News RTX 5090 FE unboxing reveals eco-friendly packaging — an inkless box made of "paper fibers

[Admin]

The RTX 5090 FE features eco-friendly, plastic-free, and inkless packaging.

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[Gaidax]

For the price, I'd expect a bit more premium packaging. This looks cheap.

 

[Gururu]

This is where other suppliers pick up the slack.

 

[helper800]

For the price, I'd expect a bit more premium packaging. This looks cheap.

Did you want it to be 2100 dollars?

 

[Gaidax]

Did you want it to be 2100 dollars?

I mean, I wouldn't really care much at that price point anyway and I don't even think that packaging is that cheap either with all its green bells and whistles.

 

[Giroro]

It's like wrapping a Hummer in cardboard.
And I still don't understand how unnecessarily killing extra trees is supposed to make disposable mass-market consumer goods "good for the environment".

 

[Giroro]

Did you want it to be 2100 dollars?

If they reduced the packaging to a 1-cent plastic bag, they'd still charge $2000.

 

[helper800]

If they reduced the packaging to a 1-cent plastic bag, they'd still charge $2000.

That's unfalsifiable.

 

[JTWrenn]

It's like wrapping a Hummer in cardboard.
And I still don't understand how unnecessarily killing extra trees is supposed to make disposable mass-market consumer goods "good for the environment".

Generally they use as many things as they can get from recycled items, and out of things that can be recycled. The idea is that cardboard plus plastic, plus printing, plus all the other things is harder to recycle so it is worse.

Nothing is free, but if you can make it as recyclable as possible, plus out of as many recycled materials you just save some. That's all we can really hope for when it comes to product packaging.

 

[User of Computers]

> calling their 575W GPU "eco friendly"
hm. Sure. Yes. Clap clap.

 

[spongiemaster]

If they reduced the packaging to a 1-cent plastic bag, they'd still charge $2000.

Even the fancy packaging probably doesn't cost more than about $20. It's an irrelevant amount compared to the overall cost of the product. Would lowering the price to $1980 increase demand for the product? I'm going with "no." Eco-friendly has never been synonymous with cheaper either. Odds are, Nvidia isn't really saving much going with this packaging. The biggest savings are probably from reduced shipping costs of the smaller packaging.

 

[hotaru251]

lets care about environment for the power chugging gpu....

 

[spongiemaster]

lets care about environment for the power chugging gpu....

Meanwhile, your average hair dryer pulls 1500-2000W. 575W peak draw is not very much compared to many common household appliances.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

I for one like the new packaging. The 40-series squarish boxes were massive and unnecessary. I like this change of pace!

 

[SomeoneElse23]

Maybe nVidia is feeling a little guilty about making yet another power hog of a GPU?

Or maybe they are trying to be PC.

 

[helper800]

Meanwhile, your average hair dryer pulls 1500-2000W. 575W peak draw is not very much compared to many common household appliances.

The difference is that a hair dry is on for maybe 30 minutes a day, but a graphics card be peak power 24/7, especially considering the kind of workloads someone willing to spend 2000 dollars on a GPU would have in mind with its capabilities including production work.

 

[spongiemaster]

The difference is that a hair dry is on for maybe 30 minutes a day, but a graphics card be peak power 24/7, especially considering the kind of workloads someone willing to spend 2000 dollars on a GPU would have in mind with its capabilities including production work.

24/7 peak power draw is not a relevant home user scenario. If we're talking about the business world, then power efficiency is the stat that matters, not power draw. That's the root of Jensen's the more you buy, the more you save meme.

 

[mathieu.prevot]

Simple question: what will you do with the card after the tests ? send it back to nvidia ? if not, I can send my address, I have to do a few tests too.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Accounting department: You know, by using no ink and minimal packaging we can save xx% on each box and increase our profit margin!

Marketing department: LOOK AT OUR ECO FRIENDLY PACKAGING!!!!!

 

[User of Computers]

Accounting department: You know, by using no ink and minimal packaging we can save xx% on each box and increase our profit margin!

Marketing department: LOOK AT OUR ECO FRIENDLY PACKAGING!!!!!

so basically Apple

 

[JTWrenn]

Celebrate good things even if they are not perfect everyone. The 5000 series will do more per watt so it is actually going to save some power if people don't max it out. The people are the issue not the device on this one. it is not a ridiculous thing.

If everyone throw poop at any company that does something good because they don't do everything good then there will be no incentive for them to do even this. So while you are sitting on your high horse you might want to ask if you are helping or hurting with your reaction here.

 

[palladin9479]

Guess the embargo hasn't lifted yet.

 

[Sluggotg]

They should have Some padding. Just hard cardboard is not good enough. They need some softer materials incase the package gets kicked around.
(I had a Jerk Coworker years ago that worked with one of the major postal companies. He bragged about how him and his buddies would football kick packages around at the sorting facilities, especially the ones marked "Fragile". Scum of the Earth!)
Product protection should be considered. I have never seen a video card just plopped in cardboard container. (Maybe some of the very early cards in the 80's or 90's??).

 

[nitrium]

Am I the only one that thinks they should bring sexy back? Where are the Waifu's?

 

[helper800]

24/7 peak power draw is not a relevant home user scenario. If we're talking about the business world, then power efficiency is the stat that matters, not power draw. That's the root of Jensen's the more you buy, the more you save meme.

What I know with a high likelihood of truth is that the average hair dryer user uses less power than almost any 5090 user.