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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II GPU Benchmark

In an age where flagship GPUs are presented to cost $2,000 but, in reality, cost considerably more – and that's assuming you can even find one – we no longer feel excited for the latest and. Greatest games using cutting-edge rendering techniques. More often than not, these games are poorly optimized, and beyond that, they're usually not even fun to play.

But, every now and then, we do get a new AAA title that doesn't run like hot garbage, doesn't require a flagship GPU for a smooth 60 fps (even with upscaling), and, above all else, is simply a good video game.

But, every now and. Then, we do get a new AAA title that doesn't run like hot garbage, doesn't require a flagship GPU for a smooth 60 fps (even with upscaling), and, above all else, is simply a good video game. The most recent example of this rare phenomenon is Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, a game with a metascore of 88, equally positive user reviews. And very positive Steam reviews. So, we've got a good one here.

With that in mind, we've spent the last few days doing nothing but benchmarking GPUs – day and. Night – to bring you the most comprehensive performance guide possible. We've tested 35 GPUs, across three resolutions, using four quality configurations. As usual, there's a lot of data to go over.

But before we get into that, a few additional notes:

First, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is built on the aging CryEngine – albeit a heavily customized version – but. This means that capabilities like ray tracing aren't included. We really do wonder how many gamers actually care about that. There's also no frame generation, which, while not a bad feature by any means, has limited usefulness in many cases.

Both DLSS and FSR upscaling are supported though, and. They are genuinely useful technologies.

Ultimately, this means Kingdom Come: Deliverance II isn't going to win any awards for best graphics – not by a long shot – even though some of its locales are quite impressive. But as the reviews indicate, this isn't significant. Gamers are more than happy to forgo visual fidelity for a game that is both fun to play and runs well – two things that often go hand in hand.

Don't get me wrong though, the game looks perfectly fine, and some aspects are even impressive, but. Overall it's not on the same level as something like Cyberpunk 2077, for example.

For testing, we're using an early-game section appropriately titled Quest Start, where you ride on horseback along a predefined path. This setup makes for a highly repeatable graphical benchmark. Each test run lasts for 60 seconds, after which we can quickly reload to the starting point and run it again.

We're testing at the standard 1080p, 1440p, and 4K resolutions, using the Medium, High, and. Ultra presets, along with an Ultra + Upscaling configuration, using 'DLSS Quality' for the GPUs that support it and 'FSR Quality' for everything else.

We've skipped the 'Low' preset because, while it looks fine, the jump to 'Medium' is a significant visual upgrade. In fact, moving from Medium all the way to Ultra often isn't a drastic improvement, though it does reduce pop-in, which can be an issue in this game.

There's a lot of data to go over – so let's get into it….

Starting with the native 1080p Ultra data. We see several promising signs. First, it's possible to achieve very high frame rates in this title. So flagship GPUs won't be capped at just over 100 fps – something we've seen far too often lately. That, of course, spells disaster for mid-range and entry-level products.

For around 90 fps – which we generally aim for as a baseline – the RTX 3080 or 4070 are more than sufficient. However, on the AMD side, you'll need a Radeon RX 7900 XT, as the 7900 GRE falls a bit short. It appears that, at least for now, Nvidia has an advantage over AMD in this title, as GPUs like the 7700 XT trail just behind the RTX 4060 Ti, which isn't typical.

For 60 fps or improved, the Arc B580 performs well. Along with the RX 6800 and RTX 3060 Ti. It's good to see these older models still delivering a solid experience at the Ultra quality preset.

Jumping up to 1440p, you'll want a 6900 XT, 7800 XT. 7900 GRE, or RTX 4070 for over 60 fps. Nvidia still maintains a performance advantage at this resolution, with the 7900 XTX only managing to match the RTX 4070 Ti at 90 fps. For over 100 fps, you'll need an RTX 4080, 4080 Super, 5080, 4090, or 5090. As expected, the RTX 5080 was 11% faster than the 4080 Super and 13% slower than the 4090.

At native 4K. You'll need an RTX 4080 or 4080 Super for 60 fps. The RTX 5080 offers an additional 16% performance boost, reaching 73 fps on average in our test. The 4090 was another 18% faster, while the 5090 was 35% faster than the 4090.

