Sure, quality matters.
I mean...I bought my Dyson cordless vacuum for $150 several years ago. Now the V15 is like $1k...it's more or less the same thing.
Your chart actually shows the 4090 is a pretty good value considering the price point and the performance you get.
thats okay. if you want to buy this overprice card, go for it. no need to justify the reason for the luxury item. If it makes you happy and you can afford it, go for it.RickJamesWasRight wrote: ↑ Your chart actually shows the 4090 is a pretty good value considering the price point and the performance you get.
These new cards are massive. Have massive dies, and massive coolers. This will increase costs compared to old gens. Stuff like the metal in the heatsinks has not got cheaper with time, and now much more of it is used. They all have far more components compared to previous generations, and these components aren't getting cheaper either, only more expensive. So the cards will get more expensive. These aren't 8800's with tiny single slot coolers with small dies and small, simple VRM stages.
The 4080 is considerably a bad value, given the slight cost decrease, with fairly significant performance loss compared to the 4090. But the 4090 is subjectively the best current value for high end gaming rigs.
I understand the value of the 4090, and preordered one last night. It's a better price/performance ratio than the 4080, 7900 XTX, and 3090ti. So if you want high end, its the only option that makes sense.
Except new gen cards are massive. Have more memory than most peoples systems, have massive coolers, massive dies, massive VRM layouts. These don't get cheaper. You can't compare previous generations of cards to new gens. Because newer generations have more complex designs, more components, bigger heatsinks, bigger PCBs. These things aren't really getting cheaper with time, because they all are made from valuable resources. More resources, means higher costs.
thats okay. if you want to buy this overprice card, go for it. no need to justify the reason for the luxury item. If it makes you happy and you can afford it, go for it.RickJamesWasRight wrote: ↑ Your chart actually shows the 4090 is a pretty good value considering the price point and the performance you get.
These new cards are massive. Have massive dies, and massive coolers. This will increase costs compared to old gens. Stuff like the metal in the heatsinks has not got cheaper with time, and now much more of it is used. They all have far more components compared to previous generations, and these components aren't getting cheaper either, only more expensive. So the cards will get more expensive. These aren't 8800's with tiny single slot coolers with small dies and small, simple VRM stages.
The 4080 is considerably a bad value, given the slight cost decrease, with fairly significant performance loss compared to the 4090. But the 4090 is subjectively the best current value for high end gaming rigs.
I understand the value of the 4090, and preordered one last night. It's a better price/performance ratio than the 4080, 7900 XTX, and 3090ti. So if you want high end, its the only option that makes sense.
