Is this a good price for a 4090?

[Bayonett Priest]

So i found a Zotac Gaming rtx 4090 trinity for 1500€! i can test it out at his place right now! he put a bunch of pictures too! he said he has it only for 4 months and has the reciept!

Is it a good deal? i isnt being produced anymore and the 5080 is too low and the 5090 is too expensive (even excluding the fact that only scalpers sell them atm)!

[Millios]

1.500 euros for it?! AND you can test it before you buy it?! If the seller has some good reviews too then absolutely it is a killer deal as 4090s go for over 2K in most of europe

If you can also refrence the receipt ,with other ones from the same store for example, before you even go to make sure it is more legit or at least way less likely for it to be a scam (most likely you can at least ask) then you found a great deal
PS dont mark it as solved so others can give their opinion on this cause I could have missed smt

[PDifolco]

Insane deal if not a scam!! Best price I saw on new cards was like 2000EUR

Yet your 9900K won't be good enough with a 4090, you'll have to upgrade that as well

[Millios]

9 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Insane deal if not a scam!! Best price I saw on new cards was like 2000EUR

Yet your 9900K won't be good enough with a 4090, you'll have to upgrade that as well

Absolutely but if it was me I'd snag the 4090 and work from there cause GOD KNOWS when or if you'll find that deal again

From a perfromance stand point it is a bad option cause the 4090 will be bottlenecked HARD but getting a 4090 and upgrading the rest later when you can get the 4090 for below even MSRP  is too good to pass up (Ofc a new PSU might be needed ngl)

[PDifolco]

And what about this ?

I'd just snag the 4090 off, put some 4060 in and sell it back 1500 EUR

Eventually the 4090 would then cost 1000EUR only

 

[Millios]

8 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

And what about this ?

I'd just snag the 4090 off, put some 4060 in and sell it back 1500 EUR

Eventually the 4090 would then cost 1000EUR only

 

you might be onto smt with this

[PDifolco]

19 minutes ago, McCarthy said:

I'd never buy that ugly thing, 4060 or not.

Haha sure it's horrible, but the 4090 inside is basically a FE

[Bayonett Priest]

On 2/9/2025 at 4:17 PM, Millios said:

1.500 euros for it?! AND you can test it before you buy it?! If the seller has some good reviews too then absolutely it is a killer deal as 4090s go for over 2K in most of europe

If you can also refrence the receipt ,with other ones from the same store for example, before you even go to make sure it is more legit or at least way less likely for it to be a scam (most likely you can at least ask) then you found a great deal
PS dont mark it as solved so others can give their opinion on this cause I could have missed smt

well seems he ghosted me! the box looked like a Trinity oc but the card itself looked like the amp version so was supicious! just now he deleted the post too! seems like i will buy a 2000€ 4090! there are around 3-4 near me who want 2000! one of them might be legit and is lowering the price a bit XD

[Bayonett Priest]

On 2/9/2025 at 4:17 PM, Millios said:

1.500 euros for it?! AND you can test it before you buy it?! If the seller has some good reviews too then absolutely it is a killer deal as 4090s go for over 2K in most of europe

If you can also refrence the receipt ,with other ones from the same store for example, before you even go to make sure it is more legit or at least way less likely for it to be a scam (most likely you can at least ask) then you found a great deal
PS dont mark it as solved so others can give their opinion on this cause I could have missed smt

Just now after posting i got a e-mail where it said they suspended the acound from the 4090 guy XD!

[Bayonett Priest]

On 2/9/2025 at 4:23 PM, PDifolco said:

Insane deal if not a scam!! Best price I saw on new cards was like 2000EUR

Yet your 9900K won't be good enough with a 4090, you'll have to upgrade that as well

Yea was gonna upgrade my whole pc! didnt even have a 12V powersupply! time to upgrade to a ryzen 9 7900X!

They guys account got suspended! was a bit strange too. the box looked like a Trinity oc but the card itself looked like the amp version so was supicious.

Well there are a bunch of 4090s in  my ares for 2000! at least one might go down maybie 100 or so!

[Dedayog]

On 2/9/2025 at 10:10 AM, Bayonett Priest said:

So i found a Zotac Gaming rtx 4090 trinity for 1500€! i can test it out at his place right now! he put a bunch of pictures too! he said he has it only for 4 months and has the reciept!

Is it a good deal? i isnt being produced anymore and the 5080 is too low and the 5090 is too expensive (even excluding the fact that only scalpers sell them atm)!

It's a good price but is it a reasonable spend for your system?

 

I wouldn't get it.  It's too much money relatively for your build.  Get a 7900xt or something in that range, upgrade peripherals, etc

 

1500 in raw money is a lot.  Regardless of what you're buying.

[Millios]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

It's a good price but is it a reasonable spend for your system?

 

I wouldn't get it.  It's too much money relatively for your build.  Get a 7900xt or something in that range, upgrade peripherals, etc

 

1500 in raw money is a lot.  Regardless of what you're buying.

OP did say

 

15 minutes ago, Bayonett Priest said:

Yea was gonna upgrade my whole pc!

