Linus Tech Tips Discussion

 Even Nvidia can't afford RAM (that it can afford to sell you).   Summary Nvidia to stop making gaming GPU's due to the shortage of RAM with which to make them.   Data center GPU's will be just fine though of course.    Quotes Quote According to a new report from The Information, Team Green has scrapped its plans for any new graphics card releases in 2026. The reason? As you might have guessed, the ongoing global memory shortage, or what we at Tom’s Guide refer to as “RAMageddon,” has become so severe that Nvidia is being forced to choose between gamers and feeding the AI beast.   My thoughts For a trillion dollar company to be unable to obtain ram with which to make consumer GPU's says a lot. IF they can't get the ram then no wonder we cannot.  While this  leads to them favoring making enterprise GPU's  the thing about that is the high grade GPUs used in that space are likely low yield parts.  Platinum sample beyond golden sample chips.  There will always be more good, gaming grade GPU's available.  BUT if Nvidia can't get the ram then who can.   I am a bit of a APU lover it may be the case that the way forward is for APU "mini PC type systems in the vein of the Ryzen AI Max+ systems. The sticking point to me is expansion.     Sources https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/nvidia-wont-release-new-gaming-gpu-for-first-year-in-three-decades-due-to-ram-shortage-and-its-also-slashing-rtx-50-production