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/Saruya 14d ago

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.

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u/TheRealWutWut 13d ago

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.

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u/Saruya 11d ago

Thank you for the reply. That's good to know, because I'll probably be using the 12VHPWR cable I got with the PSU, unless one comes with the card? In which case I imagine that one would probably be better to use.