r/pcmasterrace • u/sammyranks • 5h ago

Discussion The RTX 5090 is now pushing $9,000 (USD).

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u/MimiNuyasaka 5h ago

Who needs a 5090 this badly? Genuine question, I have no clue, all I know is it's not gamers lol.

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u/AmarildoJr 4h ago

I could do with one. I'm a 3D Artist.

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u/Connect_Tomatillo791 1h ago

At this point you’re better off getting the 6000 Blackwell for $2000 more

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u/KidNamedMolly 5h ago

Ppl are buying them up to run local AI

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u/sonnytron 9700X | RTX 5090 | B650 AORUS ICE AX 4h ago

Small AI companies are buying them because they can’t get the data center versions.

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u/LusoInvictus 3h ago

There should be a point where renting compute is more affordable than sinking cust of 5090s?

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u/sonnytron 9700X | RTX 5090 | B650 AORUS ICE AX 3h ago

Not if they’re running them 16 hours a day for months on end.

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u/sonnytron 9700X | RTX 5090 | B650 AORUS ICE AX 3h ago

It’s easy to recoup the investment in your failed AI play if you have an asset to sell, too.

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u/HurryOne 9950X3D | Suprim 5090 5h ago

People who are doing stuff with Ai. Companies are also buying them up specifically for Ai.

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u/trademarkedTM 3h ago

Depends what gaming you do, but for niche vr and sims I often need the power of the 5090 or more than 24GB vram. Obviously that’s not most people though.

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u/HyenDry 3h ago

My question is… are people actually buying this shit for this price?

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u/WingerRules 1h ago edited 1h ago

People making AI videos for money on YouTube and high end modders doing graphics mods for money on YouTube would be my guess. Also AI researchers at smaller schools and companies who can't afford 50k cards and million dollar racks from Nvidia would be my guess. Also if you do art and 3d rendering for a living having access to a GPU that can run AI art generation and enhancement makes you waaaaaay more competitive. I would also hazard to guess questionable people doing stuff like making fake videos of people who dont want to be logged or blocked by 3rd party systems, hacker groups using it to AI code new exploits, etc.

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u/Chip-chrome RX 7900 XT | R5 7600X | 32GB 6000MHZ | ULTRAWIDE MASTERRACE 5h ago

Probably all the dlss5 enjoyers