Is the 5090 the beginning of the end? Graphics discussion.

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a 5090 and its awesome.

I can run anything at 4k 144Hz. Indiana Jones, Cyberpunk, Halo Infinite, you name it, it runs at 144Hz with everything on ultra, ray tracing turned on, etc etc.

So I ask is this the beginning of the end as happened with sound cards?

Some of you may not remember, or just weren't even born but back in the early days of PC`s sound cards were improving just the same as graphics do now.

First came 8000Hz sampling, then 16k, then 32k then 48k and after a certain point it doesn't sound any better to 99% of people. Oh sure there are audiophiles who will say that 512KB is better and you can hear the difference. Maybe you can maybe you can't I'm not here to argue that, my point is that once it sounds good enough there's no difference, there's no improvements to be had.

Once you get to a certain stage it's just good enough. And now with a GPU that can stroll along producing 4K at 144Hz with HDR and all the other goodies turned on. Oh sure there's 8k, but unless you have a 100 inch screen the difference will be barely noticable.

Of course with graphics there are other improvements that can be made with regards game physics, but in terms of being able to take a model and display it realistically we have reached that point. Or at least that's how it feels to me.

As someone who is older now and started when computers had green and black screens. To see how far we've come in 30 years is amazing, but this does feel like there are only diminishing returns from here.

Now once the lower tier GPU's can throw around these kind of frame-rates in 2/3 generations time it will really be the end.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm interested to see your thoughts.