[PragmaticPulp]

> For me, it's not the MSRP cost, it's that they've thrown power efficiency out the window entirely. It'd be like that automaker's flagship car getting only 2 miles per gallon on highways

Flagship cars generally do get significantly worse gas mileage than mainstream cars.

But you're exaggerating the inefficiency of a 4090. In terms of performance-per-watt, it's not that far off from their lower level cards.

If low power is a primary driver, it's very easy to move a slider and reduce the power usage for any of these cards.

> I just wish these PC component manufactures would have some more focus on making their products more energy efficient,

They do! Efficiency and performance are one in the same. They wouldn't be able to squeeze out this much performance if they didn't optimize the efficiency. More efficient parts result in higher performance for a given thermal envelope.

If you wanted the most efficiency, you would buy a 4090 and turn the power limit down to 50%. This is very easy to do. Reducing voltage and power limits is extremely common in small case builds.