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photon · 01-23-2025, 08:18 AM

Reviews are out and the 5090 seems to boil down to 30% more performance from 30% more hardware and 30% more power for 30% more $$.

Which is fine I guess, though it feels like that's been the story for a number of generations now... no real qualitative improvement in the hardware capability, just adding more of it to improve things and any other improvements are around the edges with upscaling and frame generation.

For me I'm now leaning towards skipping it.. it's not the "4K 120fps for everything" card I would want.

For the games where I'm well below 100fps (or even below 60fps) at 4K even with RT on and DLSS this isn't going to really move the bar. I'm still going to be turning off RT or dabbling in frame generation to make the game smooth.

01-23-2025, 08:18 AM	#3447
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Reviews are out and the 5090 seems to boil down to 30% more performance from 30% more hardware and 30% more power for 30% more $$. Which is fine I guess, though it feels like that's been the story for a number of generations now... no real qualitative improvement in the hardware capability, just adding more of it to improve things and any other improvements are around the edges with upscaling and frame generation. For me I'm now leaning towards skipping it.. it's not the "4K 120fps for everything" card I would want. For the games where I'm well below 100fps (or even below 60fps) at 4K even with RT on and DLSS this isn't going to really move the bar. I'm still going to be turning off RT or dabbling in frame generation to make the game smooth. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.