Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: No, it’s not “4090 performance at $549”

It's not all bad news, but in a lot of ways this is barely an upgrade.

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[Mechjaz]

Meant with no disrespect to Andrew at all:

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: No, it’s not “4090 performance at $549”

Yeah, no shit. Or more accurately, loads of it, as Nvidia was shoveling to shape a fabulous turd sculpture and pretend it would supersede a 4090 at one third the price. "It's just as fast if you don't run the same things and the things you do run you do them differently!" Uh huh. My frame rates are a lot higher at 1024x768, too. What's your point, Nvidia?

 

[Mechjaz]

I'm not qualified to question the allegations of laziness due to a perceived lack of competition. But I'm wondering if we aren't just bumping up against diminishing returns for graphics technology such that generational improvements (that don't come from die-shrinks, more VRAM, and image processing tricks) are just not on the table anymore.

While the stock market would scream and howl at that level of honesty and candor, it'd feel a lot more fair if Nvidia, if not saying the words, would at least price accordingly for the real-world market. Instead we get patented frame-smearing technology and told it's a mid-range powerhouse.

Edit: typos, clarity