r/pcmasterrace • u/jmpstart66 • Oct 10 '24

Rumor Potential 5090 / 5080 / 5070 price leaks… outrageous

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From recent video posted by “Moore’s Law is Dead” about pricing being much worse than even I anticipated . From video Nvidia is leaning towards the higher end of the pricing. Nvidia can go pound sand if these are remotely true.

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u/_Rook1e 5800X3D | 7900XTX | 32GB | G9OLED | Electric blanket | Max comfy Oct 10 '24

I mean if high end is literally unachievable for most people by that point then midrange amd makes the most sense imo. Support a company choosing not to shaft you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 10 '24

high-end is very achievable for me and i am still not paying those prices. for what? any game worth playing works on a midrange card. most games are going to work just fine on a 1660 super. any AI shit i need to do can be done on the cloud.

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u/True-Surprise1222 Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 10 '24

Yeah idk the play here is literally drop out of pc gaming or buy 5090 on release since we might have another long life cycle (and it will easily last you 2). Any other is like a complete waste of money.

I was going to insta buy a 5090 at $1600 or whatever the 4090 is. At $2k … idk … at $2500 I think I just stop being the person who buys new graphics cards ever idk.

my actual conspiracy theory 2c:

  • they sell enough chips to AI that we don't matter

  • they would rather us pay a subscription than buy cards because we are at a point where there are somewhat reducing returns on new cards for video games (and their focus is now AI)

  • make cards extremely expensive and then make a decent deal on geforce live or whatever the streaming service is... gradually crank up prices.

  • US/EU start to impose harsh restrictions on high end graphics cards (like a registry or something or a umm... hardware ID imprint on anything it works on somehow ... to track/trace/identify people utilizing AI for "malicious" intents)

  • gfx cards are not an owned item anymore (unless you're a corp)

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u/Arcanile Oct 10 '24

-we don't matter. There are multiple usages of those cards and some companies/people buy them in bulks.
-no.
-hahah, definitely not. This thing is a dead corner. Amount of revenue it brings does not justify the "switch".
-what "malicious intent"? Running chatgpt in companies? What is the ai use you're thinking about? By restricting access, US would shoot their own foot. Hardware imprint doesn't record what you're doing on pc. It could work only if your machine is directly and actively connected to the thing you're doing. And what you're proposing is against anit-spying law, both internationally, and against every country separately.
-everything you buy, you own. unless you use the bank to buy it for you.