Nvidia shares sale stats for RTX 50 series GPU over RTX 40 series

Nvidia shared the sales statistics for its RTX 50 series GPU in a new report. The information is once again as vague as the performance comparisons with no actual numbers, but as per the company, the RTX 50 series GPU shipped in double the quantity compared to RTX 40 series cards in the first five weeks of launch in the ‘Blackwell vs Ada’ comparison.

However, there are a few things to keep in mind. The RTX 40 series GPU launched with only 4090 and remained the only Ada card in the market for the first five weeks. Comparing this with the RTX 50 series, Nvidia launched the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 together. Following that, the RTX 5070 Ti launched just three weeks later.

Over 90% of users make use of DLSS and RTX

Another interesting stat shared in the report was the utilization of DLSS and RTX features that people with 50 series GPU make use of. The DLSS 4 features are turned on by an impressive 92% of users while Nvidia Reflex is turned on by 96%. As for ray tracing, 90% of the users have ray tracing active in their games.

There are a few takeaways from these scenarios as well. As for the use of these RTX features, it’s true turning on ray tracing makes the game look better, but also ensures that players have DLSS and Reflex active all the time due to performance hit.

The Nvidia RTX 50 series launch also saw a lot of complaints regarding availability. The ones that are available have a much higher pricing as compared to the MSRP meaning not many people got their hand on a new GPU. While Nvidia says more GPUs are coming and prices will settle as these cards reach stores, the stats are already up.

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Is the RTX 50 series card worth buying?

The multi-frame generation and DLSS 4 do provide a decent uplift, however, as mentioned before, these cards are hard to come by at launch prices. If players can find one at MSRP and want to upgrade from GTX series or early RTX cards like the 20 series, it is worth the upgrade, however, there are a few things to keep in mind.

If there are budget issues and the only factor here is gaming, AMD’s RX 9070 and 9070 XT can provide a bit cheaper alternative, however, there is a trade-off for ray-tracing performance. AMD cards are also a bit behind on the productivity side for things like Blender, Maya or other AI-related things.