Hey, do you know there are new Nvidia graphics playing cards on the best way? It’s a fairly large deal. Such a giant deal, in actual fact, that we’re nonetheless processing what we noticed at CES 2025 (together with a variety of the movies we recorded, sorry).
After Nvidia’s massive reveal of the RTX 5090 and different playing cards, PCWorld’s Adam Patrick Murray pulled his outdated buddy Paul of Paul’s {Hardware} apart to speak and get his skilled impressions.
There are two stunning issues concerning the RTX 5090. First, it’s a real two-slot card — no 2.5-slot fuzziness — due to some outstanding new engineering that shrinks the first circuit board. Meaning it’ll match way more simply into each PC construct, although its pass-through cooling fan setup would possibly create some issues with the smallest SFF designs.
Second, the RTX 5090 prices $2,000. Some huge cash for a graphics card (and $400 greater than the RTX 4090 from two years in the past). However it’s additionally lower than lots of people had been anticipating, contemplating the speedy rise in secondary costs for Nvidia playing cards as a result of crypto and AI booms. Frankly, if Nvidia had priced it at $2,500 as many anticipated, it will nonetheless promote each single one it might make.
Paul additionally takes very specific exception to Jensen Huang’s declare that the much less highly effective RTX 5070, at a $550 worth level, gives you “4090 performance.” Nvidia’s advertising rests on the brand new card’s extra highly effective DLSS 4 and AI-powered body technology… which is undeniably cool, and in addition undeniably not the identical factor as “performance” within the common sense. If all you need is 4K/60FPS in Spider-Man 2, it’s nice. In order for you 1080p/500FPS in Counter-Strike 2, not a lot.
Try the total video for all of the nuanced takes between Adam and Paul, together with methods AMD might counter with a win for customers. And for the newest PC information (and much more stuff from CES 2025), remember to subscribe to PCWorld on YouTube.
