sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours 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-square56fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipgames@lemmy.worldpcmasterrace@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1263arrow-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 · 9 hours agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipgames@lemmy.worldpcmasterrace@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·9 hours agoI mean why build a pc with specs that I could have had years ago for the same price.
minus-squarezurohki@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours 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-up1·4 hours 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.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·8 hours ago40% of gamers: cause I didn’t build it those years ago
I mean why build a pc with specs that I could have had years ago for the same price.
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.
40% of gamers: cause I didn’t build it those years ago