Question Trying to determine if it is worth keeping my RTX 4090

[biostud]

If I won a million bucks tomorrow, I still wouldn't get a 4090 for gaming. It's just too much overkill, with too much power draw.

I would probably buy some high-end audio gear, and not be able to use it, as the rest of the family would suffer from my music preference.

 

[BFG10K]

I could go out and buy a $10,000 hyper beast of a computer tomorrow if I wanted to, but really getting in there and hunting for deals new or used makes my $1200 sig rig feel that much more mine.

Exactly right, same here. Also the more you spend, the more likely you're annoyed at even minor flaws or imperfections because expectations are way higher.

Give me a simple, compact, quality, budget PC build that plays games with minimal heat and noise. I'll absolutely never go back to expensive behemoth space heaters. Gaming on those is nasty at every level.

If 4060 was $199 I'd probably get it because at that price, 115W for greater than 2070 performance is a very good product.

 

[Leeea]

I don't care its only 3% more performance

I wondered if that was actually still true, so I checked the new ratchet and clank numbers, specifically the min fps numbers at 4k:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/...rt-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/5.html
and it looks like the rx6900xt has 8% on the rx6800xt

Not sure if that was worth $300, but I am mildly delighted. I would mention I do I have a 4k display, but I would not be playing the game at max settings like in the benchmark. Medium settings exist for a reason. The only one that seems to have any real effect is textures, which I usually leave at max. The rest frequently have minimal effect, and I am not above sticking them on medium or low.

 

[CP5670]

For me the 4090 was a decent deal. It felt like a bigger upgrade than the 3090 and 2080ti did, but I also used the 3090 much more due to being stuck at home during the pandemic. GPU upgrades are the only ones that are really noticeable these days, CPU and other things are hard to notice outside benchmarks. I have not had any little issues with it either, like I did with many other PC components in the past.

 

[Thunder 57]

Nah, he should give it to me, I'm sure I'd be VERY impressed by the upgrade over my 8800GT (most powerful GPU I've ever owned).

That was a "once in a generation" type GPU. But it sure is dated. I used the one I had until it literally died. That's never happend before, or since.

 

[Heartbreaker]

That was a "once in a generation" type GPU. But it sure is dated. I used the one I had until it literally died. That's never happend before, or since.

I had a ATI 9700 Pro before, that I did use until it died, which was another one of those great GPUs for its time.

The 8800 GT just refused to die.

 

[Thunder 57]

I had a ATI 9700 Pro before, that I did use until it died, which was another one of those great GPUs for its time.

The 8800 GT just refused to die.

The 9700 Pro was certainly another one of those gem cards. I had a 9800 Pro and I only got rid of that because it was AGP and I needed a PCI Express card.

 

[aigomorla]

Bruh, you trolling us?

i dont like my Mclarren, because i live in a high density metro, and always hit red light after red light.

Sort of sounds like the OP.

(although i really don't own a Mclarren, however i dream of one when i retire)

I would probably buy some high-end audio gear, and not be able to use it, as the rest of the family would suffer from my music preference.

Gah.. Audiophiles...
I almost got sucked into that black hole..
Thank god i ended it on a DAC + THX Headphone Amp, and didn't go the full monolith + Kef Blade 2 speaker setup.

My friends system probably costs as much as my daily beater for work, and its a leased BMW too on top.

I had a ATI 9700 Pro before, that I did use until it died, which was another one of those great GPUs for its time.

The 8800 GT just refused to die.

I think the most memorable cards i ever had were...
VooDoo2 (although this was a addon and not a real video card)
Riva TNT2
Geforce 2.
Geforce 8800GT
ATi 4870X2 -> It was my first and only Quadfire setup...
RTX 4090 -> its the true definition of "what optimization? who cares about optimizations...."


@ the OP.
Trophy Cards, like the 4090 typically are never worth it.
Its the You can take sledge hammer, but i'll use a wrecking ball instead approach at games.
90% of the card is just so you can run anything on ultimate and not worry about optimizations like @AdamK47 and me, who just have it for the MEH, too lazy to optimize and just want the best approach.