AMD RDNA 4 and Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs: Specifications, release date, pricing, and more revealed

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The Titan / 90 series has always been a Lambo.

GeForce GTX TITAN (700 series) was $999 MSRP at launch in early 2013.
GeForce GTX TITAN Z (2x 700 series) was $2999 MSRP at launch in 2014.
GeForce GTX TITAN X (900 series) was $999 MSRP at launch in early 2015.
Nvidia Titan X (1000 series) was $1200 MSRP in middle of 2016.
Nvidia Titan V (Volta) was $2999 at launch, in late 2017, the Quadro variant was something like $8999.
Nvidia Titan RTX (2000 series) was $2499

Then Nvidia changed to the 90 model to represent this card

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti was $1999 MSRP
GeForce RTX 4090 was $1599 MSRP
GeForce RTX 5090 was $1999 MSRP


NVidia's been making these ridiculously powerful, ridiculously expensive monster cards for over two decades now. We all used to laugh at them and agree they were for people with "more money then sense" because typically the 80 model had very high performance for a far more reasonable price. The 60/70 models had even better value and is what most people bought. For the past two generations nvidia has structured their product offerings in such a way to upsell people to that ridiculously expensive Titan model by removing that better price / performance incentive.

Think GTR NISMO to Nissan and the rest of the line up. Or EVO X to Lancer in Mitsubishi's case, or WRX/STI to Impreza in Subaru's case.

The Titan and now 5090 are just cards in their lineup that were halo products that not many needed or could afford. As I said, the EVO MR/FQ and WRX STI or GTR NISMO to their "lower end" variants or the rest of the lineup.

The difference being with nVidia, back then, they did have very affordable cards where most normal folk could afford to have decent relative performance for the time and, more importantly, compared to the Halo. The most "modern" card you can get from nVidia to have some of the features they have on the higher end is the 3050, no? I don't think the RTX2050 exists in desktop? EDIT: The new lineup starts at a price point where the consoles sell. That was not the case before. I'm not expecting the 5060 siblings to change the price structure much, if at all.

An Altima can reach similar speeds to the GTR NISMO with enough time and conditions, but you wouldn't say they're the same car or in the same category, yes? Even easier to see with an EVO or WRX.

Regards.

 

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Damn my regional retailers, keep on inflating the "exchange rate" of USD and scalp themselves, the lowest MSRP models of 9070 XT we could get is in a prebuilt, at $800... so meh, still can't pull the trigger