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NVIDIA's RTX 5090 graphics card costs $2,000 (www.engadget.com)
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The first salvo of RTX 50 series GPU will arrive in January, with pricing starting at $549 for the RTX 5070 and topping out at an eye-watering $1,999 for the flagship RTX 5090. In between those are the $749 RTX 5070 Ti and $999 RTX 5080. Laptop variants of the desktop GPUs will follow in March, with pricing there starting at $1,299 for 5070-equipped PCs.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

You could make the argument that people with 5090s do run their PCs longer than 3 hours since those folk are more prone to longer bouts of gaming to feel like they're returning on their expensive investment. And as the capabilities of our PCs become more and more robust, it will likely mean that people will more and more need to consider whether the circuit they're plugging into will take the load they're giving it.

Doesn't hurt to plan for the future regarding building wiring, since most tech folk do so regarding their PC builds.

But, up on further inspection... I may be inclined to agree with you. See this thread from licensed and qualified professionals in the space.

It seems that homeowners are given a special class of immunity when it comes to manifesting hazards associated with their use of electricity. Whether or not that immunity should be granted, given that improper use of electrical equipment in a household can lead to fires and cause undue harm to the community at large, I think is up for debate.