In recent days, foreign media and YouTubers have been slapping the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card in the face. After many evaluation reports stated that the RTX 4080 is too expensive, a well-known foreign YouTuber recently shared a video showing how low the CP value of this card is. It is more expensive than building a Radeon RX 6800XT gaming computer (in fact, the RX 6900XT is also). This comparison really makes people feel exaggerated, RX 6800XT and RX 6900XT are the top flagship graphics cards of the previous generation of AMD.
How low is the CP value of the RTX 4080? Even building a Radeon RX 6900XT computer is cheaper than it
Recently, Bitwitkyle, a well-known foreign YouTube channel with more than 2 million subscribers, shared a video about what NVIDIA is thinking. The content is actually mainly about the performance evaluation of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080. It is just like other media evaluations. The performance is indeed very strong. There is no doubt that the price is too high, resulting in a low CP value.
Looking at this picture makes it clearer, when the RTX 3080 was launched, the recommended selling price was US$700. Like the RTX 2080, the price increase was only 40% compared to the RTX 580 10 years ago. This may seem like a lot at first glance, but this time the RTX 4080 is even more exaggerated, with a price increase of 70% in only one year. Even inflation should not be such an exaggeration:
This example more directly shows how low the CP value of RTX 4080 is. Bitwitkyle shared the assembly price and hardware of a gaming computer. The hardware specifications of this computer are:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Motherboard: MSI B550-A Pro
- Memory: 32GB G.Skill DDR4-3600
- Graphics card: ASUS TUF RX 6800 XT
- Hard drive: 1TB TeamGroup MS30 M.2
- Power supply: EVGA 600BQ
- Cooling system: Phanteks Eclipse P300A
The total price of this unit is only US$1,198, which is cheaper than the US$1,200 of RTX 4080:
Not only that, foreign media VideoCardz I even shared a gaming computer using AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card. The price is lower than Bitwitkyle’s recommendation, and it even comes with a chassis:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Motherboard: ASRock B550M PG RIPTIDE
- Memory: 16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4-3600
- Graphics card: XFX Speedster RX 6900 XT
- Hard drive: Silicon Power A60 1TB M.2-2280
- Power supply: Thermaltake Smart RGB 700W
- Cooling system: Deepcool AK400 ZERO DARK
- Case: Aerocool Bolt ATX Mid Tower Case
Therefore, many people have suggested that NVIDIA really needs to think carefully about the pricing of the RTX 4080. For players, although the performance of this card is indeed good, paying more for the RTX 4090 or purchasing other graphics cards is a better choice.
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Source: KOCPC Chinese