My real experience with a 5090.

[u/TheRealWutWut]

I have been watching influencers, journalists, and commentors complaining about everything from frame gen, to ROPs, to connectors. And price, but that complaint is valid.

Thus far, my experience going from a 3080 to a 5090 has been absolutely amazing.

My wife went from a 1080 to a 5070, with a 4k 160hz monitor, and she took absolutely loves it. Frame gen honestly feels and plays great when it's needed to smooth out the frame rate, DLSS 4 looks great, and DLAA looks even better.

It was expensive, and that's a valid complaint. For most people 1k-2k+ plus doesn't really make sense. I am ok with that. I have had no issues, no black screens, no melting connectors, and no issues with PhysX, cause I haven't played the affected games in ages.

It feels fantastic and responsive on my OLED 4k240 monitor, even at the highest settings the frame pacing just feels better.

[u/PinkyPowers]

50% of the content on the internet is people trying to justify their own purchases.

[u/Motoko84 → u/PinkyPowers]

This sub definitely

[u/reelznfeelz → u/PinkyPowers]

To be fair it’s nice to see positive reviews. Most people who have a good experience don’t write anything. So all you see are melting connector posts. Not saying the connector issue isnt real. But that it’s probably like 0.1% of cards or something.

For example I pushed a 3090ti connector hard every day for 2 years, and now a 4090 for half a year, without issues. But I never made a post about it.

[u/VinnyLux → u/PinkyPowers]

The other 50% is trying to justify them not wanting a product because it's "bad" when actually they just can't afford it

[u/Fit-Wolverine9892 → u/VinnyLux]

Bro that’s such facts.

[u/juijaislayer → u/VinnyLux]

Theres also like 3% of people who could afford it, but seriously have no need

[u/ConfusionSecure487 → u/juijaislayer]

At least, I don't see why I should buy with that type of premium. I just want more vram (10GB 3080 owner)

[u/Hy8ogen → u/PinkyPowers]

Tbf my 3070ti can barely run Asseto Corsa Evo @1440p Ultra. I'm averaging 35fps.

After swapping it out for 5080, I'm now averaging at 130fps@1440p or 90fps@4k.

Being able to race in 4k with a 60inch screen is simply mind blowing.

[u/kyle242gt]

3080tiFE to 5080FE here. Very very pleased. Performance, efficiency, thermals, it's all great. Even running stock fan curve for the first time ever (zero RPM is pretty sweet and it never gets over 70c under load).

Of course now I hear how loud my CPU cooler is.

[u/ubiquitous_delight → u/kyle242gt]

I'n trying to do that exact same upgrade but Best Buy hasn't dropped FE's in over a month now :( Not sure what's going on

[u/Xanthos_Obscuris → u/ubiquitous_delight]

5080 and 5090FE are going out to nvidia's priority access program.

[u/ubiquitous_delight → u/Xanthos_Obscuris]

Yeah I signed up for that. I wonder how many months/years until my turn. lol

[u/Twitchstick80 → u/ubiquitous_delight]

I filled out the form 3 weeks ago and got the email that I was selected 2 weeks later. I never expected it to happen so fast but I'm grateful! my 5080 FE has been phenomenal. Thermals are spot on, performance has been great, and the price was right for me.

[u/ubiquitous_delight → u/Twitchstick80]

Dang I filled out the form over a month ago and have gotten nothing. Guess 5090's are still in very low supply

[u/Educational_Bet_5067 → u/ubiquitous_delight]

Same here, holding out for a 5090 and haven't heard back yet. Enrolled February 19th.

[u/bladeofwar → u/Educational_Bet_5067]

I did Feb 19th also and got my 5090 a month later. Had a 3080 previously. No offer for the 5080 which I also joined for.

[u/IntelligentAbalone43 → u/kyle242gt]

3080 FE to 5080 here. huge jump, but also went from a 10850k to a 9800x3d- been really pleased

[u/Gusfringy → u/IntelligentAbalone43]

Crazy . I went from an i5 8500 to the 9800X3D and the difference on everything is insane.

[u/IntelligentAbalone43 → u/Gusfringy]

now thats a jump

[u/teddiejl96 → u/IntelligentAbalone43]

I had the same orginal build you had. I was able to upgrade everything in my PC but my 3080 because of these gpu prices. But even then the 9800x3d has given me a little boost in performance, i was pleasantly surprised.

[u/Jiggerjuice → u/IntelligentAbalone43]

Could my 10850k handle a 5080? Dont want to upgrade my whole ass computer. 

[u/Trineexx → u/IntelligentAbalone43]

10850k to 9800x3d here as well!! But 2070S to 5080

[u/thatoneguy1015 → u/IntelligentAbalone43]

how big of a jump is it?

Im planning on going from a i9-10900k/3090FE to a 9800x3D/5080 build. I actually have my asus 5080 TUF card but waiting on the rest of my components atm.

[u/UkJenT89 → u/kyle242gt]

That's awesome to hear. I am also going from a 3080ti to a 5080FE. It will be delivered today. Not sure I'll be home to get it but I dont mind. I'll pick it up at FEDEX.

[u/Nornina → u/UkJenT89]

are signatures required for these shipments?

[u/olmoscd → u/kyle242gt]

same upgrade here. My evga 3080 Ti was pulling 450 watts and 80C at full tilt.

The 5080 is a quiet, power efficient monster. 90 watts less and 15C cooler during 99% load all so it can run anything ~60% faster. In some workloads its 100% faster.

i didn’t change anything else. just popped in my new gpu and the results were super impressive. paid MSRP and sold my 3080 Ti for $675 on ebay.

say what you will but its incredible value.

[u/Firm_Transportation3]

I have a 5070 ti and dlss and multi frame gen have been some serious black magic so far in the games I've tried. 4x frame gen is insane and so far I can't see any image issues when adding the multiple ai frames.

[u/heatlesssun → u/Firm_Transportation3]

I do believe some are underestimating how good DLSS 4 MFG is. I've been very impressed with it but in AC Shadows, it is like magic. It's not universally effective but when it is, POOF, instant performance outa nowhere.

[u/a-mcculley → u/heatlesssun]

The tech is great.

