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Jensen Huang Talks RTX 5090 Price at CES 2025 Interview

Jensen Huang reveals why the RTX 5090 is priced high in his CES 2025 interview, shedding light on the tech behind the cost.

www.szyunze.com

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Reporter: I have a question regarding gamers and consumers. We noticed a significant gap between the RTX 5090 and 5080. The number of CUDA cores in the 5090 is more than twice that of the 5080, and the price has doubled as well. Why did you create such a large difference between the flagship and the near-flagship models?

Jensen Huang: The reason is simple. Once someone wants the best product, they will always choose the best. You know, the market isn’t so segmented. And our enthusiasts, if they want the best, they won’t settle for something slightly better or save $100 by choosing something a bit worse. They just want the best.

Of course, $2,000 is not a small amount, and it’s certainly a high value. But keep in mind that this technology is being used in your home theater-level PC setup. And that PC—where you’ve probably already invested around $10,000 in your monitor and sound system—will definitely need the best GPU. So many of our customers are simply after the absolute best.

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[daffyduck]

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Yeah I spent a bunch but not 10k...

 

[LectureMaster]

OverHeat POV:

 

[DeepEnigma]

"And the more they buy, the more they save," - Jacket Man

 

[winjer]

If he was honest, he would say that he just likes money. Lot's of money.

 

[Miles708]

As long as hardware whales will keep this farce going, why not

 

[ssringo]

"Whales will be whales and we're going to get every penny we can."

 

[Bry0]

He’s spot on like it or not, this is basically every 90 class buyer. I’ve got 10k in sound, peripherals and monitors easily.

 

[LectureMaster]

I am realy curious to see what's the dollar sales like for 4090 compared to lower-end cards like 4060. Are they really making more bank on the flagship card?

vs

 

[Wildebeest]

What he is saying is that people will pay for slightly better, but only if you charge a lot more and invent some bullshit new feature to justify the cost.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

home theater pc, sound system? What this guy is smoking?

 

[Kataploom]

He's right

 

[TintoConCasera]

home theater pc, sound system? What this guy is smoking?

Chad gamers have their PCs plugged to a big OLED TV.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

There he goes again with that BS 10k number, you can tell someone drafted that up as a marketing talking point.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

There he goes again with that BS 10k number, you can tell someone drafted that up as a marketing talking point.

I bet there are a decent amount of gamers out there with 10k tied up in their entire set up which I think he is referring to

 

[Kilau]

Did he develop a lisp?

 

[bundylove]

Back in my day you wanted to impress girls with something that they were interested in.
Car, clothes, jewlery , dick size lol . What ever got you laid .

Today you can be the best by spending 10k or more once and another 2k every year or two. Only this one wont get your dick sucked lol

 

[sono]

sth

 

[DeepEnigma]

Only this one wont get your dick sucked lol

Or will it?

 

[OverHeat]

OverHeat POV:

 

[bundylove]

Or will it?

Thats for tiny dicks only.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Back in my day you wanted to impress girls with something that they were interested in.
Car, clothes, jewlery , dick size lol . What ever got you laid .

Today you can be the best by spending 10k or more once and another 2k every year or two. Only this one wont get your dick sucked lol

If you got that kind of money you better be getting your dick sucked often

 

[DeepEnigma]

Thats for tiny dicks only.

 

[Topher]

Like I said, he's daring people to buy the 5090. He could literally take another $500 out of their pocket right now.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Like I said, he's daring people to buy the 5090. He could literally take another $500 out of their pocket right now.

He could have priced it at $3000 and fools would have bought it

 

[TheKratos]

He's 100% right, too expensive for you? Then buy 5080 which is hella strong too. Premium product = premium price. Simple.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

well, there is a reason why Nvidia has like 80% - 90% of the GPU market

 

[OverHeat]

He could have priced it at $3000 and fools would have bought it

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Kacho]

Milk the pay pigs for all they are worth, papa Huang.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Milk the pay pigs for all they are worth, papa Huang.

Yes. Please do!

My portfolio wants more swol.

 

[Celcius]

He's right though, we all thought it was going to be more expensive than it was

 

[CLW]

Wait WHY do you need a gpu for watching movies?

 

[Hudo]

That's one of the most direct ways of saying "because the people will pay it." I have heard from a CEO.

 

[bundylove]

If you got that kind of money you better be getting your dick sucked often

I am happy to report that after being married for so many years, no one is sucking it anymore other than life lol

 

[OverHeat]

Milk the pay pigs for all they are worth, papa Huang.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I am happy to report that after being married for so many years, no one is sucking it anymore other than life lol

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[OverHeat]

I am happy to report that after being married for so many years, no one is sucking it anymore other than life lol

 

[bundylove]

 

[Mokus]

He knows his customers.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

It's such an amazing racket because the higher they price the more aggressively people will say "too poor? don't buy it"

Like they should just charge $50k there is no reason not to.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I thought the sth abbreviation in the thread title meant shit!

 

[//DEVIL//]

where the fk the 10k comes from ? my whole PC with a high expensive board, 9800x3d, cooler, ddr5 ram of speed 7800. 8 lian li Sl inf fans and LCD screen for the corsair air and i am no where 2k$.


its your shitty expensive high end card that is alone the price of the whole PC minus the GPU.
even if you want to add 1500$ top of the line monitor and 500$ sound system. you are at 4k.

is his stuff made of gold or something for it to be 10k ?

 

[OverHeat]

where the fk the 10k comes from ? my whole PC with a high expensive board, 9800x3d, cooler, ddr5 ram of speed 7800. 8 lian li Sl inf fans and LCD screen for the corsair air and i am no where 2k$.


its your shitty expensive high end card that is alone the price of the whole PC minus the GPU.
even if you want to add 1500$ top of the line monitor and 500$ sound system. you are at 4k.

is his stuff made of gold or something for it to be 10k ?

Chair 2500$ monitor 2000$ I can go on and on I have 10k of stuff on my pc setup alone

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

where the fk the 10k comes from ? my whole PC with a high expensive board, 9800x3d, cooler, ddr5 ram of speed 7800. 8 lian li Sl inf fans and LCD screen for the corsair air and i am no where 2k$.

You will go well above that when done not 10k but well above.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

where the fk the 10k comes from ? my whole PC with a high expensive board, 9800x3d, cooler, ddr5 ram of speed 7800. 8 lian li Sl inf fans and LCD screen for the corsair air and i am no where 2k$.


its your shitty expensive high end card that is alone the price of the whole PC minus the GPU.
even if you want to add 1500$ top of the line monitor and 500$ sound system. you are at 4k.

is his stuff made of gold or something for it to be 10k ?

I assume he is talking about the whole set up

 

[Mokus]

Wait WHY do you need a gpu for watching movies?

He actually comparing the 4090/5090 buyers to the movie enthusiasts who are willing to pay huge amount of money for the best home theater setup. The seats alone might cost more than our PCs.

 

[bundylove]

Anyone here know of a good pc portable pod ?

Has its onw battery pack etc and i just have to hook up a pc and a screen?

Has to be portable on wheels to roll it around the shop