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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Slow news day huh?

I guess we should celebrate that RAM is the only component not being scalped by its manufacturers, just not too loudly

[–] reversedposterior@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Everyone needs ram and cpus and other general things so it's in their interest to reduce cost and produce a lot. Stuff like enthusiast gaming GPUs have a relatively niche audience with niche buying habits which is why companies tend to get away with exploiting that.

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

It’s in our interest. It’s in direct conflict with their interests. Enthusiast GPUs aren’t the only product selling for the highest price they can get away with, almost every component is, including even non-enthusiast GPUs

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

It's nothing to do with gamers and everything to do with AI data centers at this point. But if you can hold out a little longer the used market will be absolutely flooded with them when the AI bubble pops. Even the king of AI Sam Altman has acknowledged it at this point.

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nvidia has a monopoly on good gaming GPUs, there is no competition, so the prices are high.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is lemmy. Most of us use linux. And Nvidia support is so bad distros literally have Nvidia specific builds.

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And they still suck running on nix

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