Now enabling upscaling at 1080p – something we don't typically recommend since the render resolution is too low. Even with the quality upscaling option – DLSS generally performs advanced than FSR. With upscaling enabled, the RTX 5080 became 17% faster, while lower-end models like the RTX 4060 saw a 28% performance boost. On the Radeon side, the 7900 XTX gained 11% with FSR enabled, while the RX 7600 saw an 18% uplift. The good news is that nearly all tested GPUs were now capable of rendering 60 fps.

Moving up to 1440p. The RX 6800 now reaches 60 fps thanks to a 22% performance boost from FSR Quality upscaling. Several reasonably affordable GPUs, such as the 7700 XT and RTX 4060 Ti. Now exceed 70 fps.

At 4K, we see the true benefits of upscaling. High-end GPUs such as the RTX 5090 saw a 33% performance uplift, with the same improvement observed on the 7900 XTX. Allowing it to average 73 fps – the same level of performance as the RTX 4070 Ti. Meanwhile, the 7900 XT and RTX 3080 now reach 60 fps.

Dropping down to the High preset boosts the RTX 5090's performance by a massive 50%. Reaching 341 fps. This is excellent news because it means that nearly all GPUs can now render over 60 fps at native 1080p. Even the RTX 3060 Ti is now capable of nearly 100 fps on average.

At 1440p, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX sees an almost 40% performance increase compared to Ultra settings. While the RTX 4070 Ti gains 32%. This means playing at over 60 fps with the High preset, even at 1440p, is easily achievable with an Intel Arc A770, B580, RTX 3060 Ti. Or RX 6800.

At 4K, we observe a 28% performance increase for the RTX 5090 compared to Ultra, with a 31% improvement for the 7900 XTX. For 60 fps or superior, you'll need an RTX 4070 Ti or 7900 XT – though the Radeon GPU just barely falls short of that target.

Switching to the Medium preset at 1080p further boosts the RTX 5090's performance by 9% over High and. An impressive 64% over Ultra. Meanwhile, the RTX 4070 enjoys a 21% uplift from High to Medium, marking a 69% increase from Ultra to Medium.

Building on these developments, this means that all GPUs can now render over 60 fps – even the lower-end Radeon RX 6600 – while still maintaining great visual quality.

At 1440p (native), using the Medium preset, the RTX 3060, RX 7600. And RX 7600 XT achieve an average of 59 fps, while the RTX 4060 hits 63 fps and the Arc B580 reaches an impressive 77 fps. For those targeting 90 fps or advanced, the RX 6800 XT, 7700 XT, 7800 XT, or RTX 4070 will do the job.

Finally, at native 4K using the Medium preset, achieving over 60 fps is possible with an RTX 3080. 4070 Super, or 7900 XT. Meanwhile, for over 90 fps, the RTX 4080, 4080 Super, 5080, 4090. Or 5090 will work well.

Testing Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was a breath of fresh air. As a wise man once unveiled, "It Just Works." It's rare these days that we play or even test a game using CryEngine. Hunt: Showdown might be the only current example.

Seriously though, it was refreshing to test a game that loads quickly and doesn't have shader compilation screens that take several minutes – in fact. It doesn't have them at all. Levels load quickly, quality settings can be adjusted on the fly, and at least in our experience, the game never crashes. It's also well optimized, runs smoothly on a wide range of hardware, and won't trick your CPU into thinking it's running a Blender simulation.

Just loading some modern games for testing feels like a mission in itself. As if successfully getting into the game is part of the challenge. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is the opposite of that.

Just loading some modern games for testing feels like a mission in itself. As if successfully getting into the game is part of the challenge. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, on the other hand, takes just 27 seconds to launch from the moment you hit "Play" in Steam – or only 18 seconds if you skip the splash screens.

Loading into the level takes just 26 seconds. Meaning you can go from the Windows desktop to actually playing in under a minute. While some of this depends on CPU and storage performance, believe us, there are countless modern games that take literal minutes before you can even start playing.

Not only are shader compilation loading screens nonexistent, but. Traversal stutter is also completely absent. The game is smooth as silk. This really highlights the issues we've been facing with Unreal Engine games – clearly, Epic needs to rethink a few things.

On that note, a big part of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's success likely comes down to the fact that it's built on an older but. Highly efficient game engine. The fact that the game still looks great using the Medium preset, and can deliver well over 60 fps at native 1440p with a GPU such as the Arc A770, RTX 3060 Ti. Or RX 6700 XT, is fantastic. It means nearly everyone can enjoy this game without having to spend oodles of cash just to get a console-like experience.

