Report: Graphics Cards to Receive 10-15% Price Increase

[Shadow_07]

Fortunately I already purchased my RAM.

 

[Latvietis96]

well im glad i jumped to DDR5 two years ago lel

 

[Novuake]

well im glad i jumped to DDR5 two years ago lel

GDDR5 is modified DDR3 RAM.

 

[Latvietis96]

well im glad i jumped to DDR5 two years ago lel

GDDR5 is modified DDR3 RAM.

damn ur right lol
i hope i wont have to upgrade from the 7970 anytime soon

 

[InvalidError]

GDDR5 is modified DDR3 RAM.

The fundamental principles and structures between mainstream DRAM generations has been largely unchanged in the past 15+ years since the introduction of synchronous DRAM. Little more than die shrinks, voltage reductions, clock speed range increases, interface clock multiplication and relatively minor tweaks to the electrical protocol itself are the only things that separate modern DRAMs from their ancestors.

Even FBDIMM, RDRAM, XDRAM and other fancy memory types rely on the exact same internal structures as ancient DRAM types. The only difference between DDR3 and GDDR5 is they rip out the DDR3 front-end and replace it with GDDR5. Neither is 'based' on the other, they merely share the same fabrication process and ancient general structure.

 

[Ken Havens]

I've noticed that companies like Corsair/ Gskills/Patriot tier their memory pretty heavily. I mean do we really need 6 different memory types that are almost identical excepting the heatspreaders and binning process. 400 dollar 16 gig at CL 9 3000 mzh XMP profile is a little crazy.

As the speeds go up prices tend to also, even more so than timings. That ofc can be changed in bios but getting it stable is another story.

 

[SlitelyOff]

Noticed that as well, a few months ago I could get some 8gb of 1600mhz DDR3 for $40.

Unfortunately (about 9 months ago now?) I saw some 4x4GB RAM packages for $79 at MicroCenter...Needless to say I am kicking myself in the arse for NOT buying them then, thinking (they will go down more.) Now the same exact package is over $180

 

[InvalidError]

I saw some 4x4GB RAM packages for $79 at MicroCenter...Needless to say I am kicking myself in the arse for NOT buying them then, thinking (they will go down more.)

While 16GB for $80 may sound nice for the consumer, from the DRAM manufacturers' perspective this is very bad because they are selling at a loss just to keep their inventory rolling hopefully until demand picks back up. When a manufacturer loses their bet (ex.: Elpida in 2012), they end up either bankrupt or sold off and prices jump back up as the surviving manufacturers finish clearing their excess inventory and start recovering from their losses so they can survive the next DRAM market crunch.

There used to be 20+ DRAM manufacturers. Now we are down to one major manufacturer (Samsung) and a handful of significant others.

I'm glad I got 32GB for $180 before prices started ballooning - I'm used to spending over $400 maxing out RAM on my PCs.