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Insane that a 4090 costing $2500+ plays the same games as Xbox Series X

And looks about the same when sitting 10 feet away on a couc...
Arrogant Claret Old Irish Cottage
  11/28/22
And doesn’t even play PS5 games. What a ripoff.
white range
  11/28/22
Get your eyes checked
Mind-boggling State
  11/28/22
There's something wrong with your eyes, settings, or monitor...
Dashing space lettuce
  11/28/22
Can you actually buy these fucking cards yet or another pape...
very tactful toilet seat shrine
  11/28/22
There's prebuilt gaming PC's that have one for sale right no...
Dashing space lettuce
  11/28/22
i have a 6800xt in a razer egpu setup - am i still good for ...
greedy painfully honest property
  11/28/22
I wouldn't bother upgrading unless you're actually playing s...
Dashing space lettuce
  11/28/22
Well, if a guy who plays 20 year old Halo games on Gamepass ...
Cruel-hearted stage
  11/28/22
2022, Champ
Arrogant Claret Old Irish Cottage
  11/28/22
There's a real argument that the ninth console generation (2...
electric glassy rigor
  11/28/22
PC has by far the best library, especially with most of the ...
comical pozpig
  11/28/22
This is an extremely PC-centric perspective. Most people do...
electric glassy rigor
  11/29/22
Isn’t there a substantial new market for machine learn...
house-broken cheese-eating tank kitchen
  11/28/22
I have a 4090. It's not overpriced at all relative to its pe...
comical pozpig
  11/28/22
Depends on the size of your screen. 4090 can fill a bigger s...
Brindle aphrodisiac hell
  11/28/22


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Date: November 28th, 2022 5:41 PM
Author: Arrogant Claret Old Irish Cottage

And looks about the same when sitting 10 feet away on a couch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555536)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 5:42 PM
Author: white range

And doesn’t even play PS5 games. What a ripoff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555538)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 5:43 PM
Author: Mind-boggling State

Get your eyes checked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555545)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 5:46 PM
Author: Dashing space lettuce

There's something wrong with your eyes, settings, or monitor. X Box hardware is very stripped down compared to a budget computer let alone one rocking a 4090. 4090 is a $$$cam but it's just overpriced, not bad.

The sweet spot is still the last gen graphics cards, by the way, lots of sales of the old stuff. Not as good as a 4090 but still better than a fucking x box.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555559)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 5:47 PM
Author: very tactful toilet seat shrine

Can you actually buy these fucking cards yet or another paper launch?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555563)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 6:11 PM
Author: Dashing space lettuce

There's prebuilt gaming PC's that have one for sale right now on newegg. Crypto crash destroyed a lot of demand for PCs and especially graphic cards

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555635)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 5:56 PM
Author: greedy painfully honest property

i have a 6800xt in a razer egpu setup - am i still good for now or should i consider upgrading?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555593)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 6:13 PM
Author: Dashing space lettuce

I wouldn't bother upgrading unless you're actually playing something that has noticeable lag. But I'm a slow upgrader I'll go all out on a good computer every five-six years then gradually ride it down until it becomes merely okay then start over. There's more frequent upgraders out there but not worth it IMO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555641)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 5:57 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted stage

Well, if a guy who plays 20 year old Halo games on Gamepass says so...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555597)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 5:59 PM
Author: Arrogant Claret Old Irish Cottage

2022, Champ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555604)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 6:11 PM
Author: electric glassy rigor

There's a real argument that the ninth console generation (2020+) marks the point at which it really no longer makes sense to own a **high-end** PC (e: for purposes of gaming) given the ubiquity of games across consoles now. I'm struggling to think of a high-end title that you *can* play on PC but you *can't* play on either an Xbox or PS5. (By contrast, I can think of a decent number of such titles you can play on console but not PC; offering high-quality exclusives is still a sales driver especially for the Sony ecosystem and then obviously Nintendo.)

I think there's an argument to still own a PC in order to get access to interesting, niche, indie games that don't come out on console. But you don't need a 4090 to play any of the things that qualify for that. Put differently, getting a high-end PC in 2022 is more a statement of values than a statement about content access.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555633)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 6:50 PM
Author: comical pozpig

PC has by far the best library, especially with most of the "console exclusives" from all three companies now coming to PC. You can play Halo, God of War, and Triangle Strategy on the same machine.

You also neglect VR, which is where most of the high-end PC exclusive experiences are these days. Bad VR (like on consoles or a weak PC) is . . . bad, whereas no other gaming experience can compare to good VR on a high end PC.

Supposing we do ignore VR though, it could be conceded that nobody is really making AAA PC-only games anymore. But I don't see why anyone would pick a console to play multiplatform games other than being a poor, or too lazy to build a proper PC. The actual gaming experience ranges from a little better on PC, to dramatically better.

It might be true that one doesn't *need* a 4090 right now, but we are in one of the rare spots where GPUs have outrun the games available for them. There are only a handful of games (mostly ray-traced) where the 3090 could not already pull 4k60fps. The main benefits of the 4090 are in VR, where all that headroom show up in a much crisper image that dramatically helps immersion.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555803)



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Date: November 29th, 2022 11:08 AM
Author: electric glassy rigor

This is an extremely PC-centric perspective. Most people don't think like this. PC gaming, and I say this as someone who has PC gamed, is a pain in the ass compared to console gaming and if you don't see that you've gone too far into the rabbit hole. Also no one except weirdos plays VR and the technology is never going to become mainstream because no one wants to saunter around a room in a circle looking like a faggot. Also most people don't care whether a game has graphical fidelity level 7 or graphical fidelity level 10 -- they just want to play the game and have a fun time.

Like I said, there is definitely an argument for getting a PC still in 2022 (per your point about breadth of library) but there's little argument for getting something high-end anymore -- people who do it do it for the culture or the dick-waving, that's it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45558436)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 6:17 PM
Author: house-broken cheese-eating tank kitchen

Isn’t there a substantial new market for machine learning at home? Seems we’re now at a stage where the synthetic media home studio is about to come of age - unreal engine, stability AI, running ml on all of your photos/videos/poasts and creating new age art etc etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555658)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 6:24 PM
Author: comical pozpig

I have a 4090. It's not overpriced at all relative to its performance and what other cards, this and last generation, cost. It has been a long while since we've had a true flagship GPU that murdered everything else by a wide margin, and $1600 (not $2500) is reasonable for that. It's also been a long while since we've had a generational leap like this. The 4090 is up there with venerated GOATs like the 8800GTX.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555688)



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Date: November 28th, 2022 6:40 PM
Author: Brindle aphrodisiac hell

Depends on the size of your screen. 4090 can fill a bigger screen.

The most noticeable improvements will come with more powerful engines. The latest Unreal is pretty incredible, essentially rendering a movie in real time. Consoles are going to have a hard time keeping up.

Check out the reflection physics here: https://youtu.be/FUGqzE6Je5c?t=312

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5243563&forum_id=2#45555746)