1 hour ago, FlyIce said:

Eager to see how it drives the Pimax crystal light. 

The new PP software is great... remembers the room settings now... be keen to hear how your 5090 goes with it... $2999 sounds cheap but have to remember you're talking USD here..converted its about $6000 NZD gulp! But, the good wife said i could have one when i wanted...lol so staying in the good books! LOL

They’re dropping in price rapidly, I managed to get PNY 5090 OC for &1899 new.  Perhaps the low price wave will hit AU soon.  I think AMD announcement of 10000 series GPU is forcing nVidia and retailers hands … and obviously scalpers

2 hours ago, CO2Neutral said:

I managed to get PNY 5090 OC for &1899 new

That's not US$1899, right? Otherwise I'm deep green.. I have the sense that 5090 is not going to be a $2000 card as Jensen Huang promised, and the market price likely will be settling down to around $2500-3000 - by all means an obscene amount of money just for a video card, hard to imagine that we have formally arrived at such a ridiculous price point.  

 

21 hours ago, vonduck said:

But, the good wife said i could have one when i wanted...lol so staying in the good books! LOL

You're a such a lucky man! I have to pull off some tricks to make the 5090 fly into the house under the radar ...

Edited May 11, 20251 yr by FlyIce

6 hours ago, FlyIce said:

pull off some tricks to make the 5090 fly into the house under the radar

All the best bro! Gonna be a tricky one when she see's what you're doing!

10 hours ago, FlyIce said:

That's not US$1899, right?

Yes, from B&H Photo in US $ … I had put myself on the waiting list for a bunch of 5090’s at B&H Photo.  PNY 5090 OC was one of them (not my preferred option, but).  Had many discussions with their support folks about how do I know where I stand in line … needless to say 4+ months later when I finally got the email to purchase, it was at some ridiculous price $3599.  I told them when I put myself on the waiting list it was listed at $1899.  After more discussions, they finally honored the price from the day one waiting list.  I was provided with a “special link” that would expire that had the adjusted price.

To add a little more context, I am a VERY good customer for B&H Photo (about $150,000 in camera/audio equipment) so that may have helped (may).  But after my purchase I saw Walmart was selling them in stock and plenty available in EU at close to MSRP so I figured supply is finally catching up and my B&H Photo deal was not the exception.

And yes, $1899 is still too much especially considering all the issues with 50 series cards and there was no way I was going to purchase from a scalper.

 

Wow, you're an extremely lucky customer - I guess your past purchases definitely helped for getting them to honor you the original price.

Just checked B&H and indeed plenty 5090 in stock at the moment although all are listed above $3000. The MSI Ventus 3X I bought from Newegg is in stock at B&H for $3049, about $50 more than the Newegg. Anyway, at least those bloody scalpers are getting thrown under the bus - a bit justice served.