jaybee83

um....why not just get a regular 4080, maybe even used? save a ton of money and only lose like 2-3% in performance. overclock and bam, done.

individual cases i wouldnt find suspicious, theres always the odd user who needs cash fast and thus sells off items below value. but if those keep popping up left and right id be cautious!

orly 😛 do it!

haha yep, also got the monies ready for 50 series and Zen 5 😄 although no need for an upgrade to X870 mobo, apparently the major uplift will be in the USB4 requirements. lucky me i purposefully got a mobo with USB4 already on it 🙂

hahaha i doubt that companies would care about crossflashing or overclocking though? 😄

sure, from a private enthusiast perspective, totally get it. i mean, i also got the 4090 on launch day, after all 😄 but most of the demand is from AI companies. in a business environment its more about price/perf. than going balls to the wall. i cant imagine that those mere 10% difference WITH SAME VRAM would make up for a multifold in initial buying price...

what i also dont get: why do ppl in china pay scalper prices for the 4090 when they can get the 4090D at 1.9k USD with only 10% less performance but same vRAM? like....wheres the logic in that?

yup, 100% same decision base and why i switched from my initial plan to get the trash boat zotac airo extreme to the suprim x. word on the 2nd paragraph.

hey, stop hating on my 4090! *cries in 1kw XOC vbios* 😛

damn, thats unexpected....were slowly coming into that age where we see famous ppl and also some friends and family leaving us, ugh....sux. what did he die from, just old age or smth else? btw, totally get your situation with building a new home man, no worries. got your prios straight 🙂 on an unrelated note: got myself a fuil set of sanding paper with various grits, gonna use those now to properly shorten the plastic standoffs of my AM5 AiO bracket. to refresh your minds: this is to make proper contact with the ThermalGrizzly custom IHS, since its about 2mm lower in Z height than the stock IHS. my first try failed, after i shortened the standoffs by "sawing" them off with a sharp knife. unfortunately, the results were too uneven, currently getting around 2C higher than full stock. its not enough for me to worry about everyday operation, but of course this is not why i got the custom IHS 😄 in any case, im hoping slow and even sanding will help me get a nice even finish. fingers crossed guys!

LOL weeks in mental prep and u slept in HAHAHA. sorry had to chuckle when i saw this 😄 soooo... cuz u cant wait another day ure willing to spend those extra 150 bucks? welp thats on you i guess 😛 same goes with not getting a 4090. if u have 1200 bucks disposable income for a gpu, u can just wait and save for another what? 1-2 months? and then get a 4090, easy. so its more about patience than capabilities here id wager. not hating! i just find it curious that someone who buys CPUs like popcorn left and right suddenly complains about financial constraints... if youre just impatient, stand by it bud, nothing wrong with that 🙂 its weird when u realize ure playing games based on studios that developed them and not cuz of their standalone content value. i.e. with Remedy and Machinegames i just know ill be in for a good ride, dense atmosphere, great gameplay and rewarding graphics + storytelling 🙂 hoping such studios will never really cease to exist!

agreed, there likely will not be anything more powerful than the 4090 for this gen. plus, if AMD really pulls back to mainstream for RDNA4, it could very well be that Blackwell will be a "meh" generational upgrade at like +20% similar to the 20 series. lets see what we get...

noice, another NBR OG. welcome to NBT bud, grab a cookie and start spamming the forums here with some hardware/software insights 😁

the only good thing i get out of these charts is the massive perf. jump going from "everything else" to the 4090 😄 welp, its kinda our own fault...we jumped onto the ridonkulous prices during the pandemic when everyone and their dog bought a new system, so that let Nvidia and the others know: ooooh, well would u look at that. youre willing to pay THAT much?! ok then, here u go, never going back down again! MWAHAHA good point, while inflation is currently being touted as the perfect excuse for pretty much everything greed-related, it DOES actually have an impact over longer time periods.

da place 2 b indeed, welcome to NBT 🙂

omg, my eyes, cancer! 🤣

a phrase like "limited budget" is kinda unusual to come from a hardware user like you 😄 huh? happy birthday? planning to get up to 120? if yes to both, nice 😄 3200+ duuude...but ok, then again thats just bench stable 😄 that lower end i assume would be in RT benches.

agreed. FG is not something i care about, same goes for all the upscaling crap like DLSS and FSR. I DO care about raytracing though! nah man, just enjoy ur 3090 KP a bit longer and get the 5090 when it comes out 🙂 yep i was also surprised when i saw this pop up. havent watched it yet but should be interesting to compare with GNs findings (although with different CPUs).

"not bad" he says non-chalantly 😄 good job there mate hahaha. what kinda clocks and temps are we talking here? also, say what u will about AMD GPUs, but the 7900XTX at +35% raster performance and +8GB vram vs. the 4070 Ti Super is a no-brainer at the same price... unless you absolutely NEED ray-tracing, then i expect the 70 card to outperform team red by a significant margin. question being, if the FPS are even playable at that point 😄

yay to the death of good price/perf. & value hardware! 😞 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/newer-chips-are-rapidly-becoming-far-more-expensive-tsmcs-average-wafer-price-jumped-22-in-one-year-and-nearly-all-semiconductor-industry-growth-now-comes-from-more-expensive-products

welp, nothing burger. with each new GPU release im getting happier that i got the 4090 on launch day 😄 i just finished Control ultimate edition and now starting with the Alan Wake series, since its in the same fictional universe. so i started with alan wake 1 remastered and noticed that gpu oc doesnt bring any performance improvements. so now im running my card at -250 on the vRAM, -1000 on the core and 6% power limit. everything maxxed out, including the game engine, apparently its not capable to delivering more than like 70-100 fps LOL. in any case, the 4090 is humming along at 150W with temps in the 30s LOL. also got my 7950X capped to the minimum 2.4-2.5 Ghz on all cores with max. core parking enabled. id call that a pretty frugal gaming experience, power consumption wise 😄 still, im amazed at how good the graphics look!

dude, was about to say, shopping spree much? hahaha

agreed, im also not a big fan of founders editions cards. i get the appeal in terms of pricing at MSRP (if you buy from BB or directly from Nvidia online) and not getting a total bottom of the barrel AIB card at MSRP, but aside from that i think most users online praising FE cards to high heaven completely exaggerate. wouldnt surprise me if this was put in place by Nvidia to discourage any "early bird" reviewers from breaking their NDA (or ruining the show for others if they havent signed any)

so guys, new overclocking section opening up for us, how about it? i mean, who cares about data integrity right?! 😛 😄 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-overclocking-yields-big-performance-gains

anyone see a connection between the two? 😄 damn i would be PISSED if i had bought a 4090 and gotten a 4090 MOBILE instead... nevertheless, gotta respect the "creativity" and dedication behind this, crazy....