The 4090 for 1500 is even below MSRP so not a bad deal, overkill for almost anything but high (as in over 100fps consistantly) FPS 4k and heavy RT

it is or at least was a killer deal so if OP wants to spend that money that is a good way

Not to say I would spend that money cause I dont have it or like nvidia and its practives

[Dedayog]

6 minutes ago, Millios said:

OP did say

 

The 4090 for 1500 is even below MSRP so not a bad deal, overkill for almost anything but high (as in over 100fps consistantly) FPS 4k and heavy RT

it is or at least was a killer deal so if OP wants to spend that money that is a good way

Not to say I would spend that money cause I dont have it or like nvidia and its practives

1500 can upgrade everything, and I just have issues with $1000+ GPUs.

 

We're making it a new normal and it's just not okay.  It's leading us to $2-$4k GPUs now, the 5090 is being purchased for obscene money. Not to mention the new mid-range is creeping scary high.  

 

I'm just throwing my opinion out there. 

[Millios]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

1500 can upgrade everything, and I just have issues with $1000+ GPUs.

 

We're making it a new normal and it's just not okay.  It's leading us to $2-$4k GPUs now, the 5090 is being purchased for obscene money. Not to mention the new mid-range is creeping scary high.  

 

I'm just throwing my opinion out there. 

You are telling this to smb who hates the idea of companies and stores charging insane prices to screw over the consumer and please the shareholderd brother

I live in a country where stores sell 4080s for nearly the same price as 4090s (normal air cooled cards, not the liquid cooled ones) and 4090s for anywhere north of 2.5k

Hell here they try to sell some b580s for more money than a 7800xt

 

I personally would never buy anything I dont need for a price I dont feel comfortable with (including GPUs that are 1000+ bucks with nothing to give extra for cheaper GPUS) or for a price that is so much more high than it should (whenever I can cause prices here do be pricey)

 

That is why I plan to get an AMD gpu, and seriously thinking of going Linux, possibly mint (and figure things out from there rather than compremise with windows), sometime soon for my new build

Cause nvidia and microsoft and these big conglomerates dont respect the consumer so I choose not to support them any way I can

[Bayonett Priest]

4 hours ago, Millios said:

You are telling this to smb who hates the idea of companies and stores charging insane prices to screw over the consumer and please the shareholderd brother

I live in a country where stores sell 4080s for nearly the same price as 4090s (normal air cooled cards, not the liquid cooled ones) and 4090s for anywhere north of 2.5k

Hell here they try to sell some b580s for more money than a 7800xt

 

I personally would never buy anything I dont need for a price I dont feel comfortable with (including GPUs that are 1000+ bucks with nothing to give extra for cheaper GPUS) or for a price that is so much more high than it should (whenever I can cause prices here do be pricey)

 

That is why I plan to get an AMD gpu, and seriously thinking of going Linux, possibly mint (and figure things out from there rather than compremise with windows), sometime soon for my new build

Cause nvidia and microsoft and these big conglomerates dont respect the consumer so I choose not to support them any way I can

i still have windows 10 and im waiting if maybie the new rumored Steam os would be any good!

And i see the price of the 7900xtx is around 900€ new! that would be maybie enough for a 1440p ultrawide 100 HZ! but only for around the next 2 years at best! I would love to switch to amd gpus too but they said they dont make any new high end cards anmore. i know amd said it isnt worth it to play in the upper percentages anymore witch is not good for prices there! Maybie intel wants to play there in the future but who knows!

 

I usualy Upgrade so that the system will last me the next 5-6 years so that i feel comftable( i got the 2080 ti and the system i now run in 2018)

7900xtx: 900€ new would be good for 1440p ultrawide 100 HZ but only for maybie the next 2 years!

4090: prices here in germany are around 2000 used or new 3400€

i would even get a 5080( its around 40% better that the 7900xtx)

5080: none in stock and i refuse to pay 1800"new" from scalpers

5090: none in stock and i refuse to pay 4200"new" from scalpers

im realy stuck between a rock and a hardplace! What should i do!

 

And i usualy pay around 3000 for a new pc in my next upgrade! i mean i have the money but would i feel comftable playing on a overpaid gpu?!

 

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, Bayonett Priest said:

i still have windows 10 and im waiting if maybie the new rumored Steam os would be any good!

And i see the price of the 7900xtx is around 900€ new! that would be maybie enough for a 1440p ultrawide 100 HZ! but only for around the next 2 years at best! I would love to switch to amd gpus too but they said they dont make any new high end cards anmore. i know amd said it isnt worth it to play in the upper percentages anymore witch is not good for prices there! Maybie intel wants to play there in the future but who knows!

 

I usualy Upgrade so that the system will last me the next 5-6 years so that i feel comftable( i got the 2080 ti and the system i now run in 2018)

7900xtx: 900€ new would be good for 1440p ultrawide 100 HZ but only for maybie the next 2 years!

4090: prices here in germany are around 2000 used or new 3400€

i would even get a 5080( its around 40% better that the 7900xtx)

5080: none in stock and i refuse to pay 1800"new" from scalpers

5090: none in stock and i refuse to pay 4200"new" from scalpers

im realy stuck between a rock and a hardplace! What should i do!

 

And i usualy pay around 3000 for a new pc in my next upgrade! i mean i have the money but would i feel comftable playing on a overpaid gpu?!

 

Since you're so sure it'll only last two years, go with the 4090.  It'll last so much longer.

 

/SMH

 

Do as you wish, best of luck