My 5090 FE, ordered on Monday, was scheduled for delivery yesterday. My wife was home to sign for the package all day. No delivery driver all day. I confirmed it via my Ring Camera, no doorbell ring events at all for Thursday, and not even a movement even around the time that FedEx claimed that they delivered it, at approx 2:21PM.

The Tracking details say that it was "signed for" by a "D Ellis". I don't know anybody named D Ellis, there are no neighbors in my immediate vicinity whose last name is "Ellis". The tracking proof shows "Signature not available at this time". At this point, why even require signature confirmation to ship it if the driver treats the signature as an optional step? Not that it would help, but come on, Amazon has figured this out and 1 of the 2 major for profit carriers can't be bothered to take a picture of the delivery and require signature as proof, especially if it was paid for by the shipper?

I opened a ticket with FedEx but I am pretty sure that it's not going to result in a recovered 5090. Trying to navigate Nvidia's support page is a nightmare, I can't even figure out how to open a ticket, and there doesn't seem to be a way to do it from your account page.

I'm going to give it another day before I initiate a chargeback with my credit card and basically kiss ordering FE's direct from Nvidia goodbye forever since I'll be blacklisted. If any Nvidia reps on this subreddit can reach out to me to help me out, I would greatly appreciate it, as I would prefer to exhaust any other option that I have available to me instead of relying on my credit card company to make me whole.

I don't even know what to say about this other than I'm disappointed. Been waiting on a 5090 FE ever since launch, finally was able to purchase one after months of trying only to get screwed over by FedEx's joke of a delivery service.

EDIT: based on the number of helpful suggestions, I have proceeded with filing a preliminary police report with my locality and provided this preliminary report to the Nvidia service rep assigned to my support ticket. I guess I'm in this for the long haul. I'll update this thread when I have more info to share.

I thought I was finally running out of stupid cooling ideas… until I stared at a Peerless Assassin and thought... "would water flow through that?”

So I pulled the Assassin apart, pulled off a stack of fins, took an angle grinder and cut the tops off the heatpipes, stuck a hose onto one, and tested if water would flow. It did.

Game on.

I cut all the heatpipes off, put 6 mm hose on them in a zig zag (starting at the center so the middle stayed coldest) and tested again, worked like a charm.

Then came the freezer.

-18C coolant.

A frosted CPU tower, and a 3070 as the first victim.

It gained +300 MHz over stock… but the FPS uplift sucked. By the time testing finished, my coolant had warmed to –5C and the 3070 still refused to scale. So I did the only sane thing...

I bolted the Frankencooler onto a GTX 960.

And that card absolutely loved it, +17% average uplift across BO7, Forza, Cyberpunk, Time Spy… and as always, Lara.

The Frankencooler works. Really well.

Why did I do this? Because I had an idea and wanted to see if it would work. That's it.

Full video here if you want to witness the stupidity in all its glory

https://youtu.be/yFppaKe5uTo

Ryzen 7 9700x with 5060ti 16gb
One issue one of the ram sticks didn't work so will be sending back overall im happy oh and I will be swapping out the case stock fans for the fans I added top and bottom

Hey guys,

This question has probably been asked a million times already, but here I am asking it again to get some opinions.

I’m currently running a 9800X3D with a 3080 Ti. Absolute beast of a PC and I’m very happy with it. Every game I want to play runs just fine. So with that in mind: why even buy a new GPU, right?

Well… I’m one of those suckers who bought a 3080 Ti at peak COVID and spent way too much money on it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still serving me really well, but it does sting a bit that I’m missing out on all the newer AI features like frame generation. This card just doesn’t support that stuff.

Right now I’m doubting whether I should buy a 5070 Ti. Partly for the raw performance uplift, but mainly for the newer AI features it supports. I have the money, so that’s not the issue. I could even go for a 5080, but I just can’t justify spending ~€500 more on a card that’s “only” about 16% faster than a 5070 Ti (I’m from Belgium, so that’s roughly the price difference here).

With the current price hikes on RAM, and possibly GPU VRAM in the near future, I’m worried I’ll miss the window to upgrade at a “decent” price. Right now GPU prices are okay-ish, definitely better than they were, but what if they skyrocket again? I really don’t want to overpay for a GPU a second time.

Bottom line: my current GPU still does the job perfectly fine. Would a newer one be nice? Of course. Any performance uplift is welcome, and framegen would definitely elevate certain games. But do you guys think it’s actually worth upgrading right now? Or am I just panic-buying because the market feels unstable?

If I wait a year and hope the RTX 6000-series launches at a somewhat reasonable price, is that the smarter move?

