That specs make it seem like these wouldn't be quite worth it at launch.

Ampere specs: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/

This looks like a smaller bump than Ampere. 3090 seems cheaper and better than 4080. As people have pointed out, what I'd really like is more / upgradeable RAM. NVidia is trying to not compete with their higher-end cards, but ML tools are increasingly consumer.

I would like to see independent benchmarks for 4090 before making judgements. "2-4x" as claimed over 3090 Ti is not a small bump.

2-4X in video games, when using DLSS with their new frame interpolation technique.

It kinda feels like cheating.

If it’s not visually distinguishable, it won’t matter. I hear recent versions of DLSS are very good at 4k despite earlier versions having some bad artifacts. I guess we’ll have to wait for the reviews :)

I guess it depends on your definition if distinguishable, but as someone who has dabbled with most ML frame interpolation techniques, this appears just as artifact ridden. https://i.imgur.com/9U9HIpH.jpeg

Yeah I'm going to call this a hard pass until I see third-party benchmarks, power draw numbers, and what AMD has with RDNA3.

This is starting to look like a repeat of Geforce FX vs Radeon 9700 Pro all over again.