The price/quality ratio has stagnated, while consumption has increased significantly.
Although Nvidia’s new line of graphics cards won’t hit the market until next week, reviews of the flagship RTX 5090 have already arrived. However, unlike its predecessor, which delivered an absolutely massive performance boost over the RTX 3090, reviews are rather lukewarm. The new model does offer some extra power, but at a higher price and with significantly higher power consumption.
The RTX 5090 is 27% faster than the 4090 in an average of 17 games (at native 4K resolution) tested by Hardware Unboxed, while Techtesters achieved the same number in an average of 45 games. Daniel Owen has focused mainly on the most demanding games of recent times, including those with path tracing, such as Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2 or Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. In his test, the card was only 23% faster. In contrast, Techpowerup reports slightly higher growth, namely 35%, Digital Foundry – 31%.
Source: Techtesters
Source: Daniel Owen
On average, it looks like the RTX 5090 is just over a quarter faster than its predecessor, although it must be added that in some situations the card is limited by the processor (the Ryzen 9800X3D, the fastest on the market for gaming). And yes, even in native 4K.
The increase is decent, but along with the performance, the price has also increased—by $400, or 25%. The price/performance ratio remains the same, and that’s not something we’d like to see in the next generation. As Hardware Unboxed’s Steve Walton points out, it’s essentially an RTX 4090 Ti.
In addition to the price, consumption has also increased, albeit significantly. TDP has been increased from 450 W to 575 W, this can also be seen in real consumption. According to Hardware Unboxed testing, total system consumption can increase by as much as 200 W compared to a computer with an RTX 4090.
The RTX 5090 will hit the market on January 30 at a price of $1,999 US, the official Czech price tag is set at 59,599 CZK.
Source :Indian TV
