Nvidia CEO Now Compares Aging GPUs To Fine Wine

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bubblesort33@reddit

I mean used RTX 5070 ti to 5090 GPUs are selling for more than MSRP like a year ago. I do sometimes wonder if I should buy an RTX 6090 at launch, because the last 2 90 series cards have been far over MSRP like 18 month into their life. You essentially get to game for free on the best GPU in the world for 18 month after launch.

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berserkuh@reddit

On the other hand you will experience the seasonal roulette of “will this new badly designed standard of power delivery melt onto my motherboard”.

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goldcakes@reddit

12VHPWR is awfully designed yes but if you fully insert the cable, and use the OEM cables from your PSU (instead of something you found on eBay for $5.99); your risk of the connector melting is extremely low.

I hate the plug too but let's not pretend it's a catastrophic risk or something.

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cc3see@reddit

Also, under volt it.

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michaelsoft__binbows@reddit

will somebody please provide a sane way to do it properly on linux...

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petuman@reddit

https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT

if you're fine with plain power limit, then you don't need external software: sudo nvidia-smi -pl 300w

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sudoHack@reddit

it is a cable on a machine that costs thousands of dollars. the fact that the risk of it melting is ‘extremely low’ and not ‘zero’ is ridiculous. these basic things need to be 100% foolproof.

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opalfruit91@reddit

I dont know about other people and I understand everyones circumastances are diffrent but if I'm dropping over 2k on a product I want to probability of it setting on fire under normal operation to be zero not "extremely low".

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baloobah@reddit

0% safety margin on a 5090. I'll concede it's enough for a 5080.

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Radiant-Fly9738@reddit

regardless, I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving the house while my PC is working and I ofted do that.

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i_max2k2@reddit

The answer is ‘Yes’, no need to guess.

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goldcakes@reddit

How much of this is region dependent? Here in Australia, 5070 Tis are cheaper than they were 1-3 months ago, and even slightly lower than their 'real' launch price (not the minimal 'MSRP' that sold out in literally 30-40 seconds)

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HatchetHand@reddit

That's because the consumer segment is not buying/building systems, so demand for the existing supply of GPUs has collapsd. Retailers still need to move inventory. They can't let it sit on shelves forever.

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caedin8@reddit

I bought a 3090 through Best Buy lottery system for $1800, mined $1000 of ethereum on it over 9 months, then sold it on FB marketplace for $2500. Ended up with a $500 used 3070 from micro center that I’ve used to game on for the past 3 years…

Oddly one of my best investments, and likely my best short term investment in my life

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cloud_t@reddit

If you factor in electricity it hits a bit different.

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QueefBuscemi@reddit

^(Or just play the enormous backlog of games you have that run on your system right now.)

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HatchetHand@reddit

That's only bcause he helped create a shortage on supplies of current gaming GPUs.

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EJ19876@reddit

He's right, but not in the way he intended.

Fortunately for gamers, and perhaps sadly for Jensen's stock value, GPU longevity is what's ageing in a good way; the 6 year old 3060 Ti, the best selling 30 series GPU, can run Resident Evil Requiem at native 1440p max preset at 63 FPS, and Death Standing 2 at native 1440p max preset at 44 FPS. These are the figures without DLSS, which will further prolong the lifespan of GPUs.

Prices remaining high or even increasingly isn't a good thing anyway. I purchased by 4090 at launch and now, after nearly 4 years, I could sell it for AUD$400 more than I paid for it, judging by the recently sold 4090s on ebay. Sure, from an accounting perspective my asset's value is up $400, but I'd need to replace it if I sold it and the only upgrade path from a 4090 is the AUD$6,000 5090. I don't see that as a win for me or the person who buys a GPU with 4 years of use and a few months remaining on the warranty for $400 more than I paid for it at launch.

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dampflokfreund@reddit

Also now games are build with handhelds like the Switch 2 and Steam Deck in mind. We have now three major AAA releases followed one another which actually have great optimization (Resi, Pragmata, FH6).

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Due_Teaching_6974@reddit

And that the PS5 is going to be supported by 3rd parties much longer than any other console, so if you have a PC that is comparable to a PS5 then it is guaranteed to last at least another 3 years

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onolide@reddit

GPU longevity is what's ageing in a good way

Yeah, I still see new/recent AAA games targeting the RTX 3060 or at least declaring it as the min specs, so the RTX 3060 is still able to handle the latest titles. I'd argue that games that can't run well on RTX 3060 are poorly optimized, that GPU is plenty powerful for most graphics(ofc without going crazy like rendering in 4K or with path tracing)

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NeroClaudius199907@reddit

1080p high-med dlss q 50-70fps

1440p high-med dlssq-b 60fps at least

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ProZoid_10@reddit

Most games can run at those settings but the frame pacing and traversal stutters ue5 ruins enjoyment of games at the settings. Not even dmfg makes things better ant bloober game

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Dynablade_Savior@reddit

I mean yeah, the 1080ti IS fine wine

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Demografolog@reddit

And he is right. Do some of remember days of GeForce MX 440? Right now most casual gamers can live with their 10 years old GPUs.

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powerplayer6@reddit

Honestly I want to agree with you, but the games a "casual gamer" wants to play in 2026 (Valorant, CS2, Marvel Rivals, etc.) probably need more than a GTX 1060 nowadays to hit playable framerates. Even the cheapest 1080p monitors for under $100 have 144 Hz refresh nowadays. I wouldn't recommend anything less than an RTX 3060 (or RX 6600/XT) in current year even if all you play is eSports and FPS.

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accountforfurrystuf@reddit

Fine Wine was supposed to be an in-joke about a 1080Ti or AMD improving their shitty launch drivers

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K33P4D@reddit

Not letting us afford gpus to make them age like fine wine smh

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ProZoid_10@reddit

“ Older accelerators continue to find use in inference clusters, secondary AI deployments, and capacity expansion projects where access to newer hardware remains limited. Cloud infrastructure provider CoreWeave also confirmed rising demand for older accelerators. The company stated that products including Nvidia’s H100, H200, L40S, and A100 have all experienced quarter-over-quarter pricing increases.”

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