Forcing ray tracing would have been disastrous for these GPUs – we've seen plenty of examples of that. Take Star Wars Outlaws, for instance. We're not even sure to what extent it uses RT effects at the Medium preset, but to achieve frame rates remotely comparable to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, you need to enable upscaling.

Now. Star Wars Outlaws might look advanced than Kingdom Come: Deliverance II at the Medium preset – that's subjective. The point is, if RT effects were mandatory in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II rather than optional, the game likely wouldn't have been received as well as it has.

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Some might argue that the game could look much enhanced with RT lighting, but. If we consider most examples, the odds of that being the case aren't great. What we do know for sure is that RT would significantly reduce performance. Likely for only a minor visual upgrade – or one that most gamers wouldn't find worth the performance hit. We don't think we're wrong about this, and we'd bet most of you agree. Let us know in the comments below.

That stated, optional RT effects are fine – as long as implementing them doesn't take away time that could otherwise be spent optimizing the game. As a side note, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II does offer a preset above "Ultra," labeled "Experimental," but we didn't bother benchmarking it. The visual quality difference was negligible, making the performance hit seem unnecessary.

Another area where Kingdom Come: Deliverance II doesn't push visual boundaries is textures, though overall. They're certainly good enough. Even on the Ultra preset, gaming on an 8GB graphics card isn't an issue. The 8GB and 16GB versions of the RTX 4060 Ti delivered identical performance throughout our testing. That mentioned, allocating a bit more VRAM to reduce pop-in would have been a welcome improvement.

Overall, it's great to see so many gamers enjoying Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (one of our Most Anticipated PC Games of 2025), and. From a performance perspective, we can see why. Hopefully, we'll see more well-optimized titles in 2025 – though we certainly won't hold our breath.

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Where to buy Nvidia RTX 5090: these are the retailers I'd check

Hey everyone! It looks like stock of the Nvidia RTX 5090 remains pretty much non-existent, but we'll be updating this live blog as we search for new stock - and we'll let you know right here if we find any in both the US and the UK.

It's now been more than a week since the RTX 5090 launched. And things aren't looking much advanced than they did on launch day. Restocks are virtually non-existent, with no retailers in the US or UK specifying when (or if) they'll have the cards back in stock either online or in physical stores. Laptops with RTX 5090 cards have started to crop up in press releases and announcements, but these won't be on sale for a while now. Some custom PC-building companies have pre-built systems containing RTX 5000 GPUs available for pre-order, but. You'll be lucky to find one that ships less than a month from now.

Welcome back, folks. The weekend did not bring us more RTX 5090 stock - and in fact, some shoppers might be waiting for months for a restock. There's still a very limited bit of RTX 5080 availability in the UK, mostly via pre-orders on pre-built systems, so not exactly ideal. The flagship RTX 5090 is completely AWOL at this point. Surely Nvidia's billions of AI cash could've afforded a smoother launch than this?!

There's a rather comical turn of events taking place on eBay right now - some savvy anti-scalping entrepreneurs are listing photographs of the RTX 5090 at shockingly reasonable prices (well. For the real GPU). The goal here is to trick scalper bots; the product descriptions clearly state that this is a photo, and. You shouldn't buy it if you're a human. Godspeed, you heroes.

Another enhancement: still no stock to be seen anywhere in the US or UK, barring a few scattered pre-orders for pre-built machines. At this stage, I'd say we'll be waiting until next month for restocks - when those will come, though, is anyone's guess. This might be one of the worst-stocked tech launches I've ever seen...

It's late in the evening in Australia now, and. It looks like RTX 5090 stock has completely wiped out over there too... you can order a pre-built PC with a 5090 , though, so that might be one route to obtaining this prized GPU - albeit a rather pricey one.

Things aren't looking much superior over in the UK - you can pre-order a handful of different RTX 5090 models at Scan, but. There's no actual stock to be seen anywhere. You can, however, currently still pick up an RTX 5080 from CCL Online.

STOCK ALERT... sort of. In the UK, Overclockers has re-opened pre-orders for a select number of RTX 5090 cards. These will be on a first-come, first-served basis, so grab them now unless you want to risk waiting for restocks further down the line.

The dust seems to be settling, and. We're now reaching a stage where if you haven't already secured a pre-order or an actual GPU, you probably won't be getting one for a while... However, we won't be giving up quite so easily. We'll keep an eye on every major retailer for the next few days, to make sure that you don't miss any sneaky restocks or late pre-order drops, telling where to look and. Where not to look. Seriously, please don't go out and drop more than four thousand bucks on a suspect eBay or Amazon listing...

