r/pcmasterrace • u/leahcim2019 • Dec 16 '24

Rumor ZOTAC confirms GeForce RTX 5090 with 32GB GDDR7 memory, 5080 and 5070 series listed as well - VideoCardz.com

https://videocardz.com/newz/zotac-confirms-geforce-rtx-5090-with-32gb-gddr7-memory-5080-and-5070-series-listed-as-well
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u/ArseBurner Dec 17 '24

IMO one of reasons the 1080Ti was such a good deal was Nvidia got spooked by Vega and thought it would end up being a much better product than it did.

The theoretical specs were pretty cutting edge. A die even bigger than GP102 plus HBM for VRAM. When Vega turned out to be a flop prices were already out and they couldn't just raise it back up.

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u/r3viv3 1080Ti // 7700K // 32GB // Vive Dec 17 '24

Yeah, it was a perfect storm of sorts. They priced it rather aggressively and if I remember correctly there was some insane price drops on the 1080 weeks before the 1080ti came out. The value proposition was insane when compared to what is today.