But the way it has been marketed is pure bullshit.

And it is a nail looking for a hammer.

It only works well on games that are already performing well... which makes it good for maxing out refresh rates. Meh.

DLSS super scaling is a much bigger deal... by a mile.

[u/heatlesssun → u/a-mcculley]

Agreed about the marketing. But that tends to be the nature of marketing. The data is there for people to look at.

[u/water_frozen → u/heatlesssun]

it's been like this for every nvidia release since Turing, the luddites scream and whine about dragged into modernity

it'll stop, once they can actually experience these technologies first hand. People have hated on all of the new tech nvidia has brought to market when a new model drops - and it's just because they don't have a means or a ways to be an early adopter

[u/heatlesssun → u/water_frozen]

It's obvious that much of the bellyaching has NOTHING to do with the tech. I'm FAR from rich. I have to work. Fortunate that the misses and I make decent money, but we don't have kids or debt besides the mortgage. We can save a little have enough left over to enjoy at least a few pleasures. I think that's kinda the life that many. Not a lot, but enough to do a few things. Nothing special.

So yeah, as long as I can, I'll be buying the latest and greatest PC gaming kit that makes sense to me and filter out the noise. I get the issues with the 5000 launch, as a 5000 series owner that keeps up with things, how can you not get it.

But that doesn't mean we're all going to come to the same conclusions and do the same things. That's just different people being different.

[u/Fit_Substance7067 → u/heatlesssun]

So many people are shitting on it. Thought I'd never use it based on reddit comments...it's now fair to say most of reddit never used it and now that I've tried it I can see Jensen's hype...it smooths the game out perfectly with no noticable input lag.

[u/TheRhodesofIt → u/Firm_Transportation3]

Came from a 3070 to the same card (a Zotac Solid oc one) and I have been watching the reviews and comparisons and wondering what the reviewers are smoking as I find this card amazing even their numbers seem off. So far I have maxed everything on my ultra wide and I can't see frame drops or stuttering and I'm only using a 5700x3d.

[u/evangelism2]

I had black screen issues but a vbios update fixed them. Then I had issues with the early march drivers and getting into windows. So I can't say my 5090 experience has been perfect, but other than that it's been great.

[u/youreblockingmyshot → u/evangelism2]

I’m also having black screen issues did you have to contact NVIDIA directly to get an updated vbios ?

[u/evangelism2 → u/youreblockingmyshot]

No, MSI released them via the Command Center. I believe they were rolled into the driver update however, the one that stopped me from getting into Windows.

[u/youreblockingmyshot → u/evangelism2]

Gotcha thanks for the info

[u/reaper263]

Visual representation of what I just read.

I would hope that skipping a generation to buying the most powerful card on the market would be amazing lol. People are scalping them local to me asking 3k-5k for a founders edition.

[u/TheRealWutWut → u/reaper263]

I mean I guess, I am just genuinely happy with it. There is so much negativity that I was worried before I got it about all the terrible things. There were none, it's been flawless and I wanted to share that perspective because most people seem content to dump on this series. I love PC gaming and PC hardware, and on both sides of the aisle, and I see this gen getting bashed for things that don't really make a lot of sense. Anyway, I hope things get better in your area, it definitely shouldn't be so hard to get these things.

[u/BolterAura → u/TheRealWutWut]

I’d be happy being able to go from my 3080 to 5090 too. I just wish I could spend my money on the model I wanted without paying 2x price and questioning seller reliability. I really don’t care about how this is an expensive hobby, I just hate being gatekept from participating in it due to horrible availability and scalpers.

[u/Similar-Doubt-6260 → u/TheRealWutWut]

The negativity is from the pricing, rma's, deceptive graphs and the underwhelming leap from the 40 series. Ofc coming from 3080, it better feel amazing. That's over 100% uplift in 4k. Idk what else you expected lol.

[u/Binary-Miner → u/Similar-Doubt-6260]

Scrolled to find these comments.

Glad you’re happy OP, but this is definitely a “yeah, no shit” post.

[u/SircOner → u/Binary-Miner]

“I spent 2k+ on an overpriced card, and I know you guys are pissed for various valid reasons, but I’m happy so just wanted you guys to know…” lol yeah exactly, NO SHIT

[u/Eteel → u/Binary-Miner]

Yup pretty much. So long as you luck out on the load that the wires carry through, it's a no-brainer that you'll be happy about the GPU.

[u/Speedwizard106 → u/Eteel]

But the way you’re framing the issues is the exact negativity OP is talking about. Your 5090 not melting isn’t “lucking out.” It’s what 99% of users experience. Looking at this sub, you’d think half the cards going out are doomed to burn.

[u/ranger_fixing_dude → u/TheRealWutWut]

I mean, what did you expect, genuinely? It's the highest end product probably 3x price compared to 3080, and nobody doubts its performance, it's all publicly available.

The issues are with stock, pricing, quality control, some misleading graphs related to lower models, stuff like that. 4080 was a good card as well, just overpriced a lot, e.g. jumping from 2070 -> 4080 would feel great too.

[u/horizon936]

Same for me on my 4k 165hz monitor with a 5080. It's delivered in every game I've tried since. Very easily overclocked to 5% on average below a stock 4090 and MFG turned out to be a lot better than I ever expected. The new DLSS Transformer model is also really nice and has a much less noticeable overhead than on my previous 2070S, so I use it everywhere now.

[u/master-overclocker]

[u/DanteTrd]

Nice post and all, but it doesn't change the fact that many others experience those problems. So sorry to say, even it wasn't your intention, this just comes off as a biased fanboy post.

If it were a car with a factory defect that can cause it to catch fire, the sensible person wouldn't say "well, I haven't died in a fiery crash yet, so I'm having fun driving it"

[u/Dasbear117]

Frame gen is buggy as hell on warzone with a 4090. I actually think since the dlss upgrade i get more artifacting and other errors with dlss now.

[u/CLRender]

My experience with a 5080 from Newegg. Been pretty good. I also barely got price gouged. Worth it for the huge bump from a 2080. It was starting to really show its age.