Currys is also out of stock in the UK - for a while, it was doing mandatory bot-checks on every person trying to access the site. But it looks like that's no longer necessary. Did PC gamers clear them out, or did the bots win?

CCL still looks like the best bet for Brits - a banner on their site reads '50 series graphics cards in stock and being replenished throughout the day', and. Their RTX 5090 stock is still labelled as 'coming soon' - although the same is true of some RTX 5080 cards, which have presumably sold out at this point as other 5080s are still available there. Still, I'll keep refreshing...

In the UK, it's a similar story: no RTX 5090 stock to be seen anywhere. Amazon, Box, and EE are all completely empty. There is some stock of the cheaper RTX 5080 to be found in places, such as Overclockers and Scan, and Scan also has open pre-orders for RTX 5090s - which could be a way to secure yourself a card for further down the line, although. Restock shortages mean it could take 2 to 12 weeks to receive your GPU. Ebuyer doesn't have any RTX 5090 stock, but it is allowing you to pre-order some AlphaSync pre-built gaming PCs that will contain a 5090.

Stock is dwindling in earnest now - Micro Center now has a banner on its site informing shoppers that all RTX 5090 and 5080 cards are out of stock, and a search through Newegg, Walmart, B&H Photo. And Best Buy shows no RTX 5090s for sale - just a small handful of pre-built PCs with RTX 5080 cards at this point.

Rather strangely over in the US, I'm finding it impossible to view any RTX 5090 cards at Adorama's store, and searching for 'RTX 5090' directs me to a page offering pre-orders... for a specific PNY XLR8 RTX 3090. Yes, that says 3090. It's available for $2, Adorama, make this make sense.

CCL does in fact have stock... of some RTX 5080 cards. And they're more than £200 above MSRP, naturally. Wonderful. Keep an eye on that 5090 page, British shoppers...

One to watch: CCL Online dropped its RTX 5080 stock a little later than others, and its 5090 stock is still listed as 'coming soon' - meaning a drop could potentially happen at any moment.

MicroCenter has the Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE Overclocked Liquid Cooled for $2. - though it's to buy in store only.

STOCK ALERT! SabrePC in the US has the Zotac Nvidia RTX 5080 Solid OC Graphic Card on sale for $1,.

STOCK ALERT Nvidia's RTX 5090 page has updated and is now showing some stock from other retailers - such as the Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Windforce Overclocked Triple Fan 32GB GDDR7 PCIe Graphics Card - $1. Note: This is for collection only.

In the UK, retailer CCL is still showing RTX 5090 stock as 'coming soon'. However, it was also showing its RTX 5080 stock as coming soon as well. Until just a few moments ago when a load of RTX 5080s went on sale! So I'll be watching its RTX 5090 stock like a hawk.

Asus' page on Amazon US still says 50-series GPUs are 'coming soon'. A mistake, or could it offer a glimmer of hope that stock will turn up soon for the RTX 5090?

Overclockers UK website is still having issues - sometimes it's up. Then it crashes. If you can get through, it might be a good bet as stock sells out elsewhere.

US Nvidia page still isn't showing RTX 5090 at all, and. Is instead saying the RTX 50 series is 'coming soon'. What is going on?

Sadly Nvidia's UK website finally updated... only to say that the RTX 5090 is now out of stock.

UK retailer Box also has its RTX 5090 stock as 'Coming Soon'.

If you're struggling to find stock in the US, then you could try B&H which isn't selling RTX 5090s until tomorrow. And you need to get in on the waiting list. Could be worth a shot.

Oh dear over in the US it looks like the stock situation is quite bad - NewEgg has sold out of all reasonably-priced RTX 5090s, and. Is selling very expensive models like the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG OC Edition for $3,799. I don't recommend you buying that.

STOCK ALERT In the UK, Scan has the MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB VENTUS 3X OC Blackwell Graphics Card in stock for £1,.

Looks like Overclockers UK website has crashed under the pressure of people trying to buy the RTX 5090 - I'll keep you posted.

On Nvidia's website it doesn't seem like 5090s have gone live yet, but. I'll keep on refreshing.

Stock should be now live for the RTX 5090! So let's see what's out there!

Just under 10 minutes to go! Use this time to make sure you're signed into any retailers you're trying to buy from, as this will speed up the process when checking out - and every second could count!

