It’s indisputably packed with clever tech and absurd levels of raw power.
However, even if you have the money, you probably shouldn’t buy one.
They exist as a way to show off prowess.
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It will likely have many impracticalities and come with hidden costs.
Those with flaws have the affected subcomponents disabled and are sold as cheaper products in the line.
The GPU that sells for half the price often offers more than half the performance.
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Of course, absolute performance matters as well.
Great value per frame doesn’t matter if the end result is unplayable.
If you want to get the maximum performance from your investment (and why wouldn’t you?
), it’s going to be expensive, especially when energy costs are rising dramatically.
Not only that, they are likely to include new features and technologies that the older card won’t.
Of course, different people value different aspects of a GPU like the RTX 4090.
It’s the equivalent of NVIDIA’s60- and 70- seriescards that are real-deal GPUs almost everyone should be looking to.
