It's possible you'll need Gen 5 over the lifespan of this card as storage takes up more and more lanes. That this card takes 2x as many as necessary to save a f

It's possible you'll need Gen 5 over the lifespan of this card as storage takes up more and more lanes. That this card takes 2x as many as necessary to save a fraction of a dollar doesn't make much sense unless these things were far enough in the production timeline... which means these were being produced for a while now. Same for DisplayPort 2.0. These benchmarks show games exceeding 120fps at 4K already. Displays that support those higher rates and resolutions will be common in 5-6 years. It's more of a question of "why not?" rather than "does it need it" at this price point.