While our live updates are geared towards shoppers in the US and. UK, I'm going to drop some shopping advice for any eager shoppers dropping in from other English-speaking nations. Shoppers in Canada are liable to have a hard time picking up an RTX 5000 series card next week, but. The best places to look will likely be the Canadian storefronts of Newegg and Best Buy. Walmart may also be worth a look, but it's not currently showing any listings for new GPUs. Nvidia's own website helpfully (read: unhelpfully) redirects Canadian clients to the US page about the RTX 5000 series, and it's unclear whether the 'Notify Me' system will work for clients in Canada - I'm using a VPN to access these sites right now.

Another flagship GPU. Another opportunity for my lovely boss (the inimitable Matt Hanson) to dive into some ridiculous 8K gaming goodness. If the RTX 4090 was the first consumer GPU to truly enable 8K gaming, the RTX 5090 is the one that could finally take it mainstream - in large part due to DLSS 4 and. The new Multi Frame Generation feature. In Matt's testing, he found that the 5090 consistently matched or beat the 4090 while the latter was using frame-gen and the former wasn't. Turn on Multi Frame Generation, and the 5090 absolutely zooms ahead; it cracks high framerates across multiple games despite the 8K resolution and. Ultra graphics presets. Truly magical stuff.

If you haven't already checked out Newegg's RTX 5090 stock, do give it a look. It's running an interesting deal on GPU trade-ins right now, meaning you can clean out your old GPU and. Upgrade to the 5090 in one go. Just for fun to see how much I'd get, I plugged my GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming X Trio 12G in and. Found Newegg would pay me $419 towards a new graphics card. That's a 20% discount on the 5090'x $1,999 price tag - not bad at all.

If you're currently rocking an RTX 3000 GPU in your rig and have been contemplating an upgrade once the next-gen cards drop (well. Why else would you be here?) - you might want to know that Nvidia is potentially planning some retroactive upgrades to your GPU. Nvidia VP Bryan Catanzaro in the recent past suggested that it might be possible to bring Frame Generation to RTX 3000 cards. As the new version of Team Green's frame-gen tech doesn't rely on the Optical Flow hardware accelerator that enabled the tool in the RTX 4000 generation. Instead, it uses an AI-based solution, something that RTX 3000 cards - with their AI-capable Tensor Cores - could potentially utilize. In order words, that cutting-edge technology might soon be available for consumers with older GPUs. Potentially nixing the need for an immediate upgrade.

Speaking of DLSS... some of you might be sitting there wondering about DLSS 4 and. Its fancy new Multi Frame Generation tech (the latter of which will be ). The viability of DLSS and other upscaling tools of its ilk has been hotly contested by some sectors of the PC gaming community, some of whom claim that it's become a crutch - an excuse for Nvidia to dial back generational hardware improvements and. For game developers to cheap out on PC optimization. But if in recent times released usage data is accurate (and there's frankly no reason to believe it's not), it looks like DLSS is here to stay. Thankfully, the new DLSS 4 will be backward compatible with all RTX GPUs back to the 2000 generation - unlike DLSS 3, which was locked to RTX 4000 cards exclusively.

For anyone who's still on the fence about buying this GPU (although I'm not sure how you ended up here if that's the case). Our Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review is live for your to read. Our components editor, John Loeffler, gave it stars, calling it "the supercar of graphics cards". He did knock it a bit for its "obscene" power consumption, which exceeded 550W in his testing, but. Praised its redesigned cooling and slimmer form factor. Overall, it's a major step up from the RTX 4090 in terms of performance, even without factoring in DLSS 4, so once that upscaling tech rolls out on launch day, you can expect even advanced performance.

The new, sleeker RTX 5090 FE design reportedly almost didn't happen: earlier this week. We spotted a mysterious possible RTX 5090 prototype that was a seriously beefy boy, packing specs beyond the real 5090 and a truly absurd 800W power requirement. While that prototype remains shrouded in uncertainty, it's possible that it might rear its head further down the line if Nvidia chooses to resurrect its long-dormant Titan RTX series for professional individuals.

Fun fact: the RTX 5090 is going to be quite a bit smaller than its predecessor the RTX 4090. Despite ostensibly being a more powerful card. Yes, I have to say 'ostensibly' because we're not past the review embargo yet, but come on, we all know it's going to perform superior. I'm personally over the moon that Nvidia has opted to slim things down for this new high-end GPU. Because quite frankly the RTX 4090 was a comically oversized beast of a card regardless of which model you bought. All of the Founders Edition models of every upcoming RTX 5000 card will be certified for Nvidia's own Small Form Factor Ready scheme, meaning lovers of compact PCs and. Living-room builds can rejoice.

