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temps 28 Jul @ 12:03am
NVIDIA Cards Low On VRAM Again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAeIrBowvaE

What's going on with GPU VRAM?

When you look at NVIDIA graphics cards, it seems like they really screw people on VRAM (again, much like 5 years ago with the RTX 3000 series) at the lower-mid range of the market.

5050 8gb $250
5060 8gb $300
5060 Ti 8gb $370
5060 Ti 16 GB $430
5070 12 GB $550

It's amazing NVIDIA is so stingy with VRAM considering it doesn't cost that much to add in a lot more. For a $550 70 series card it seems like the 5070 should be giving players more than 12 gb VRAM. Even the RTX 3060 from 5 years ago had 12 gb and that was a much lower end card than the 5070 despite the fact they have the same amount of VRAM.

For lower-mid range card buyers, it seems like AMD's 16 GB 9060 XT at $370 is probably the best option as it's really the only card with 16 gb for a decent price.
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Bad 💀 Motha 28 Jul @ 12:11am 
Well have to wait and see what happens. SanDisk engineers are working on providing GPU makers the ability to have up to 4TB of VRAM for Ai GPU computing. This kind of leap forward could really help pave the way forward towards better consumer GPU options in the near future.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/raja-koduris-mission-to-deliver-high-bandwidth-memory-for-gpus-has-taken-a-turn-that-could-enable-4tb-of-vram-on-ai-cards-joins-sandisk-to-advise-on-ssd-tech-that-could-feed-ai-accelerators
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Lystent 28 Jul @ 12:28am 
Another reason I switched from Nvidia to AMD (pricing). When I was after an upgrade from my RTX 3050, I was after an upgrade. That included more VRAM. Turned out, at least on paper, AMD was more cost effective. In practice, there comes two other reasons I made the switch (both related to drivers). So things are a little murky in that regards.
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Bad 💀 Motha 28 Jul @ 12:40am 
Originally posted by Lystent:
Another reason I switched from Nvidia to AMD (pricing). When I was after an upgrade from my RTX 3050, I was after an upgrade. That included more VRAM. Turned out, at least on paper, AMD was more cost effective. In practice, there comes two other reasons I made the switch (both related to drivers). So things are a little murky in that regards.

Can I ask why you ever bothered with an RTX 3050 to begin with?
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peremptor 28 Jul @ 1:07am 
Nvidia wants you to buy their products as often as possible that's the real reason they limit the vram capacity as much as they can. Adjust accordingly.
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Lystent 28 Jul @ 1:26am 
Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
Originally posted by Lystent:
Another reason I switched from Nvidia to AMD (pricing). When I was after an upgrade from my RTX 3050, I was after an upgrade. That included more VRAM. Turned out, at least on paper, AMD was more cost effective. In practice, there comes two other reasons I made the switch (both related to drivers). So things are a little murky in that regards.

Can I ask why you ever bothered with an RTX 3050 to begin with?
I only ever got Nvidia cards at that point, and things hadn't go down-hill enough quite yet at that point. I was also building a new computer during a crypto craze, and the 50Tis/60Tis served me well up to that point, granted those were all GTXs, and the 3050 was my first (frankly more overpriced) RTX. The 3050 still served me well for my 1080p @ 60 FPS preferences on Win 10. Drivers had since gotten sketchier, so had Windows in my eyes, and the prices for their cards hadn't really improved, either.
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ChickenBalls 28 Jul @ 1:34am 
its called planned obsolescence

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peremptor 28 Jul @ 1:35am 
Originally posted by ChickenBalls:
its called planned obsolescence

Consume, consume and when in doubt, get in debt so you can consume even more.
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ChickenBalls 28 Jul @ 1:39am 
Originally posted by peremptor:
Originally posted by ChickenBalls:
its called planned obsolescence

Consume, consume and when in doubt, get in debt so you can consume even more.

or as Jensen once said

The more you buy, the more you save
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Lystent 28 Jul @ 1:41am 
When it is bad enough, you might be able to call it "pre-obsolescence".
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ChickenBalls 28 Jul @ 1:50am 
https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang/

$151B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 7/28/25


just shut up and give him your money, mkay?
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AmaiAmai 28 Jul @ 1:59am 
Originally posted by ChickenBalls:
its called planned obsolescence

Yep, they are preying on the minds of people with more money than sense (or the ones that like to drown in debt).

All of gaming is doing that , both hardware and software. Trying to milk it before that global recession hits and spending cools.

These GPUs will probably drop in price soon because demand is drying up.
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Lystent 28 Jul @ 2:01am 
Originally posted by AmaiAmai:
Originally posted by ChickenBalls:
its called planned obsolescence

Yep, they are preying on the minds of people with more money than sense (or the ones that like to drown in debt).

All of gaming is doing that , both hardware and software. Trying to milk it before that global recession hits and spending cools.

These GPUs will probably drop in price soon because demand is drying up.
I was told that when the crypto bubble burst.
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AmaiAmai 28 Jul @ 2:02am 
Originally posted by Lystent:
Originally posted by AmaiAmai:

Yep, they are preying on the minds of people with more money than sense (or the ones that like to drown in debt).

All of gaming is doing that , both hardware and software. Trying to milk it before that global recession hits and spending cools.

These GPUs will probably drop in price soon because demand is drying up.
I was told that when the crypto bubble burst.

Yes, but this time might be different for a number of reasons. The main one being that demand really is low and prices have already started dropping in some markets.
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Bad 💀 Motha 28 Jul @ 2:04am 
Originally posted by ChickenBalls:
https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang/

$151B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 7/28/25


just shut up and give him your money, mkay?

That's nothing compared to just the Amazon CEO for about 10 years now, netting $1B per day
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ChickenBalls 28 Jul @ 2:18am 
wow thats like comparing one dictator to another saying that one dictator is nothing compared to the other because he hasn't been as bad.

I for one is happy that I can finally order from Amazon from where I live because their prices are much lower than the local retailers

it can't be said for Nvidia and their products simply because they are basically a monopoly and is therefore able to set their own prices

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/monopolist.asp

The primary concern of a monopolist is to maximize profits at all costs.
A monopolist will have the power to arbitrarily decide the price of the goods or products to be sold. Usually, this decision is made in such a way that keeps prices as high as possible while satisfying consumer demand.
The monopolist may go to extreme measures to ensure other sellers are unable to go into business within the territory.
Because of the lack of competition, the monopolist may be slow to make product improvements or respond to consumer complaints.
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