DRAM prices have tripled, and three products are paying the price
… The entry level is being pushed higher and higher, with some entry-level gaming PCs coming in at $800+. …
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GPU prices went crazy, so I invested $600 in a more immersive upgrade instead
… Related My GPU is from 2020, but it's still good enough for AAA games The RTX 3080 might not be high-end today, but it's far from done It was high time I switched to an OLED monitor QD-OLED plus ultrawide goodness I had been eyeing OLED monitors for a while, but the prohibitive pricing kept me at b… …
Don't wait for Nvidia GPU prices to drop — this might actually be the best time to buy
… And not to mention the stock issues, which exacerbate pricing woes further. …
Intel's New Arc Pro GPUs show what the consumer cards should have been
… More great hardware, but not for gamers Intel's new Arc Pro lineup shows exactly what the Battlemage GPUs are capable of at the high-end. Impressive VRAM allocation, strong throughput, and highly competitive pricing. …
I bought a PCIe riser for aesthetics, and it created a problem nobody warns you about
… High-quality risers, often marketed as active or extremely high speed, don't just have one big rubber sleeve; they usually use individually shielded lanes. …
8GB VRAM GPUs are a trap, even if they're cheaper than the alternative
… Today, gamers are forced to pay hefty amounts for budget GPUs, and mid-range has become the new high-end in terms of pricing. …
GPU prices shelved my upgrade plans, so I pushed my 5-year-old GPU to its limits
… Before diving in, I knew I would limit myself to X2 frame generation and nothing higher than that. The latency and artifacting issues with higher presets would do more harm than good. …
No one wants GPUs with 8GB of VRAM, but here's why they're not going anywhere
… With the market unlikely to correct before 2028, VRAM prices will remain high for the near future, keeping mid-range and high-end GPUs out of reach of the average gamer. …
PC building is expensive in 2026, and these are the used enterprise parts I'm buying instead
… Let's say you want 64GB of RAM and a high-speed 4TB drive. …
We have reached the GPU ceiling, and AI tricks like DLSS are how companies pretend we haven't
… Just shrink more nodes, add more cores, push higher clocks, and increase memory bandwidth. Now, however, every incremental gain comes at a disproportionately higher cost. …