RAMageddon knock on effects

[ATIorNvidia]

I know several people who opted to just buy a PS5 (at least, before those increased too) over getting a PC due to the RAM & storage prices.

 

[Mr-White]

I wonder if the steam machine will kick start a small recovery. People looking at the cost and making their own (admittedly second hand)

I doubt it, it's been released at the wrong time. The spec is too low for PC buyers and not cheap enough for console owners. If it was released last year at the expected price of £550 it would have sold far better.

 

[Mr-White]

I know several people who opted to just buy a PS5 (at least, before those increased too) over getting a PC due to the RAM & storage prices.

I don't think I could ever go back to consoles. I'd rather use the money and go full in on another hobby. Then come back in a few years and buy up all the games I missed for £5 each

 

[Quartz]

Is this a noticeable trend or are people just sucking up the costs ?

ISTM that upgrading monitors is where it’s at. You don’t need to run your game at ultra settings, an running at a higher resolution or refresh rate can make a considerable difference.

 

[Mr-White]

ISTM that upgrading monitors is where it’s at. You don’t need to run your game at ultra settings, an running at a higher resolution or refresh rate can make a considerable difference.

I've got 2x 34" 4k 100hz screens, 1 from 2017 and the other from 2022. My current set up will run 4k games at lower settings around 60-80fps. I don't play online competitive FPS so I prefer quality over fps. My last gaming system back in 2017 had 2x 1080ti's and is more powerful than my current PC. I was looking at the ASUS ROG PG32UCDMR with a new gaming PC but with out the PC there's no point buying the monitor.

 

[Quartz]

I'm currently running a 6k Samsung G80HS on a RX9070XT and B580. 6k performance is unexpectedly high even on my B580 and I can switch to a 3k mode if necessary but I haven't tried it yet

 

[NetMan]

No it's about 3-4 times bigger than a NUC and has an RX 6600 built into it and has 1 big cooler than covers the CPU and GPU.

I had a NUC before but the integrated GPU sucked.

External GPU dock an option?

Or strip the RAM and NVME and use it in a new desktop system?

Or make do with Geforce Now or play older games / lower settings?

RX6000 looks like it still plays a lot of games unless you are playing at higher resolutions but I only skimmed through a few of the tests:

 

[Mr-White]

I did look at GPU docks but I have no OCuLink or Thunderbolt.

RAM is SODIMM

 

[Quartz]

RX6000 looks like it still plays a lot of games unless you are playing at higher resolutions but I only skimmed through a few of the tests:

Even the B580 does well at high resolutions in older games. Check out my 6k thread here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/samsung-odyssey-g80hs-thread.19013851/

 

[NetMan]

I did look at GPU docks but I have no OCuLink or Thunderbolt.

RAM is SODIMM

Do you have USB C can't some of them use that instead?

 

[NetMan]

Even the B580 does well at high resolutions in older games. Check out my 6k thread here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/samsung-odyssey-g80hs-thread.19013851/

Yeah my comment was more about him saying he needs to upgrade because he wants to game I have to use Geforce Now on my potato PC unless its an old game but the 6600 isn't that old really even if its not the strongest card in the world although if its an onboard solution it might be cut down or have lower thermal limits I guess; the video I found showed a 6600 playing a number of AAA games like witcher, hogwarts and cyberpunk at ~60fps @1080p so older stuff should be fine.


As for a 6k monitor thats mental I'm dropping my Geforce Now free account to 720p and playing late because otherwise its a lag fest on Talkmobile 4G; I really need a new PC but everthing went mental with crypto, then covid and now AI...

 

[Quartz]

I did look at GPU docks but I have no OCuLink or Thunderbolt.

RAM is SODIMM

If you have a spare m.2 slot you can get an Oculink adapter.

 

[Mr-White]

Do you have USB C can't some of them use that instead?

It does and they can but you're limited on the performance you can get through it.

 

[Quartz]

As for a 6k monitor thats mental

I didn’t buy it to game at 6k; I bought it for my eyes. Gaming at 6k is merely a happenstance benefit.

 

[NetMan]

RAM is SODIMM

I've seen some weird sodimm to DDR5 adapters no idea how well they work though just another option.

It does and they can but you're limited on the performance you can get through it.

But better than the 6600?

Its swings and roundabouts I guess a dock solution has its own limitations and adds more costs vs the current absurd prices or making do as it is until prices come back down...

 

[Mr-White]

I've seen those memory converters too. tbh I'd rather just hold off then spend money and half arsing it.

 

[jigger]

Seem the next round of consoles will have £150 premium. I’d imagine that’s roughly a 3 way spilt because of MAGA, DRAM and flash.

 

[Journey]

I know several people who opted to just buy a PS5 (at least, before those increased too) over getting a PC due to the RAM & storage prices.

Assume they were only looking at PC's with RTX 5060 level GPU's then?

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Assume they were only looking at PC's with RTX 5060 level GPU's then?

More like 9060 XT's which is more expensive yeah but I always try to convince people to spend a bit more for the PC experience, to a point.

 

[Mark1989]

I wanted an am5 system but was a want not needed, due to costs gave that idea up quickly so sticking with system I have

It’s still ddr4 but I’ve no issues running anything current anyway, when that changes I hope costs will be more reasonable