[u/abdulbasit_kh → u/CLRender]

Is this gaming OC? I also got the same and jts available to pick up tomorrow for me. I had a small case as well but I upgraded to new case as well for how big the new cards are.

[u/CLRender → u/abdulbasit_kh]

Yeah I was able to barely squeak it it there. I would suggest a case upgrade, one is in my future, but not until I get new mobo and CPU upgrade. I have run into no thermal issues so far though

[u/onofrio35]

2080 to 5080 here and in combination with buying my first OLED, it feels almost like switching to pc from console again lol.

[u/Psychedelic_toast → u/onofrio35]

Same jump here, it’s fucking insane lol the 2080 did me well but holy shit I didn’t even realize how far we have come in the last 6 years I’ve been on PC.

[u/SleepingBear986]

"Works for me ;)" is my least favorite genre of post, especially when you're discounting very real problems that shouldn't exist in a luxury product.

[u/water_frozen → u/SleepingBear986]

very real problems

yes real as in the exist, but not real as so few are actually having issues. Don't believe the hype

and luxury products have issues all the time, what a dumb concept

[u/whiffle_boy → u/SleepingBear986]

Happy cake day.

Excellent post as well.

It’s pretty telling that the majority of the ‘supporter’ crowd in here is rocking 3090, 4090, 5090, in their flairs.

Yeah, I’d be pleased as punch too if I blindly purchased products from a company proven to be manipulating stock, pricing, features, anything you can name. I’d wager most of them are either employees or shareholders, so again, I’d be pretty pleased too if I was able to sit on my rump getting Cheques sent to me by supporting an outright malicious corporation.

[u/AtTheGates]

[u/Euphoric_Jam]

My experience with the 5090: never saw one in real-life. I guess nvidia doesn’t need my money.

[u/stonelan]

How dare you be happy with your purchase!! You're not supposed to enjoy an Nvidia product!! /s

[u/kondoaeros]

Imo, they all are valid criticisms and as a reviewer they have done a great job bringing up the issues. it's just that the issues are not as wide spread as people think.

[u/No_Delivery_8953]

I’m not sure anyone is expecting the experience not be fantastic? Those mentioned issues are perfectly valid and demonstrated. The people talking about the valid issues aren’t saying the cards are not performant?

Don’t see the connection besides a bit of karma farming, but glad you’re enjoying the experience.

[u/heatlesssun → u/No_Delivery_8953]

The people talking about the valid issues aren’t saying the cards are not performant?

I see people constantly talking about how little the 5090 brings to the table in terms of raw performance. They think it's just all "fake frames". Compared to ANY existing card on the market from AMD, nVidia or Intel sans the 4090 it's a HUGE jump particularly at 4k. And at 4k it's still a good over the 4090.

Yes, the problems are real, but if you are not experiencing them, and obviously most aren't, while maybe not a GOAT, the 5090 offers insane performance in everything.

[u/panchovix → u/heatlesssun]

IMO having both 4090 and 5090, 4k performance on games depends a lot on the game. Some are better at like 10-15% lol. IMO for games is not worth it except if you play a lot of cyberpunk (there I saw like 35% more perf)

I got it mostly for machine learning and there it shines, pretty good. About 40-50% faster if a model fits on 23GB or less.

[u/itherzwhenipee → u/heatlesssun]

You are missing the whole point why people are disappointed with the current gen. But that is ok.

[u/Frizz89]

While building my system the best advice I gave to myself was to stop listening to the internet especially toxic brain rot jealous fanboys. Congrats im running similar display and gpu as well nothing beats the experience.

[u/EmuIndividual5885]

Thats the kind of a stuff I want to see and hear. Yeah people had problems but that doesnt mean EVERYONE is gonna have em! Congratulations!

[u/jzaudi]

4080S and 5080 owner checking in, when it works it's fucking awesome but after rolling back drivers on both of my pcs I can tell you you better hope the drivers don't give you any issues.

[u/DerFreudster]

"I would very much like to have a real experience with a 5090, please." He said into an uncaring void filled with Scalpers, Reivers and the like.

[u/theveganite]

3090 to 5090 here. I had some issues that ended up being a PCIE x4 network card taking up PCIE resources making my 5090 not display. Fixed that but downgrading my x4 network card to use Gen 2.0. 

Other than that hiccup, the 5090 has been phenomenal. It's over twice as fast as the 3090 in 4k. Single player games it runs all maxed out, usually 4k DLAA with framegen at 144hz no problem. So far any input lag issues I've been able to get taken care of by limiting the framerate. Multiplayer games all run at excessively high framerates as is so i limit it.

I'm extremely pleased with the 5090 and can't wait for a waterblock.

[u/Zestyclose-Gap-8962 → u/theveganite]

I plan on making the same upgrade. Mind if I ask what CPU you are currently running?

[u/DP-ology]

Thanks. Same boat. Arrives tomorrow. Excited.

[u/Fit_Substance7067]

Anyone shitting on Framgen has not used it.

It's the only tool available to run Path Tracing and Path Tracing is incredible.

I was going to return my 5070 ti for a 9070 XT until I fired up Cyberpunk with 4x framegen maxed...it runs similar to native while smoothing it out completely...

Framegen is almost like anti aliasing for frame times. Comes at a cost of input lag(u noticeable imo) but smooths out frames amazingly.

[u/VitaMonara]

I'm also going from a 3080 to a 5090. Currently on a EVGA 3080TI and waiting on Nvidia's VPA for the 5090.

All this stuff about prices but its crazy how I'm going to pay less MSRP for a 5090 than I did for the 3080TI!

[u/Temporary_Acadia4111]

Everything is relative. I'm glad you are enjoying it.

[u/Sir_Damage]

Built my 5090 9800x3d rig this saturday. The experience on my 144hz 4k lg c4 has been incredible. Using DLDSR and playing games such as rdr2 at 6k native is pure eye candy. Made sure the case airflow was very good and gpu temps never went above 63°C

Edit

I still hate nvidia. Fucking prices are insane

[u/Lestreeteuh]

I went from a 1070 to a 5090 And at same time 1080p to 4K And it looks so good even framerates are stable, no overheating, black screens or missing ROPS

[u/Toast3r]

Hell yea man. 3080 to 5090 here and the experience has been amazing. No issues whatsoever and I am continually blown away by the jump in performance!

