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circadia crazy… my Lenovo Legion Slim 5 with Ryzen 7 7840HS and RTX 4060 costed me roughly 1300 USD just two years ago… what happened? (yes I know it's the RAM crisis, but still) Reply
Notton I forgot where I heard or read it, but basically every single smaller PC/electronics company out there, including Framework, buy their DRAM from supply chain surplus stock, instead of the maker. This puts them at the whims of market conditions and the trader in the middle, more so than HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc. Reply
Bigshrimp Sign of the times. Almost nothing will be affordable again it seems. Reply
vinay2070 They are a niche company with less sales, they need higher margins to keep R&D going. Reply
vinay2070 Bigshrimp said: Sign of the times. Almost nothing will be affordable again it seems. Only the AI bubble burst can save us if at all that happens. Reply
call101010 Nvidia does not care anymore about the gaming industry … I even think that soon they will leave the gaming market altogether and focus on AI only. Reply
Rand max call101010 said: Nvidia does not care anymore about the gaming industry … I even think that soon they will leave the gaming market altogether and focus on AI only. Hopefully the limp back with their tails between their legs after the burst, to find a market that's moved on. When I eventually upgrade from my 4080, it won't be to another NVIDIA. I'll happily pay a bit extra. Reply
vinay2070 call101010 said: Nvidia does not care anymore about the gaming industry … I even think that soon they will leave the gaming market altogether and focus on AI only. I dont think so they will do that. They will keep it alive and charge more for the hardware and put in features that AMD will struggle to implment and compete. Gaming is thier fallback strategy. They almost have 90+% gaming hardware share and driver optimizations over decades, doubt they would give that away. Reply
LordVile I’m sure it is. Just like one of their main boards costs about the same if not more than a full laptop with the same chip Reply
beyondlogic Reminds me of the song this fire is out of control lol in this case it's pricing. Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/frameworks-new-rtx-5070-12gb-graphics-module-costs-a-whopping-usd1-199-72-percent-more-expensive-than-usd699-8gb-version-says-pricing-is-beyond-its-control#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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