… Component pricing is already under significant pressure , with DRAM costs climbing and GPU prices showing little sign of relief. With Zen 6 on the horizon, patience may be the more defensible position, particularly when competitive alternatives exist at substantially lower prices. …
… Most flight search tools show you what prices look like right now. They might even tell you when prices might fluctuate a bit, but very rarely will you see how much they're expected to drop. I don't really care about a $10 drop in price, but $100 is a whole different thing. …
… The question worth asking, therefore, is whether AMD would have moved at all without that sustained pressure. …
… The reason 8GB is still the mid-range conversation in 2026 is because Nvidia has chosen to lean on software, and that choice happened before DRAM had its price spiked by AI data center usage. …
… While this might sound dramatic for long sessions, it's an absolute game-changer that can change how you feel whenever you are sitting at your desk. …
… It's not a bad combo by any means, but it's definitely showing its age seriously, the DRAM pricing crash can't come soon enough . …
… That pressure is now much less justified, thanks to FSR 4.1 arriving on RDNA 3. …
… The intricacies of cores, VRAM, frequencies, timings, DRAM, and cooling are where things start to get complicated. …