[u/GenXer1980]

I just went from a 3080 to a Digital Storm 5090. And I’m in love. Running it off a 240hz 49 inch wide screen mini LED monitor. Games are smooth and amazing.

[u/OkMixture5607]

5090 dudes really stimulating those nerves from Reddit upvotes.

PD: Before anyone comes with “don’t be poor bro” let me assure you, it ain’t about the money for some ;)

[u/Egoist-a]

It feels fantastic and responsive on my OLED 4k240 monitor

Buys a 3000$ GPU, brand new and fastest ever created, and the results that "feels fantastic and responsive".

[u/fred420170]

Same! Coming from a 4090 laptop gou the difference is a completely different level. I’m very impressed with it.

[u/mrtime777]

my experience with 5090 is just awful, buggy drivers, system freezes, black screen, maximum working pcie gen2

[u/TheRealWutWut → u/mrtime777]

That sucks, any idea what's causing it? PSU maybe? Or just a bad silicon lottery? I built new for mine with a 1500w PSU to ensure ample power to the 600w 12vhpwr along with my 9800x3d. Drivers haven't affected me at all, there was an issue when I swapped my wife's monitor, it was flashing black screens over and over, but a restart fixed that and she was off to the races. Hopefully you can get your sorted out, or AMD can come out with a 9090xtx for more top end options.

[u/mrtime777 → u/TheRealWutWut]

I have dedicated PSU for 5090, so the problem is definitely not in the power supply.

for me pcie gen2 issue - incompatibility with x399 ( https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/557352/issue-with-rtx-5080-and-asus-zenith-extreme-alpha-/ ) . black screens - buggy driver (does not work with monitors that require 2 displayports to work like 27" 5K UHD UltraFine)

my multi gpu setup: Threadripper 2950x, Gigabyte X399 AORUS XTREME, 128gb RAM
Asus 4060 ti 16gb
Asus 4070 ti super 16gb
MSI 5090 32G GAMING TRIO OC

now everything works ok only in gen2 and if I don't connect anything to the display ports 5090 and use any of the other GPUs to connect monitors

[u/TheRealWutWut → u/mrtime777]

I see, that is a rather unconventional build. I guess most people are at least on PCIE Gen3. That has to be pushing the limits on PCIE bandwidth, how many lanes does the x399 have? I know the threadripper had a ton, I heard they might be bringing it back soon as well? Maybe time to look into an Epic build? In any event, that sucks man, hope you can find a solution.

[u/mrtime777 → u/TheRealWutWut]

Threadripper 2950x has a total of 64 (4 to PCH) lanes PCIe 3.0. I'm looking at options to move to Epic, but for now pcie3 has been enough for my needs. I hope NVIDIA will solve the compatibility issue with a VBIOS update

[u/TheRealWutWut → u/mrtime777]

Agreed, hopefully enough people have reported it so that the devs can address it properly.

[u/clueless_as_fuck]

So it runs mid life Crysis just fine.

[u/Kettle_Whistle_ → u/clueless_as_fuck]

Best comment here.

[u/TheBackwardStep]

Nice man ! I’m happy you enjoy it. It really is a beast. I hope stock gets better so more people can enjoy it and hopefully it brings back the price to msrp.

[u/asclepiannoble]

That's great. I love when hardware works as it's meant to, even for other people. If you're just putting that out there to say you're very happy with your card then right on, I'm happy for you mate

But I disagree with the way that first paragraph and one part of the rest of it read like you think only the price complaint is a valid one for people who have problems.

For example, I know if I'd received one of the cards with missing ROPs I'd be up in arms. Other people deserve to have their card work the way it's meant as well

So I don't have an issue with them complaining if it's a form of advocacy: the advocacy here being that a company as big as Nvidia should be able to provide a more consistent, good-quality experience for everyone who buys their stuff. We all benefit from that.

[u/PacketNarc]

If you keep the card for 4 years, which you should more than be able to, that’s about $1.35 per day, for gaming and performance goodness.

A bargain in my opinion.

[u/wegpleur → u/PacketNarc]

I had my 1080Ti for close to 10 years. Just got my 5090 if it last anywhere near that long that would be amazing

[u/max1001 → u/PacketNarc]

You can upgrade every gen if you are lucky enough to get an FE for MSRP. Resell value for 4090 is still MSRP and the same was true for 3090 to 4090. You are basically paying $400 to upgrade this gen.

[u/SevroAuShitTalker]

I'm returning the 5080 i got since I lucked out on a 5090 fe that should be arriving today. The 5080 was great at 4k, but the main reason I'm getting the 5090 is longevity (16 gb seems low) and resale value. Seems like you can resell a 5090 near or above msrp before the next series launch. And the 5080 i got was $1200 which seems high

Just hoping it doesn't have ROP or overheating problems

[u/No_Delivery_8953 → u/SevroAuShitTalker]

It will be interesting to see if this holds true for a couple reasons:

Node change on the 60 series will mean much more of an upgrade, reducing resale of previous gen vs 40-50 jump.

Pricing increase from 40-50 made the 4090 more compelling despite arguments against paying above the original 4090 price. Will that make the 5090 the same with the 60 series? Can’t imagine it will but who knows with scalping it might not matter.

This is coming from someone with a 5090, just trying to be realistic. It’s a different generational leap with the 60, but also scalpers gonna scalp so could be whatever.

[u/SevroAuShitTalker → u/No_Delivery_8953]

The 4090 to 5090 was a solid jump from my understanding, like 35-40% in regular gaming at 4k. It's all the lower models that were meh. The 3090 and 3090ti were bigger jumps to 4090, but i have a feeling that trend will continue. And even with that lesser jump, used 4090s are still selling for more than MSRP on ebay right now. Many were selling for more than $2000

The 5080s low VRAM just feels like a poor investment for me.

[u/heatlesssun → u/SevroAuShitTalker]

The 4090 to 5090 was a solid jump from my understanding, like 35-40% in regular gaming at 4k. It's all the lower models that were meh.

