[Aurornis]

> Same reason people buy the RTX 4090 and 5090 cards - overpriced but they must have the "best".

Or they need to run high VRAM apps like LLMs

Or they have 4K monitors and want smooth gameplay on them

Is this whole thread just dedicated to snark about other people’s personal preferences?

[rjh29]

The cost/performance is terrible for higher end cards. In a few years your card is now worth nothing because the lower end cards of the next gen are matching it and there's yet another new SOTA card out. So people end up buying that and chasing the dragon.

The 4k situation is a good point because nvidia deliberately don't provide 24GB except the 90 series, but ... you're too good for DLSS? You can't move a texture slider down from Ultra to Super High? It's your choice, just like it's your choice to pay for Claude. I am also allowed to think you're being stupid.

[CamperBob2]

Someone who bought a 4090 "a few years" ago can now sell it for more than they paid for it, but never mind that.

[rjh29]

Do you think GPUs are going to keep going up in value forever like houses? The current situation (game console price rises years into their lifecycle) is unprecedented and irrelevant to my point.

And if you need SOTA then you can sell your old card sure, but the next xx90 card is now 2x the price as the last gen. So you're not any better off.

[CamperBob2]

A lot depends on what happens with China. I don't think Xi will attack Taiwan, but then I didn't think Putin would attack Ukraine, either.

If Xi goes for Taiwan, then yes, GPUs will appreciate like real estate ("Buy now! They're not making any more of it, you know!") for the next 10 years.

[rjh29]

If GPUs appreciate like real estate then we'll probably see game graphics flatten in response. AI will continue to be a money sink no doubt, but if you have a good card in 2026 you're probably fine for gaming for the next 5 years.