CrustyBritches
Gold Member
Collateral damage from GPU, RAM, and NVME massive price spikes.
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rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
If consoles didn't exist devs could choose whatever minimum they want, like Doom, Quake, Crysis did and Star Citizen does. Devs don't need to target anything on PC, unlike on consoles.
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Magic Carpet
Gold Member
It's that CPU that holds everything back.
GPU's are all over the place in all kinds of shapes and forms. Weak to Powerful. But that CPU in a console is what is holding back gaming. It's running the show.
It is the anchor. Consoles keep picking the starchiest potato CPU's for whatever reason.
Skifi28
Member
Again, I don't see how they hold anything back. Most games are 60fps on console these days. If a developer wants to be extra ambitious with CPU usage, they can just cap it to 30 for the console release like Flight sim. CPU performance often doesn't scale linearly. When consoles struggle to reach 60fps on a game, you will also see tons of complaints from PC gamers with much better CPUs struggling.
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diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
A lot of folks waited for 9000 series to make the AM5 upgrade. There likely won't be another big CPU year until a year or two after AM6 comes to market.
winjer
Member
There is Zen6 for late 2026 or early 2027.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Western Digital Has No More HDD Capacity Left, as CEO Reveals Massive AI Deals; Brace Yourself For Price Surges Ahead!
HDD capacity from one of the world's largest manufacturers has started to run dry, according to WD's CEO, as major LTAs have been signed out.
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Hard drives is next
Yes, the mechanical spinning disc kind
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Western Digital Has No More HDD Capacity Left, as CEO Reveals Massive AI Deals; Brace Yourself For Price Surges Ahead!
HDD capacity from one of the world's largest manufacturers has started to run dry, according to WD's CEO, as major LTAs have been signed out.
Hard drives is next
Yes, the mechanical spinning disc kind
It just keeps getting worse, doesn't it? I feel like I should just buy some high capacity drives for the NAS I've wanted to set up to back up my music, games, etc... I ended up being super glad I did that with my new computer, so chances are that this side of things will turn to shit, too.
Nothing gets better these days.
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
A NAS and a total backup image of my install + backup of every game I have from Steam+. Before all this mess started. I wish I had the foresight to get 64gb of DDR5
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I think I'll be fine with 32gb since it's largely immaterial for games, but yeah - storage is the one thing I wish I had more of at the moment. I've wanted to just put everything in one reliable place for years, but never did when the gettin' was good. Naturally, I waited until it's almost too late.
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
I do a lot simultaneously and going to AM5 would help even more so. RAM usage is going up and I'd like to be adequately prepared for today and tomorrow.
I went as far as upgrading my surge protector and even the wall outlets.
I'm just that serious about keeping my PC going for years to go. In fact, I need to repaste the CPU.
The powers that be are clamping down on the internet and I want to be prepared for that, too.
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Governments (especially the US) are driving this AI crap, not just ok with it.
No, there is no real shortage of CPU stock more a large drop in demand.
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Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
RAM being a strong roadblock to entry point is a problem. It's offputting to many and I think is a contributor to lower CPU demand.
For example, Id have gotten a CPU and Ram combo and went with premium sticks like Corsair or Something comparable. With today's price spikes, it's all about headhunting for a decent deal and even people on resale sites have caught on so deals are hard to come by, but not impossible.
Robochobo
Member
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
Yeah I play at 60fps. The CPU is not the bottleneck.
Gamezone
Gold Member
So is console gaming. They just haven't increased the price yet.
Skifi28
Member
PC gaming has been dying for over 20 years now, apparently. I hear gaming on our phones will be the future any day now.
I think we've reached a point where engines and coding are the bottlenecks, not hardware. You could throw the biggest baddest CPU on a game and see only a marginal difference in performance while stuttering remains almost the same.
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winjer
Member
Wait until you find out that consoles also use dram, nand flash, copper, wafers, etc.
And the same for phones, cars, TVs, tablets, etc. everyone is getting screwed in 2026.
alphachino
Member
the amount of reports i am seeing of people receiving cpu boxes with the wrong/significantly older cpu in box is insane.
probably has something to do with it
probably has something to do with it
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
This is a problem for a lot of companies. You are shipping some VERY expensive electronics and not all delivery or warehouse workers can be trusted.
Nobody is stopping devs from ignoring consoles and doing that now, if they feel so constrained.
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ContrarianAsshole
Member
The idea is to not let things get better. Techno feudalism is here and it' ain't going away just because the neolibs did a little rain dance to the almighty Invisible Hand of the Market and the all-wise Supply and Demand.
Gamezone
Gold Member
People can still play 90% of their Steam library that's probably never touched.
GreatnessRD
Member
Just patiently waiting for AM6 or whatever Intel will have around that time. Hopefully AMD will have a Flagship GPU by then.
P:axMagellanic
Member
Paying out the ass for a sexy item like a graphics card or CPU is one thing, doing it for RAM? Absolutely fucking not.