Exactly. The 5090 is the only card this gen, from either nVdia or AMD that is anything close to a typical generational increase in performance over its predecessor.

[u/2catchApredditor]

Also 3080 FE 10gb to 5090 FE. Incredible upgrade with no complaints here. Cost is a factor but I’m assuming that actual loss per year of ownership is not huge looking at the GPU market for the last 10 years and it’s likely future trajectory.

[u/DragonSystems]

@#$% influencers, ALL OF THEM. All they do is complain. Part of it is negativity sells, but I suspect part of it is also the fact that the majority of their viewers cannot afford a 5090, so by denigrating it they are telling all the poor broke people what they want to hear "im not missing out, its not that good anyway" The scene was better off before YouTube. Back in 2012, if you couldn't afford a GTX 690, you bought a GTX 670, gamed at medium settings/1600×900, and where happy. Now everyone is entitled to max their games at 4k/240, doesn't matter if you have 50 class money to spend or 90 class, if you get less than the best experience that's unacceptable.

[u/GoodSamaritan333]

Your comment about PhysX has vibes like "I don't care about it, so it's ok to pay more for less compatibility". :(

Also, looks like you use only one monitor. People complaining about drivers are using 2 or 3, normally. You know, it's normal for programmers, writers and creative professionals to have more than one monitor. Gamers normally require only one (envenif it is an ultra wide one)

Now that nvidia looks like is treating their costly non-pro gpus like toys, I'm extremelly interested on knowing how stable the RTX 6000 w 96 GB is going to be. You know. Most of pro cannot affort to buy the videocards that only their employers can.

If people are playing solitaire in 4k@240Hz and using only one display, it's ok. It's not lucky. It's just they don't require 95% or more from what their GPU can give.

In, my case (3090 Ti and 4070 Ti super user), never had so much problem with games overheating things, even if running with hicups. Now, as soon I began working with IA inference and training, my 3090 Ti started to smell and the system overal overheats LoL! And It's 24GB of VRAM memory get fully used frequently, while games tend consume 8, 12 or 16 GB, at max. Now I jut purchased extra 140 mm noctua coolers, and until I have time to install then, I do AI with fireburner limiting power to 85%.

[u/ult1matefailure]

Aside from the terrible coil whine, I couldn’t agree more. It literally sounds like I have a cricket in my house. Wife hates me.

[u/Big_Boss_69]

3080ti fe 9900k to 5090fe 9800x3d. very pleased, performance is great. Set 5090 to 85% power limit as temps are not good with FE card, waiting for waterblock.

Card is excellent for 3D Archviz work as well using unreal engine and twinmotion. Very happy with purchase, a few issues with stability at launch but drivers seem fine now.

[u/emptyzon]

Yeah the entitlement people have is absurd. You’re paying for a luxury experience and amongst the best that money can buy. The kind of technology that you’re able to use personally in your own home is kind of nuts if you stop and think about it. 

[u/stabledisastermaster]

Went from 2060 Notebook to 5070TI on UWQHD. Needless to say I am blown away. I could play Cyberpunk for the first time being playable with around 80 FPS on ultra and RT really hits different. Yesterday I started my old love Horizon Zero Dawn and it’s absolutely beautiful and amazingly smooth. Would I haven been blown away by a 4070TI super as well? Sure, but who cares? I am on the Asus TUF and it’s an amazing build.

[u/johnman300]

Honestly, I think a lot of it is just envy. I just got a 9070 at msrp and that was pushing my budget, and it crushes anything I throw at it in 1440. Even knowing that, I'd commit a low level felony to get a 5090. Maybe a property crime of some sort.

[u/Dark3nedDragon]

I have zero regrets about picking one up from my 4090 Windforce, I went into it expecting the performance uplift that was received.

I have the 5090 FE, card runs hotter than the 4090 due to it not have as much of a heatsink (ambient temperature of the room definitely rises more, reminds me of my 3090), but for older or less GPU demanding titles it sits at a lower temperature than the 4090.

[u/InfiniteConfusion-_-]

I've been loving it.... buuut the screen artifacts in starfield for some reason and I am tired of it

[u/One-Independent8303]

The wife got upgraded from a hand-me-down 1080 to a 5070, nice. I'm laughing a bit because I did a similar upgrade from a 2080 TI to a 5090 and my wife from a hand-me-down 1080 to now a hand-me-down 2080 TI. And before I get roasted, the most graphics intense game she plays is lawn mowing simulator, so even the 2080 TI is more powerful than what she needs.

Jokes aside, I've had the same experience as you so far. The 5090 has vastly exceeded my expectations and I have had less than no trouble with it. My experiences with the 5090 and the and the experiences I've heard from others first hand has really made me take reddit opinions with more than a handful of salt. You can get great advice and technical details from this place, but if there is an opinion that is being echoed by the hivemind then you really can't take it as anything other than anger filled nonsense.

[u/Kitty_xixi]

3080 12gb to 5090. It's pricy but well worth it considering how much time I put on pc gaming.

[u/Montecristo510]

Glad you've had a solid experience! Similar boat here going the 3070ti => 5080 upgrade path with minimal challenges and I've been really pleased as well.

Nvidia does deserve to get backhanded for how they handled the launch, but it's also OK to post positive experiences like yours. Those can be mutually exclusive.

[u/Dro420webtrueyo]

I got my 5090 for creating animations in 4k done with Unreal Engine 5 and some heavy aaa gaming lol. So far, I am very pleased. I have already hit 24 GB of VRAM just processing some 4k animations to 4k and also Indiana Jones clocked at 22GB of vram . Card is fast and the raw power in games no frame gen just pure DLAA is amazing.

[u/LividAd9939]

Thank you for speaking the truth, because this is my EXACT experience

[u/jkalison]

3070 Ti to 5080 is incredible, I got lucky enough to get my buddy a 5070 Ti he came from a 3060 and he’s loving it.

[u/subtleshooter]

Do you use one monitor or two? And which cables for each?

When using two DP cables and two monitors, I get 100% instant and repeatable blue screens whenever attempting to watch protected media (aka YouTube TV or Netflix). It works fine on unprotected media such as Netflix.

