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The xx90 isn’t made for gaming. Before the 30 series, everyone knew RTX Titan was not a gaming card, but rather for compute/professional work. Nvidia rebrande

by KMnO4 4y ago

The xx90 isn’t made for gaming. Before the 30 series, everyone knew RTX Titan was not a gaming card, but rather for compute/professional work. Nvidia rebranded their Titan cards as 3090/4090 and people lap that up for some reason.

Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
I will never understand people that bought a 3090 for gaming. It was literally double the price of a 3080, but was at most 20% faster, and usually only 10-15% faster. nVidia's claim that "It's for 4K gaming!" was marketing bullshit. With a such a small performance premium over the 3080, I'd argue that if a 3080 can't handle a game in 4K, the 3090 probably can't either.
- aplummer 4y ago
  It just can do 4k. I’m one of these people, my only monitor is a Pro Display so I need every last % because less than 4k is unplayable on it.
- lupire 4y ago
  Because nVidia knows that a huge part of their gaming market wants to buy the highest specs to show off to their friends, not for game performance. The "1%" who have unlimited budget for consumer purchases like this, are millions of people.
  - dispat0r 4y ago
    Also, you couldn't buy a 3080 at launch, it was never in stock. Now, the real 4080 16 GB is too close to the 4090 in price to be worth it. For the moment, it is the best to wait for AMD and hope it will be good.
    - brokenmachine 4y ago
      Many are sick of waiting.
- foobarian 4y ago
  I will bet you anything that had they numbered the cards in reverse, the 3090 would still sell better. There is something about having the highest number that pleases the minmaxer in us.
tmpz22 4y ago
> Nvidia rebranded their Titan cards as 3090/4090 and people lap that up for some reason. Two reasons people are gobbling these really expensive cards: * Inventory constraints of the 3xxx series pushed people to buy any available card and it just so happens the 3090 was there waiting for them as the only available card (or within parts bundles). * Streamers normalize overpriced setups. It used to be cool to be thrifty with pc builds, now its just all about "performance" as games become less and less optimized on launch.

by KMnO4 4y ago

Sohcahtoa82 4y ago

I will never understand people that bought a 3090 for gaming. It was literally double the price of a 3080, but was at most 20% faster, and usually only 10-15% faster. nVidia's claim that "It's for 4K gaming!" was marketing bullshit. With a such a small performance premium over the 3080, I'd argue that if a 3080 can't handle a game in 4K, the 3090 probably can't either.

aplummer 4y ago
It just can do 4k. I’m one of these people, my only monitor is a Pro Display so I need every last % because less than 4k is unplayable on it.
lupire 4y ago
Because nVidia knows that a huge part of their gaming market wants to buy the highest specs to show off to their friends, not for game performance. The "1%" who have unlimited budget for consumer purchases like this, are millions of people.
- dispat0r 4y ago
  Also, you couldn't buy a 3080 at launch, it was never in stock. Now, the real 4080 16 GB is too close to the 4090 in price to be worth it. For the moment, it is the best to wait for AMD and hope it will be good.
  - brokenmachine 4y ago
    Many are sick of waiting.
foobarian 4y ago
I will bet you anything that had they numbered the cards in reverse, the 3090 would still sell better. There is something about having the highest number that pleases the minmaxer in us.

tmpz22 4y ago

> Nvidia rebranded their Titan cards as 3090/4090 and people lap that up for some reason. Two reasons people are gobbling these really expensive cards: * Inventory constraints of the 3xxx series pushed people to buy any available card and it just so happens the 3090 was there waiting for them as the only available card (or within parts bundles). * Streamers normalize overpriced setups. It used to be cool to be thrifty with pc builds, now its just all about "performance" as games become less and less optimized on launch.