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During a memory crisis do you really need fast memory for PC gaming? No, no you do not
Going slow Does fast DDR5 make a difference to gaming, you know what? It doesn't. Mostly.
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Look, 16 GB of RAM is absolutely fine for PC gaming in 2026. Though there are some caveats to that...
Don't fret If it's good enough for consoles, surely it's good enough for a gaming PC?
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Framework says stabilising memory prices are a 'temporary reprieve' and there are more cost increases to come this year
News It ain't over yet, folks.
Trendforce says DDR5 RAM kit prices have fallen 'sharply' in US, Europe and China but that contract memory prices 'remain stable'
News We're not seeing much evidence of cheaper DDR5 kits ourselves, though.
To the surprise of no one, running a PC without system RAM is not the solution to the memory crisis—but hey, you can always force Snake to run in the BIOS
News We try these things not because they are easy, etc etc.
Report claims OpenAI spending cuts have 'hit' memory prices but there's little evidence right now of cheaper PC components
News OpenAI spending is but one element of the complex memory crisis.
Intel's new 200K Plus chips support ultra-fast DRAM out of the box but as my tests show, there's little benefit for most PC gamers in using warp-speed stuff
Warped speed Unless you've got a very specific setup that involves an Intel CPU, an RTX 5090, a 1080p monitor, and potato-quality graphics settings.
Forget about PCs or LLMs, Micron says driverless cars and humanoid bots will soon be gobbling up 300 GB of RAM per device
News If you want clever machines, you're going to need a load of memory.
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