Over in the UK, retailer Overclockers is currently listing all of its RTX 5090 cards with a healthy £25,000 price tag. Don't panic - this is almost certainly just a nifty trick to let them put them on sale immediately at 2PM GMT with a simple scheduled price change. One Overclockers store - although if that's all the stock they have, perhaps we should be worried about those prices... Posted by OverclockersUK on.

If previous RTX launch days are any indication, it’s possible that US stock will sell out near-instantly, but. UK stock might stick around for at least a little longer. What can I say; we’re all broke on this side of the pond right now. We can’t all be rushing out to drop a cool two thousand on a new GPU. However, this could create a potential opportunity for US shoppers - while some UK retailers are either limiting sales to UK buyers only or simply don’t ship overseas, if you know somebody in the UK. You might stand a more effective chance of getting your hands on a 5090 if you get them to buy it and then ship it across the Atlantic to you. Sure, it might cost you more, but more effective you give that cash to a friend or colleague than a scalper!

If you’re dead set on getting an RTX 5090 today, though, you’re in for an uphill battle: stock is expected to be extremely thin on the ground at both physical stores and. Digital retailers, with a legion of scalpers no doubt prepping their bots as I type this. Pricing is expected to sit above the $1,999 / £1,939 / AU$4,039 MSRP for most (if not all) third-party models, and. You can bet that the first-party Founders Edition cards from Nvidia will sell out like hot cakes. Still, there are measures you can take: make sure you’re signed up for stock alert notifications at every retailer that’s offering them, and be prepared to mash F5 when the expected 9AM ET / 6AM PST / 2PM GMT launch time rolls around.

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Sam Altman thinks GPT-5 will be smarter than him — but what does that mean?

Sam Altman did a panel discussion at Technische Universität Berlin last week, where he predicted that ChatGPT-5 would be smarter than him — or more accurately, that he wouldn’t be smarter than GPT-5.

He also did a bit with the audience, asking who considered themselves smarter than GPT-4. And who thinks they will also be smarter than GPT-5.

“I don’t think I’m going to be smarter than GPT-5. And I don’t feel sad about it because I think it just means that we’ll be able to use it to do incredible things. And you know like we want more science to get done. We want more, we want to enable researchers to do things they couldn’t do before. This is the history of, this is like the long history of humanity.”.

The whole thing seemed rather prepared. Especially since he forced it into a response to a fairly unrelated question. The host asked about his expectations when partnering with research organizations, and he replied “Uh… There are many reasons I am excited about AI. …The single thing I’m most excited about is what this is going to do for scientific discovery.”.

He didn’t answer the host’s question at any point during his reply, and. He also didn’t give any details or explanation regarding his comment. What does it mean for GPT-5 to be smarter than Sam Altman?

Does it mean GPT-5 will be trained on data covering in-depth knowledge of more subjects than Altman has experience with? That’s probably already the case with GPT-4 but people don’t describe it as smart because it’s so bad at following instructions, retaining context, and. Revising its responses.

So, can we expect GPT-5 to improve in this area? It shouldn’t be impossible — my experience with DeepSeek, for example, has been much more positive in this area. If I ask for no more than 100 words, two bullet-point lists, and information taken from a certain link, it actually delivers.

Then. When I ask it to add an extra section summarizing an additional webpage I provide — I get what I asked for. I’ve never been able to achieve this kind of smooth and accurate operation with GPT-4, and I’m not even asking for anything complicated.

These are the kind of things I consider when assessing how “smart” I think an AI model is but. It’s impossible to know what kind of criteria Altman judges by. He keeps talking about science and research — he even mentioned curing cancer at one point — but it’s hard to see how ChatGPT fits into such things.

I can see how artificial intelligence as a whole might contribute. But an LLM? The official site for ChatGPT describes it as a brainstorming partner, a meeting summarizer, a code generator, and a way to search the web. Which of these aspects will meaningfully help a research scientist dealing with questions no human has the answers to yet?

If Altman has thoughts or answers on these topics. He isn’t sharing them. He just sticks to sweeping statements that only sound impressive until you realize you have no idea what he actually means in practical terms.

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