An ode to the RTX 4090 and why high-end GPUs can sometimes be the best value

Nvidia's very highest-end GPUs are actually the best value. There, I said it and now everyone can shoot me down, call me a shill and then dance on my hastily dug grave. But before you ramrod your muskets and cock your flintlocks, allow me to elaborate. This is not clickbait, but a genuine point of view.

Nvidia, as we all surely know, has launched its new RTX 50 family of graphics cards. And duly the RTX 5090 is an absolute monster, all $2,000 of it. Meanwhile, the rest of the RTX range actually came in cheaper than expected.