The RTX 4090 launched four years ago today, and now the RTX 5090 is rumoured for the chop, I can't help but look upon it with a warm glow

Join me in saying "Happy birthday" to the RTX 4090, Nvidia's enthusiast-level graphics card of the previous generation. It launched four years ago today, October 12, with an eye-watering MSRP of $1,499. Well, eye-watering for the time. The cheapest RTX 5080 I can find right now is this Asus Prime variant for $1,640 , which is a sure sign of how things have changed in the past four years. When the second-from-top Nvidia card is now significantly more expensive than the launch MSRP of the previous generation big boi model, it's pretty easy to see how far we've fallen.