Right now, we are in a structural shortage that probably won't see relief for a good couple of years. As a result, so much consumer hardware feels like it's vanishing. With budget gaming PCs disappearing, Nvidia's Super Series potentially in jeopardy, and the Steam Machine currently in limbo too. The silver lining of all of this is that this crisis might force a software revolution where developers have to finally stop being lazy with RAM optimization. For now, the hardware we want is sitting on a shelf in a designer's drawer, waiting for the prices to drop to make it accessible for the averag
DRAM prices have tripled, and three products are paying the price
Jasmine Mannan May 19, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
…Even with the RAM shortage causing hardware prices to surge past the danger zone, even the most budget-friendly NAS devices can do a lot more besides sharing files and storing a…
Rich Edmonds May 3, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
…Since launch, Steam community threads have been rife with complaints relating to poor optimization , and some users have been quick to point fingers at the anti-piracy software, Denuvo. While there's…
…While ML-based frame generation and Ray Regeneration (AMD's answer to Nvidia's Ray Reconstruction) will remain exclusive to RDNA 4 hardware, RDNA 3 and RDNA 2 cards will only get…
…No hardware swap needed - driver updates now deliver the biggest GPU gains. Enthusiasts used OptiScaler workarounds; official FSR 4.1 makes it simple and legit. Who here remembers when a GPU upgrade…
…According to the Steam Hardware Survey, you're most likely to have an RTX 3060 or RTX 4060 inside your PC right now, so that's what we need to consider. The…
…For example, Steamworld Dig looks excellent at 1080p, and it runs at a smooth framerate. It does have some minor VSync issues, where the vertical middle of the screen always appears to…
…I had the hardware and the interest. What I didn't have was a reason to keep waiting, so I did what a lot of us have quietly ended up doing. I…
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