Alright so 4K OLED got me like omg wow so I'm considering selling my 4070Ti and buying a 4090. I know my 4070ti can technically handle 4k but not comfortably like it can 1440p. And, well, it's undeniably a big upgrade.

It's getting easier to find a 4090 FE for MSRP or lower which is both a good thing and also a bad sign for anyone buying now. It means there will be more and they will get cheaper. The question is how much cheaper...

I know it has been popular to dog on the price of the 4090 (or 40xx series in general) and it is undeniably expensive, but as far as gaming goes it is almost double the performance of a 3090 in Time Spy for $100 more MSRP. Also, a disturbing number of people paid well over MSRP (though mining at the time certainly helped offset the cost).

Anyway, I digress, the price is what it is. With current trends and demand for AI work, there's no way the 5090 is going to be cheaper than the 4090. The question is how much more and how much of a performance boost will it be. If you're a cynic, you might say the price to performance dollar increase will be 1:1. I seriously doubt that (don't think that's ever happened) but the closer it is to 1:1, theoretically the higher the resale value of a 4090 would be. But of course the 5090 will have other exclusive features and more VRAM.

Realistically we won't see the 5090 until next year and they will stay out of stock for months again, so the 4090 will still be valuable but it will obviously drop some.

Ultimately I know it just boils down to do you need/want it now, I just wonder if I'm missing anything. This would be an easier decision if we didn't just get a huge drop of amazing 4k OLED monitors. But maybe I really do just keep the 4070Ti and manage settings until the 5090.