… All that is a direct result of the explosive growth in the AI sector, which is putting immense pressure on the same supply chains the PC industry relies on. …
… The question worth asking, therefore, is whether AMD would have moved at all without that sustained pressure. …
… If software can compensate for shrinking hardware gains, then Nvidia faces less pressure to deliver transformative leaps in raw silicon. I've written before about how recent generations have increasingly leaned on software enhancements to justify their value proposition. …
… For the way I use AI, that’s exactly the kind of boring financial sanity I want. OpenRouter makes curiosity cheaper than another subscription OpenRouter’s best trick is making LLM testing feel low-pressure again. …
… Component pricing is already under significant pressure , with DRAM costs climbing and GPU prices showing little sign of relief. …
… Team Red's complacence over the past few years has already costed both Radeon in market share and consumers in choice. The market is flooded with low-VRAM GPUs and AI features that make the headlines over architecture or compute. …
… Avoid these 5 costly mistakes to ensure performance, longevity, and value for money. …
… Related I tried running games at native resolution again, but DLSS 4.5 changed my mind Even pixel peepers would struggle to justify native rendering at this point Turning it off made perfect sense on this build My partner's system is a very specific kind of bottlenecked: an RTX 2070 Super paired wi… …
… And that's an entire computer for the cost of a single GPU. More on that in a bit, though. At the very top, the gap isn't just lopsided, but instead, straight up absurd. …
… Your access depends on Anthropic's compute, Anthropic's commercial pressure from OpenAI and xAI, and Anthropic's view of fairness across the user base, none of which are yours to influence. …