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oofdragon And the 9060 XT is still going to be faster, same for the 9070 XT. NVidia is for the fanboys Reply
habermas Even Nvidia, one of the biggest winners in the AI race, has been affected by the RAMpocalypse, with the company not announcing a new GPU at CES 2026. This is the first time this has happened in five years, with Jensen Huang releasing the 30-series, 40-series, and their respective mid-generation refreshes despite supply chain limitations and several other issues that arose during that period. Help me out here: What was the name of the mid-generation refresh of the 30-series? I never heard about it. Reply
TechieTwo DRAM suppliers have taken a lesson from Nvidia. If consumers are willing to pay outrageous prices for GPU cards, they might as well pay outrageous prices for DRAM. Reply
usertests That's disastrous if true. I think people would pay a $500 premium for the RTX 5080 Super though. Reply
Daelith habermas said: Help me out here: What was the name of the mid-generation refresh of the 30-series? I never heard about it. Ti models and extra RAM models were launched a few months after the initial wave. Reply
btmedic04 habermas said: Help me out here: What was the name of the mid-generation refresh of the 30-series? I never heard about it. The LHR versions, the 3080ti and 3090ti Reply
bolweval oofdragon said: And the 9060 XT is still going to be faster, same for the 9070 XT. NVidia is for the fanboys Faster than what? Reply
usertests bolweval said: Faster than what? Great question, since the 9060 XT 16GB is slower than the 5060 Ti, and thus any Super card that isn't based on the 5050 or 5060. Reply
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