Increasing CPU demand for servers and data centers, along with depleted inventories, are forcing AMD's hand to jack up the prices once again.
  • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Building a PC the past 2 years has been the best decision ever…depleted inventories my fucking ass, less people are building PC’s now than ever because of the memory chip prices. They’re cutting supply to increase prices.

    This is a reminder to all AMD fans that NO company gives a damn about any of us.

    • 8oow3291d@feddit.dkEnglish
      12·
      6 days ago

      This is a reminder to all AMD fans that NO company gives a damn about any of us.

      Foundry costs have gone through the roof, because demand is greater than supply. So AMD’s production costs have surely increased.

      So while companies are not our friends, it is surely quite reasonable for AMD to raise enduser cost, when AMD’s production cost increases. And not necessarily some conspiracy against the user. Right? Cartels and illegal monopolies are absolutely a thing that can happen, but you have to actually argue that is the case here, before saying AMD is acting badly.

    • kyub@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      8·
      7 days ago

      Same here. Built a new PC like 6 months ago when it was all barely starting (good timing) and my notebook and phone are also fairly recent, like 1.5 years old. Tablet as well fairly recent, 2y old, but that’s really only used for home media consumption so it doesn’t even matter in that case. So I should be good for the next 5+ years or so. Hopefully the AI bubble has burst until then.

      • Nik282000@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        I was planning on replacing my 2017 build next year but I bit the bullet this month. Even if prices drop by 50% in the next year there are going to be no parts to buy :/

      • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Looking at rthe new 250 and 270 processors we may have some healthy competition again

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Yeah, and at the same time nvidia has been making garbage cards for years now at overpriced price points.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    6 days ago

    You know all those post apocalyptic shows where people are zap strapping turbos from different vehicles to their vehicle and doing all kinds of weird shit to bitch slap a working vehicle together?

    This is our PC hardware future. Buying old components, swapping/trading, buying used.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      My 2019 gaming build still outperforms my SD, obviously, but yeah my SD was a great purchase. I use it a lot. And this is why PC gaming is the best. I could still play the latest and greatest, just with graphics turned down. And I can continue to do so until (hopefully) this whole thing blows over.

  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    And meanwhile, I’m wondering how I can upgrade an AM4 motherboard CPU so that it can keep up with my Radeon RX 9070 XT… Apparently the X3D chips are no longer made, maybe I ought to look for a second hand one (using a Ryzen 9 3900X now which is good, but which seems to have trouble keeping up in games which are a decent part of my usage). Although the used market prices are fucking insane (500 € +).

    There were rumors of a new series of AM4 chips, but nothing came of it (as suspected).

    • Flatfire@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      I haven’t run into a real bottleneck yet with my 5600, but I’m also running 1440p. What are you playing that you’ve felt CPU constrained?

      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        It seems most obvious to me in Insurgency, although I probably ought to run some kind of diag thing to pinpoint the problem.

        The machine has 32GB RAM, Ryzen 9 3900X (not OCd), Radeon RX 9070 XT (slightly factory OCd), feeding a MSI 49" 5120x1440 display. In practice, I rarely get more than 100 fps at native resolution, often more like between 30 and 60. Looks nice though.

        • Flatfire@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          Well, you’re pushing 4K res at that point, which will always be a strain. Insurgency (Sandstorm?) is usually CPU heavy but at 4K, your CPU is rarely going to be the performance bottleneck. I’d just take a look at a resource monitor while you’re playing and see what’s capping out first.

  • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    glad I didn’t listen to my spouse and built my badass computer right when the 9070XT / 5070TI came out (went with the 9070 for the 16gb vram, happy with the card).