… Valve can no longer absorb the component cost increases, and that has been made evident due to the price rise we witnessed in May 2026. The Steam Machine will face the same pressure from the moment it ships, except at a price point where the margin arithmetic is simply unfeasible. …
… Sure, parts do cost more than they used to, but nowhere near as much as high-end options. …
… You also have a barometer, which can detect door opening events by monitoring sudden pressure drops in a sealed room. …
… Component pricing is already under significant pressure , with DRAM costs climbing and GPU prices showing little sign of relief. …
… Team Red's complacence over the past few years has already costed both Radeon in market share and consumers in choice. The market is flooded with low-VRAM GPUs and AI features that make the headlines over architecture or compute. …
… I would argue that this cost-benefit analysis is exactly what Microsoft wants the gaming PC enthusiast market to run in their heads. …
… Related FSR 4.1 just made AMD's last-gen flagship a smarter buy than its current one FSR 4.1 arriving on RDNA 3 cards makes an RX 7900 XT the best Radeon card to buy in 2026 The secondary Radeon market just got a massive value bump Older Radeon cards are worth more than they were a week ago With a … …
… At first glance, that's simply a sign of Nvidia's market dominance. …
… As the global markets find themselves in the middle of a memory crisis, the obvious solution to a memory shortage is, well, more DRAM. …
… Spend less than the cost of lunch on a compact magnetic PWM fan controller hub on Amazon. …