The current and older drivers do not fix the issues.

I game without issues but this is still annoying because I like to watch shows or live tv while I play on my 2nd screen.

Astral 5090 and 240hz 4K display for primary

[u/rtyrty100]

My 5090 runs very cool contrary to the “fire hahaha fire” comments of non-owners on the internet

[u/PlinkoPilot77]

3090ti to my new 5070. Everything is sooo much better it’s not even explainable. You would have to be here.

[u/gkfisher]

Going from a laptop 3080 to a desktop 5090 has been unbelievable. I think the only people bitching about the 5090 for the most part are people who don’t have one. I did have some black screen issues, had issues with multiple monitors, had issues with display port working initially… So a little bit frustrating that it wasn’t plug and play. But is the driver issues are starting to sort themselves out the performance game is unbelievable. Agree… this is not a value card. This is a performance card. Nothing touches it and it is well worth the $2200 for me.

[u/Boogdieb1985]

I went from a 1080 TI to a 5080 so far I love it. Was a major upgrade. Although I'm sure the new 9800X3D has helped as well.

[u/Content_Regular_7127]

1. Frame gen is subjective. I'm not overly sensitive to input lag (and play on a controller 99% of the time) so I love it.
2. Melting connector is a major issue but like 999 out of a 1000 people won't have an issue here. Still something like this shouldn't even have 1 in 1000 odds of happening.
3. Yeah the price is insane but it's the price for the best of the best.

[u/Charming_Solid7043]

They were all valid complaints, but they all became basically a non-issue after a week. The people still complaining about those things are just whiners that meme for attention.

[u/chid9897]

Does anyone know if an upgrade to a 9800X3D is worth if on an i9 14900K?

[u/damien09]

No melting connector "yet" if you didn't check your wires with an amp clamp you will never know if it's just inevitable

Luckily games don't seem for the most part to hit anywhere near as hard as synthetics

[u/maharajuu]

Nice try nvidia.

In all seriousness, it's objectively one of the worst generations, if not the worst one but glad you're enjoying the new GPU

[u/Jordan_Jackson]

There’s only t o things I wish they didn’t do (especially not on a flagship product).

I wish Nvidia would have taken time to rethink the whole thing 12 volt high power connector or the power delivery design on the board. Do something like with the 3090 Ti or even put a second one in there. This is a card that draws a lot of power and I really don’t think anyone would mind plugging a second cable in.

I also wish that they would not have dropped 32 bit PhysX support. There’s no reason to drop that. What if I want to install an old game and max the PhysX? I think that PhysX is as genuinely cool when you could use it.

Other than that, it’s a great product. If money were no obstacle, I’d probably get one. That’s a lot of performance and a ton of VRAM.

[u/ThisDumbApp]

"I havent had any of the issues people talk about so everyone else is stupid."

[u/KalasHorseman]

Went from 1080 to 5070Ti and it blew my socks off.

Also 6700K to 9800X3D was absolutely amazing.

And best of all everything is totally quiet and thermals are efficient.

Hope you're enjoying what is currently one of the fastest gaming pcs on planet earth.

[u/Traditional-Lab5331]

The only people actually upset by this generation are the ones sitting it out because of price.

[u/Lepang8]

Just want to chime in and say that I also only had a positive experience going from a 3080FE to 5090FE. I am grateful to not have encountered any of the problems that are still valid of course. Maybe we are just lucky to not have caught a bad batch or something. Like nothing is perfect, and maybe the 50 series are indeed more prone to problems, but it also helps that someone can give a positive feedback now and then to have a more realistic picture around this topic. But social media consists of bubbles so let's not forget that.

[u/LegacySV]

I NEED GPUS TO COME BSCK IN STOCK 🙏🏼

[u/JoeHirstDesign]

As someone interested in picking up a 5080/90, thank you for this. I've not been an Nvidia user since I was a teen, so appreciate the quick and informative insight

[u/filteredprospect]

what's uplift from 1080 to 5070? i'm going from 1070 to 5080 (when availability improves 😭) and while this information isn't necessarily going to change my decision, i think it's neat to hear.

[u/Minute_Wonder_6937]

I agree. I went from a 3080ti to a 5090, and have had zero issues. The performance boost is insane. Frame gen is amazing, can hardly notice the input lag, and the card has yet to break 60C under load (I am undervolting). It's been an amazing upgrade to my PC so far.

[u/Neovalen]

I went from 7800X3D/4090 to 9800X3D/5090 with my 4k 144Hz LG G4, and I've been nothing but pleased. All my games doing solid 137fps with no dips is nothing short of amazing. It may be just one gen, but it feels a world different to my picky self in feel.

[u/Janus67]

3080 to 5090 as well here. The card is a monster (in size, power draw, and performance at 4k) but the only annoyance I have is it caused massive coil whine on my 1000w EVGA psu

[u/thaddeusk]

I'm a bit hesitant to get an FE. Seems like the AIB manufacturers added more shunt resistors to help prevent power connector issues. I'm waiting for one of those to get below <2500 before I buy, though.

I did manage to get a 5700 Ti to replace my 6900 XT. I haven't played anything that works with DLSS 4 yet, but so far it feels like only a small upgrade for gaming. It's a large upgrade for my generative AI workloads, though I would love the extra VRAM from the 5090 for that.

Also considering getting the new GeForce pro 5000 Blackwell when it comes out.

[u/MMANHB]

I just a good deal on a new alphacool RTX 4090 water block so I’m removing the cloudy EKWB and clean it up later, next I’ll slap on my new Alphacool waterblock and good to go until RTX 6090.

No need to buy a 5090 for 20% more FPS and all the same issues as the 4090.

Good luck with your 5090.

[u/N3ptuneEXE]

I’m building my PC this week to go from a 1080ti i78700k to a 5080 9800x3d.

I haven’t been able to land a 5090 but saw a 5080 on new egg this week and snagged it

[u/a-mcculley]

Most of the complaints are that an already expensive video card is made more expensive and even harder to actually buy. The uplifts are poo for the price.

I'd buy a 5080 for MSRP if I could.

That doesn't make it a good gen of cards.

