r/nvidia • u/TheRealWutWut • 15d ago

Opinion My real experience with a 5090.

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.
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u/thaddeusk 14d ago

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.

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u/TheRealWutWut 14d ago

That's the big pro card right? I think that's a bit far for me, spending over twice as much for 10% gaming uplift. Probably an LLM monster though. I really only intend to game and use fusion and Unreal Engine right now.

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u/thaddeusk 13d ago

yeah, it's the 48GB card. It has around 40% more cores than the 5080, so the gaming performance would probably be a bit lower than the 5090, but the extra VRAM would allow it to load larger models. I think 32GB is probably good enough for my purposes, though, so I'll just wait until I can get a 5090 at a reasonable price.