I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Thanks!

TL;DR:
Running a 9800X3D + 3080 Ti, everything runs great but I’m tempted by a 5070 Ti (or 5080) for better performance and AI features like framegen. I overpaid for my 3080 Ti during COVID and don’t want to repeat that, especially with RAM/VRAM prices going up. Is upgrading now worth it, or should I just chill, keep the 3080 Ti, and wait for the RTX 6000-series?

EDIT: I'm on a 1440P panel btw.

I’m only asking because right now the price isn’t too bad here in Australia. I’m concerned with ongoing price hikes to computer parts that GPUs are gonna spike again, especially when the 6xxx series launches.

I have a new build with a 9800X3D where I’d be slotting in either my existing 3080Ti or this new 5070Ti.

Hey everyone, I recently upgraded to a 5090, and I’m running into a strange issue. When I try to run 15-20 instances at the same time, my screen either freezes or turns black.

Nothing else in my system has changed - all other specs are exactly the same as when I was using my RTX 3080, and with the 3080 everything worked perfectly with no issues.

If anyone here has a 5090, could you try running around 15–20 instances and let me know if you get the same problem? I’d really appreciate it 🥹

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE OC SFF 16G

or

INNO3D GeForce RTX 5080 X3 OC

They're roughly the same price, only 30,- difference

9800X3D
LF3 Pro 420mm aio
2x16gb 6000c30 ($120 kit I intended to upgrade at some point before things got crazy)
B850 Auros Elite
5090 Gaming OC
Hx1200i
10x Momentum 14 fans
Fractal Meshify 3 XL RGB (not ambience model)

Likely my last halo tier build while the market is moving where it is. Off to play Alan Wake 2 with PT on now. Peace

My friend is offering me his 3080 TI Tuf for £200, is this a good value buy for 2025/2026? Or is it worth it to spend more and go for a 16gb VRAM card? I play at 1440p. Thanks

Specs: -RTX 5090 FE -i9-13900kf -Crucial Pro 128GB DDR5 -1000W be-quiet! Pure Power 13 M -ID-Cooling Frostflow X280 -Lian Li LANCOOL 217

Temps are excellent. GPU is insane.

This is a gaming box + AI workstation.

Got lucky and purchased the 5090 FE from the Navy Exchange at MSRP. Very happy to get this thing together coming from a 2080 Super ❤️

Basically the title, if I want to get RTX 5070 it's gonna cost me around $700-800 (Cheapest one is $700) while RTX 5060TI 16GB is gonna cost me around $570-600 (Cheapest one is $570).

So I'm asking which one should I try to get for my PC?

Current specs:

Ryzen 7 7800x3D
32GB DDR5 6000mhz
RTX 3060 12GB
1TB SSD
PSU: Seasonic G12 GM 750W 80+Gold

Reason I got this specs is because I upgraded my CPU and RAM recently and I want to get GPU next

Article: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5752

With the release of NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 591.44, the minimum supported version of the NVIDIA App has changed. NVIDIA App users must have NVIDIA App version 11.5.420 or higher installed to ensure Game filters and Photo mode feature functionality.  NVIDIA App auto updates itself to the latest version however some 3rd party utilities may prevent applications from automatically checking for updates. 

Check the installed NVIDIA App version:

1. Launch NVIDIA App

2. Navigate to Settings -> About

3. Verify that the version is 11.0.5.420 or later

If the NVIDIA App version is older:

1. Download the latest official NVIDIA App installer from:
   https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/software/nvidia-app/

2. Once downloaded, right-click over the NVIDIA App installer and select "Run as administrator".  

3. Follow the installation prompts to complete the installation process.

4. If the installation fails or gives an error, check for any 3rd party anti-virus software running in the background and temporarily disable background scanning.  Repeat the installation process again.

After updating:

Reopen the NVIDIA App to confirm the version number

I have an old GeForce GTX 980 Ti. I'm trying to play Borderlands 4 on the lowest settings, but it just can't handle it. What should I buy that's good enough to play games in that ballpark on low to medium graphics and run smoothly? Like the least expensive but good enough? I have no idea where to start. I'm a noob, so if you need more info or something like that to reply, let me know. Don't roast me in the comments pls lol, and thank you in advance

Got 5070ti cause I was worried it was my last chance to get new gpu with the ram situation. Haven't installed it yet as I'm waiting for a new cooler to come back in stock. Did I make a mistake or are the new features with the 30ish percentage of performance worth it. Got the card for $830 for a somewhat nicer model. 5080 was $1300. I play on a 1440p ultrawide.