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A close-up photo of a set of Corsair DDR5 DIMMs installed in a motherboard, lit by their own RGB lights

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

By Nick Evanson published

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.

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A promotional image of an SK hynix LPDDR6 module, against a stylized electronic circuit background

DRAM maker SK hynix has validated its next-gen LPDDR6 which would be great news for handheld PCs, except that the targeted market is AI devices

By Nick Evanson published

News Lots more performance and way better power efficiency, but destined to be rarer than pixie dust.

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Phison logo displayed on a phone screen with a binary code reflected on it, a laptop keyboard, a memory card, an adaper and cables are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on January 30, 2023.

Phison CEO says 'both money and inventory are insufficient' as NAND prices continue to climb at an astronomical rate

By Jess Kinghorn published

News More bad news for us mere mortals.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks while holding the company's new GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and a Thor Blackwell robotics processor during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

'I think the fact that everything is scarce is fantastic for us' says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang '...in a world of constraint, you have no choice but to choose the best'

By Andy Edser published

News At least someone is positive about it.

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Two DDR5 RAM modules lit up in pink inside a gaming PC

Industry insiders say Samsung has confirmed a DRAM price increase of 'over 100%' for its customers, so brace yourself for the next phase of the dreaded RAMpocalypse

By Andy Edser published

News Memories, of the way things used to be...

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The official splashscreen for Steam, showing the logo at the centre and various games as horizontal tiles in the background.

Valve owns up to inaccurate Steam hardware survey findings, saying 'VRAM on some graphics cards was not reported correctly'

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Still, it's reassuring that not everyone but you is gaming on the shiniest hardware.

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A promotional image of Samsung's HBM4, showing a generic module and a stylized die shot

And I thought DDR5 prices were bad: Samsung is apparently charging $700 for its latest AI-empowering HBM product

By Jess Kinghorn published

News No joke, but maybe a little funny.

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A promotional image for Gudga DDR5 memory

Yes, Chinese DRAM is fine for gaming but don't think for one moment that any of it is a bargain

By Nick Evanson published

News But if you can find something that's reasonably priced, by all means grab it while you can.

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A close-up photo of a DRAM module in Crucial's 128 GB DDR5-6400 CUDIMM kit.

Relief that the worst is over or just the calm before the hurricane continues? Some reports suggest that DRAM prices have plateaued or even fallen

By Nick Evanson published

News It's not over until it's actually over.

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Corsair DDR5 RAM up-close

Corsair has managed to 'successfully navigate a constrained global semiconductor market to secure supply' for memory, as its PC gaming hardware profits jump 60% in a year

By Nick Evanson published

News Its peripheral profits are only 6% better, though.

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