.

There's a reason reviewers are pretty uniformly disappointed in the 5080 and that is because it is not showing the in-class generational improvement we typically expect. It's looking more like the 20 series, though the 20 series had the feature novelty of hardware ray tracing support, while the only advertised locked feature of the 50 series is multi-frame-gen, which reviewers aren't super happy with.

If you wait, you could eventually get the very nice 6090.

I need something to replace my 2060 (mainly because it's the 6 GB model) and with tariffs on the way I might as well try snagging a 5070 FE. Otherwise I'll sidegrade to a 3060 12 GB or something.

Board_hunter567 posted...

I need something to replace my 2060 (mainly because it's the 6 GB model) and with tariffs on the way I might as well try snagging a 5070 FE. Otherwise I'll sidegrade to a 3060 12 GB or something.

If you're willing to drop $550 MSRP, and you probably won't get it for MSRP, then you might as well get a 7800xt or hopefully snag a deal on a 4070 variant. Unstable times as you said, never know what tomorrow's GPU market will look like. Whatever you do though, don't settle for a 3060 even with 12GB.

Got a 4070 TI Super a few months back. After seeing the 5080 reviews, feeling even better about that.

Will wait another couple generations

Outside of the 5090 it's looking like 10%ish real performance increase with a software package. Not interested at the prices they're asking.

Doe posted...

Actually, it's not an "of course" at all. The 3080 smoked the 2080 Ti at a lower price and the 4080 matched the 3090 Ti (albeit it was more expensive than the 3080 significantly at launch). 1080 was 30% faster than a 980 Ti.

There's a reason reviewers are pretty uniformly disappointed in the 5080 and that is because it is not showing the in-class generational improvement we typically expect. It's looking more like the 20 series, though the 20 series had the feature novelty of hardware ray tracing support, while the only advertised locked feature of the 50 series is multi-frame-gen, which reviewers aren't super happy with.

I'd guess it's because the AI tech probably isn't for gamers at all, but the frame gen is there to entice them on an otherwise minimal upgrade.

Unknown5uspect posted...

I'd guess it's because the AI tech probably isn't for gamers at all, but the frame gen is there to entice them on an otherwise minimal upgrade.

frame gen is largely targeted at 4K gaming to get decent fps. The problem is while FPS is important, generating extra frames only introduces latency in the response since now 75% of your frames aren't being generated by the game itself.

Plus as whole people much prefer actual performance increases by raster rather than these tech shortcuts that have been contributing to many companies ignoring optimization in the first place.

GTX 1660 Ti Super still doing fine for me.

Im looking at the RTX 3060 if I actually go ahead with building a PC.

SaikyoStyle posted...

Im looking at the RTX 3060 if I actually go ahead with building a PC.

I don't recommend it

SaikyoStyle posted...

Im looking at the RTX 3060 if I actually go ahead with building a PC.

Despite the flaws with the 5000 series, it's still better to buy a 5000 series for a new build than the older series. There's just not much of an improvement over the 4000 series

Nah, barely any games coming out are worth buying so I got no reason to upgrade. Got an AMAZING deal on a 3070ti back during the pandemic so I'll be skipping this crapshoot of a gen.

Waiting to see what kind of card Assetto Corsa Evo will require to run VR at good framerates.

I'll buy one if/when they make a 5080 Ti/Super.

probably at some point

No, I recently got a 4070 ti Super and I foresee that lasting until the PS7 comes out