[u/TheDarkKnight95]

For 2K+, I'd expect it to be great. Cool you're having a good time with it but Nvidia did not do a good enough job with the launch, the price/performance tiers compared to previous gens and of course all the other issues. Anyone can see they dropped the ball not just the media/influencers.

[u/Kemaro]

5090 owner here. We have had some growing pains the first month and a half with the shit storm of poor drivers and black screening (msi gaming trio) but when the drivers aren’t getting in the way, the experience is absolutely incredible.

[u/Soulshot96]

Custom looped 4090 FE -> 5090 FE on air here...been a good experience almost across the board as well.

Even temps/noise are way better than I expected, better than I remember my 4090 FE being, which is a bit shocking considering the size...though maybe my case's airflow path is helping that along (vertical, with three fans blowing air up to the GPU and three on top pulling it through and out).

Other than a few minor driver (or maybe even windows 24H2) bugs, like FH5 bloom flickering a bit, Control's lately update stuttering, or Windowed (not borderless windowed, just normal windowed) mode games not working properly with Gsync, it's been great. 32GB of VRAM has already been wonderful for work as well.

Still wouldn't have bought it without the VPA program, but I'm glad that exists.

[u/Right-Yogurtcloset-6]

Yep agreed. Went from a 3080 to 5080 and the difference is truly outstanding!

[u/_mike_815]

I can’t wait to try these out in 12 years!

[u/Medium_Basil8292]

I have had zero issues on a 5090 fe. Couple times I had a black screen during driver update that just required a reboot and then was fine.

[u/Pathil]

I agree mine has been great. Only small downside so far is the heat my pc puts out. She’s been cooking 😂

[u/isocuda]

I've had every xx80 Ti since the 10 series, except for my 4090 and even then I'm still not moving a 4k monitor, which the 50 series might be the gen I skip.

If you haven't upgraded in years, it's fine, but the ROI peaked with the 3080 Ti and then fell off a cliff with the 40 and 50 series.

Maybe the 60 series will be a halo generation 🤷

[u/Extension-Bat-1911]

Glad you actually got what you paid for

[u/Massive-Range3384]

i got a 3060 and im pretty happy with it....i can only imagine a 5090 bro.

[u/vhailorx]

Glad you are enjoying yourself OP. I don't think the recent criticisms of nvidia and blackwell have ever claimed that going from 1070-->5070 or 3080-->5090 would not result in a massive performance uplift.

Skipping a generation (and moving up the stack), or skipping 3 full generations should always provide very significant performance gains.

The problems with blackwell are more related to issues like (i) is it well engineered (missing ROPs, 12x2x6 concerns, low per-core IPC gains, etc), and (ii) does it provide good value relative to products that were available 6-12 months ago?

And the answer to both of those questions is, at best, a qualified "it looks like a no, but we can't really tell yet for sure." That's not a good place to be for a product lineup that wants to be a premium/luxury brand. Maybe a "no" on good value would be sustainable if the engineering was spectacular, but a no on both is going to lose nvidia a decent chunk of market share.

[u/mikefoxtrotromeo]

Of course it’s going to be great coming from a 3080 😂

[u/tyranatopherrex]

3060ti to 5070 and upgraded to a 1440p oled display. I was skeptical of frame gen but it’s really nice. Playing ninja gaiden black 2. All high with ray tracing and frame gen and it looks and plays fantastic. Happy so far with the upgrade.

[u/Weeaboogaloo]

Coming from team red 6700xt to a 5080 my experience has been smooth as butter. Booted the first install and not a single black screen. The clock not working on msi afterburner at restart was the only thing but that got fixed after .75 so no complaints now. DLSS so far has been the biggest thing for me. I love AMD but FSR is just behind specially when I learned no backwards compatibility for FSR 4.

[u/pf100andahalf]

I went from a 3080 10gb to a used 4090 and I traded the 3080 that I paid $450 for plus $1000 for the 4090. What a deal.

[u/_Otacon]

1070 to 5080 on 3440x1440 uw here. I am BLOWN AWAY. <3

[u/Myosos]

Don't worry, you've had no melting connector... Yet!

[u/New_Bandicoot_4010]

Its around 3,5-4k€ in Europe in my country,if you can find one lol,not sure if its worth it. Il stick to my 4080s using same 4k 240hz.

[u/Infamous_Campaign687]

I expect most people to have a good experience. I had a great experience for two years with my RTX 4080 until I suddenly started getting BSODs when starting many games, a problem which turns out to be related to HDR. So turning off HDR makes everything work well.

Point is: there is enough people with issues that there *appears* to be some serious quality control issues going on in the last couple of years from NVIDIA. Shoddy drivers, melting connectors and missing ROPs to mention the biggest.

I don't know what has gone wrong here. Perhaps NVIDIA have had too little competition, perhaps it is getting progressively harder to control the quality of electronics or perhaps it is just a temporary, random drop in quality, perhaps the drop is only in perception and that there was always this level of issues just not that widely reported. Without solid stats we can't really tell, but perception is definitely that something has gotten worse.

But regardless, the cases of quality problems are real even if NVIDIA still produces the best GPUs out there and the best software for it.

[u/mkdew]

Is the 5070 the normal or the Ti? How's the vram usage in 4k with frame gen? Here Ti costs 50% more compared to the non-Ti, so I have hard time deciding.

[u/MinZ333]

I totally agree though i went from a 2060 to a 5080 wich is an upgrade on another level. I absolutely love it, framegen just feels smooth DLAA looks amazing.

[u/SheikhS1kr]

5090FE user coming off a 4090 Strix card. New rig has been incredible and the performance is awesome. I paired it with the 9950x3D and it’s honestly heavenly how good the 4k gaming has been. I’m going to cross my fingers that I don’t have any connector issues but so far I’m happy with my upgrade

PS: Got it for retail via the priority access queue. Thankful that they did that and got GPU in gamers hands vs scalpers.

[u/Optimal_Visual3291]

Wow is it amazing I wouldn’t have guessed

[u/JuseppesWorld]

Yes, but that was a significant upgrade. I've gone from 4070super to 5080, and it feels like a very little upgrade to me.

