Buy an RTX 4090 or hold off?

[dashavingo]

I work in medicine so don't have much of a social life. Honestly, video games are my therapy as you might imagine: emergency medicine can be pretty intense. I tend to buy high end systems... I've got the CPU etc to support this card.

Kind of felt burned on the NVIDIA 3 series: they came out 2 years later with a card that was a quantum leap (the 4 series) from what I had.

Would any of you advise waiting? My 3080 holds it's own. All opinions welcome.

d.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

RTX 50 series already in the works now.

What are you looking to do that your current specs can't handle well enough?

Can I ask your full specs please.

[dashavingo]

Asus RTX 3090 oc ti, Intel 13900 KS liquid cooled and oc'd a bit. DDR5 RAM at 64 MB (yes, I know...) NVMe Drive Asus 2 terras heat sink. I don't care if the 5 series is a step up, I just felt screwed that 2 years later the 4 series was such a quantum leap. I would also consider a Radeon card, which I have bought in the past (like how NVIDIA driver support is so frequent and easy, but always think Radeon somehow has the best colors...).

[Bad 💀 Motha]

One post says 3080; another says 3090 Ti

Whatever, I'm done here.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

The current generation lineup of Nvidia cards isn't even fully released yet, next gen is at least 1 year afar. You have obviously seen the benchmarks, you know the deal, the 4090 is around 80% faster than 3090. But you need to play at 4k to get the performance, 4090 is a 4k card, if you play at 1080p or 1440p, the CPU will be the limiting factor in many games and the performance gain will be smaller. If you have a 4k monitor, then yes, 4090 is worth it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDnccSrTcPU&t=205s

[ugafan]

Nvidia is focusing on AI and doesn't care about offering better performance per dollar to gamers. Their new model is offer more performance for much more money. Based on this, it wouldn't surprise me if we see pricing like this...

4090 - $1600+
4090 ti (end of 2023) - $2000+
5090 (end of 2024) - $2500?

[CJM]

Originally posted by dashavingo:

I just felt screwed that 2 years later the 4 series was such a quantum leap.

Buy a 120Hz TV with built-in frame gen???

Are there any reputable reviews that compare the 4 series without DLSS 3 frame-gen, to the 3 series? Especially a 3 Series paired with a 120Hz TV with its own frame-gen solution?

Any claim to a "quantum leap" in performance between single generation is extremely suspect.

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

One post says 3080; another says 3090 Ti

Whatever, I'm done here.

Yeah, thread's got the vibe of another 1% college fratboy thread trying to self-soothe their own egos for overspending on a GPU.

[オナニー]

you folks just seem like the type to upgrade jist because something new came out

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Hold

I also would go for a Titanium (Ti) model, but that is just my own preference.

[ChickenBalls]

if you have a 4K or high res ultra wide monitor then get the 4090 or wait for 4090Ti

[Illusion of Progress]

The RTX 4090 isn't likely to be replaced by anything substantially faster any time soon. The RTX 50 series is likely a year and a half off, and while an RTX 4090 Ti may come before that, I don't see it making an RTX 4090 slow.

And with the way modern nVidia is, especially if it more than a small bump up, I don't get the impression they will have it take the current price of the RTX 4090 and then make the RTX 4090 cheaper (as this will force them to correct almost the entire lineup below it). Instead, I see the RTX 4090 Ti simply costing more, if it ever comes. But even if it comes and it is a massive performance uplift (I'm talking 15% to 20%+), and at the same price, which I find highly unlikely anyway, then that's just what happens; performance tends to go up over time and if you don't want to buy something expensive that will be replaced in performance, you might not want to buy top end stuff ever.

If you have the money and that is how you spend a majority of your time, then it's up to you if its worthwhile. The RTX 4090 stands as the best you can get by far. The stuff below it honestly makes less sense which is wild.

On the other hand, your RTX 3080 (or Ti... or 3090 Ti... either way) is alright too. The VRAM (presuming RTX 3080 10 GB) might limit it to more than the GPU itself is capable of going forward, but you can easily try and make it last until the RTX 50 series if you want to wait two years for an upgrade.

[emoticorpse]

If you have a 3080 hold off, but if really is your therapy then upgrade if you see a 3080 isn't enough. I would consider that a necessity in your case where for everyone else if it isn't that serious, they probably shouldn't invest that much money in it or upgrade so soon.

[mtono]

if you can wait, do so. 4090 is kinda difficult to handle...just a little. and 5000 series maybe significally better.. if you dont want to wait, get a 4090. waiting may make you spend less money for same gfx-power. btw: a newer card (5000 series) may be better, because of less power consumption for the same gfx power. the 4090 has a problem with the wattage adapters on it. maybe search the internet for that problem^^. to me that problem makes the 4090 useless. it is a kind of playing poker with burning fire.
ny2ct

[plat]

If you can afford nice stuff, get whatever you want. But if you're smart, don't give in to FOMO (fear of missing out). That's what NVIDIA is sort of cashing in on.

You can search for comparison articles and videos (3080 vs. 4090) easily. Benchmarks also. I would let the cold hard facts determine what--if anything--to buy.

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Originally posted by dashavingo:

Asus RTX 3090 oc ti

Yeah definitely get the 4090. When the 5090 comes out get that one! Same thing for 6090! And so on for every X090! After all you don't want to miss out on performance you feel!!

[dashavingo]

Thanks for all the great input. It's a 3080 ti that I know have. Sorry for the confusion.