90K+ When would Nvidia series 50 cards' prices go down?

draglord said:
Depends. You can do ML on consumer GPUs. But at an enterprise scale you need server grade GPUs.

Most startups can make do with 4090s. Or cloud services.

Nvidia won't release a 64gb consumer grade card, it knows that'll tank h100's sales. So they're playing it smart
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Makes sense Consumer GPUs like the 4090 are great for smaller-scale ML, but for serious enterprise workloads, you need server-grade hardware. Nvidia definitely knows what they’re doing—if they drop a 64GB consumer card, it’d eat into their high-margin enterprise sales. Smart business move on their part.
 
draglord said:
I was waiting for the nvidia 5090, but seeing as it's price is north of 3L i am a bit skeptical towards buying it.

Any idea if the prices are gonna go down in a couple of months?

I need at least a 24GB gpu, for gaming and LLMs. I already have a 4080S.

Should i go for a used 4090 now and buy 5090 later or skip 5090 altogether?

Thanks
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The general understanding is Nvidia simply launched the series early to get as many GPUs in as they can before Trump's tariffs kick in. Any such supply will likely be scalped and thereafter the MSRP will increase, so possibly it will never be sold at the launch retail price again. The only dynamic that may impact the price is if gamers switch to AMD this time looking at how Nvidia is basically snubbing retail users and gamers.
 
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I have a question to those who want to get an expensive GPU run LLM in their home.

Why not rent a GPU from cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GPC? You can get a better GPU than the 5090, and it'll be a ton cheaper for your experiments.
 
lockhrt999 said:
I have a question to those who want to get an expensive GPU run LLM in their home.

Why not rent a GPU from cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GPC? You can get a better GPU than the 5090, and it'll be a ton cheaper for your experiments.
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1) you need a credit card

2) downloading and uploading files costs you money

3) you can't sell the card afterwards

4) you can't game
 
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draglord said:
1) you need a credit card

2) downloading and uploading files costs you money

3) you can't sell the card afterwards

4) you can't game
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1) most places accept debit cards.

2) It's cheap

3) And, are you suggesting, that taking that 1 lakh worth depreciation hit when you sell your graphics card is worth?

4) I'll give you that. GeForce now is a few months away.

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You can rent H100 for $2/Hr.

In what economy does it make any financial sense to sink 2 lakh into a 5090, which is a lame duck compared to H100?

Yeah, you can experiment using 5090 locally just for fun. Run some tiny baccho wale LLMs for time pass. But at the end of the day, it's not as good as the real thing.

All I'm saying, get the card if you are going to enjoy it.

But getting it for AI is like paying 2 lakhs for a Maruti Alto, even though you can rent a Lambo for 100 an hour.
 
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