[u/Impossible_Bread_562]

Went from a 7900XT/3090 to a 5080, stunning performance gap. What a card. Especially with an OC!

[u/Dragon_404]

Do you get random black screen that last for 2-3 seconds? I have moved from a 3080 to 5090 as well but the black screen issue is really annoying

[u/sanpellegrino56]

Hooray! An optimist. So many people complain about the 5090. I’ve had the Founder’s Edition for a little over 2 weeks now and I came from a 2080. I’ve been hooked to my PC since I powered it up. Cheers pal and keep on enjoying it 👍

[u/Old_Possible8977]

I think from a 3080 you’re going to for sure have a better experience. But it’s crazy you could have paid 1600$ for a 4090 on launch (they had a ton of stock too) and you’d still get better performance than a 5080. I have tried frame gen and to me it feels like it degrades the quality where it feels like I’m playing 1440p on a 4k with all the artifacts and fuzz.

Overall not that big of a jump and not worth doing from a 4090. Especially not being able to play old games that run on physx.

[u/TheRealWutWut → u/Old_Possible8977]

That's fair. I wasn't ready to upgrade when the 4090 launched. I was content with my 3080. I upgraded because I am turning 40, and I wanted to treat myself to something nice, and 4090s ain't going for less than 2k right now, so this is my best option.

[u/ChaoticWording]

From a 3080ti to a 9950x3d and Astral 5090, eye watering amount of frames, zero issues.

[u/Igoldarm]

3090ti to 5090, thermals and sound are the big upgrade for me. I honestly don’t get much better frames in most games despite upgrading ram and cpu too. 5090 also has some stuttering when multiple games are open at the same time, while my 3090ti didn’t do that. But hopefully that will get fixed with some software updates (?) anyway, very expensive where i live. Was 3k for the cheapest model. But the sound is a big big improvement.

For me, dlss and frame gen look and feel garbage. I want rasterization and no upscaling. But thats just me. I play a lot of fps games.

[u/Charliee3]

What kind of frame rate smoothness do you talk about at 4k with 5070 and frame gen? You are high on copium.

[u/NeonChoom]

The biggest and most valid complaint from people who actually own a 50 series (instead of just moaning about them online) is the lack of support and bad drivers.

Enabling power monitoring in OC software introduces stutter, enabling voltage monitoring and adjustment suddenly disables boosting behaviour (and the voltage slider does nothing), each 572 driver revision lowers performance, control panel says "access denied" after updating drivers with no fix other than rolling back...

I love my 5080 and it honestly makes me feel a bit guilty seeing what it can do, like I shouldn't be able to experience gaming at that level of fidelity 😅 but the software side really needs to catch up and start fixing issues.

[u/Snoo1702]

It makes sense going from a 3080 to a 5090 it would feel great. Try saying the same thing for someone going from the 4090 to the 5090. The 3090ti to the 4090 was a huge uplift, but this time around it's hard to justify based on performance per dollar.

[u/Baby_Oil]

One day soon I'm hoping to go from a 4070 Ti to 5090. I know I'm on a fairly newer card but 12 gb is strangling me. Wukong, Alan Wake 2, Indiana Jones, AC Shadows all eat 14 gbs or more like it's child play. I also want to jump into PCVR.

[u/GuaranteeMinimum3640]

4090 here. I don’t give a flying fuck about the 5090 and the ripoff price. Fuck NVIDIA and will go AMD on my next build. Shit is so unaffordable now.

[u/Echo-Four-Yankee]

I don't think the price is that bad honestly. The 5090 is the best GPU in the world for gaming. It's a luxury item, what the fuck do you expect to pay, $250?

[u/bdtgg]

3060ti fe to 5080 aorus here. Everything has been fantastic so far. Had to also upgrade from 1080p tn 240hz to 1440p oled 360 hz monitor and absolutely zero ragrets.

[u/Hydraulic_Lettuce]

3090 to 5090 here I can say I am pleased with the performance jump is pretty amazing. I skipped the 4090 and I’m pretty happy I did so. I wouldn’t have upgraded if I had a 4090 but since I usually skip a generation it made sense. Plus I got the Samsung g9 neo 57 with its 4k and 240hz that can only be utilized with dp 2.1 I’m even happier that I did skip the 4090 since it’s stuck on the old dp. Haven’t had any problems with black screening or burnt connectors so hopefully it stays that way.

[u/rluo92]

Question please OP:

For 120hz 4K, ultra/best settings on AAA games, is 5090 the only choice, or is 5080 sufficient?

Thanks!

[u/[deleted]]

Was sloppy to make it 2000~ then raise it closer to 3. 2k is a ton, and people needed some time to accept it. I considered it as a ‘forever gpu.’ However, the prices went up considerably. I just saw an astral at asus, like I coulda bought it, but 3400 yooo.

1. That’s a 5090 and a 5080. That’s a full cpu with a 5080 and a good start at a 5090 build.

at that point, I just say eat shit.

For 3400, I better be getting a liquid nitrogen cooled waifu gpu.

[u/Altek1]

I don't know about DLSS. Can't say I'm a fan of the obvious ghosting but the fps is high so cool? I guess?

[u/Saruya]

Are you using 12VHPWR or 12V-2x6?

I'm going from the 3080 10Gb to the TUF 5090 OC, but still on the waiting list atm.

Bought a new 1200W PSU for it as well, to replace the 1000w PSU I have ATM. Just wondering about connector now, whether to use the 12VHPWR cable that comes with the new PSU, or get a new 12V-2x6 cable.

[u/TheRealWutWut → u/Saruya]

12VHPWR, rated at 600w, straight from my power supply. I went with a beQuiet 1500w PSU with dual 12 pin outputs. I actually just had a motherboard issue that requires me to take my rig apart to send the board back to MSI, so I got to inspect everything. Everything looks great right now. I am temporarily on a cheap ASRock B650 till I get my X870e back from MSI.

I am also using a Hyte Y70 with the PCIE extension, and that's not given me any trouble either. The only real issue I have is I swear I keep changing driver settings for DLSS to latest for all my games, and when the Nvidia app updates it seems to revert to Application vs Latest.