sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast marketwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippcmasterrace@lemmy.worldhardware@lemmy.mlgames@lemmy.world
arrow-up1453arrow-down1external-link60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast marketwww.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square82linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippcmasterrace@lemmy.worldhardware@lemmy.mlgames@lemmy.world
minus-squarezurohki@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days agoFor a while now new hardware has been like 10% faster and also 10% more expensive, so they could have saved a lot of R&D time by continuing to manufacture everything from 2020 and added just a couple of new things to the top of the product stack.
minus-squareOrganicMustard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoExactly. My computer is 7 years old. I can build a new one that is twice as fast for triple what I spent then. No thanks.
For a while now new hardware has been like 10% faster and also 10% more expensive, so they could have saved a lot of R&D time by continuing to manufacture everything from 2020 and added just a couple of new things to the top of the product stack.
Exactly. My computer is 7 years old. I can build a new one that is twice as fast for triple what I spent then. No thanks.