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Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by doom2 »

atmavatar wrote: post #150
hackerfoo wrote: post #123

I was a RAM hoarder before this all started. I eagerly await a great flood of RAM when it’s all over.

I wouldn't hold my breath. This is more than simply having demand high enough that RAM flies off shelves faster than it can be produced, where a future lull in demand and/or increase in production resolves or even over-corrects for the problem. The AI craze has caused several companies (most notably Crucial) to abandon consumer RAM entirely. At minimum, I think we can expect it to take several years before RAM prices…

I'm not sure what to believe. If the AI craze is what people here say it is, then RAM producers should be eagerly planning new fabs to spin up (you know, economics 101 increasing supply to meet demand). If RAM producers aren't planning on capacity increases, then maybe the AI craze isn't that real. If RAM is a boom/bust industry, then shouldn't we be anticipating a bust in the next few years? Or is the industry not as cyclical as people make it out to be?

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Post by charcircuit »

brianwawok wrote: post #243
charcircuit wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personalized learning. Some people on the US were paying over six figures to be educated and now they can do it at a much better quality for free.

College was never about learning it was about signaling. I get two resumes on my desk, one went to Harvard, one learned about stuff on ChatGPT. Which has a higher likelihood of being a success?

It defends how you want to define success, but I would lean towards ChatGPT.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by daheza »

cogman10 wrote: post #38
48terry wrote: post #35

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Well hey, at least these systems also consume massive amounts of electricity either raising your electric bill or your gas bill depending on how they decide to power the data center. Nothing like a 30% increase in your power bill because your local county commissioners got a sweet $300k campaign donation from a foreign billionaire. And of course if they burn natural gas for their power you get polluted air from your…

Don't forget about the noise from those generators

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by nothercastle »

ethbr1 wrote: post #249
utopiah wrote: post #89

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> Some compromises have to be made in the AI-driven future. Shareholders looking at employees "You are sacrifices we are willing to make."

'The Dow is over 50,000 right now.'

Yeah but if you price it in steam decks you probably lost money

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Post by bakies »

Ardren wrote: post #100
jdprgm wrote: post #90

I just checked amazon and I paid $350 in Nov 24' for 96GB (2x48GB) 6800MT DDR5 which at the time felt quite expensive and a bit of a splurge but I figured I had my DDR4 kit for almost a decade so probably similar lifespan for DDR5. That same listing is currently $1300!!! When RAM prices are increasing like a crypto currency we have a real societal problem.

Wow, I bought a 128GB Strix Halo machine for $2000 USD in September. Same model is currently on special for $4,399. Insane.

Yep my $2k framework is $3k now. And my amd stock I bought at the same time paid for it.

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Post by xerox13ster »

tjohns wrote: post #229
xerox13ster wrote: post #77

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Have things gotten this much more expensive at the same time that massive datacenters are harmonically distorting power delivery [0] to the point that it degrades the lifetime of your existing devices? The AI datacenters are making things more expensive and at the same time destroying existing electronics. All this is happening at the same time that the major OS vendors are locking down their operating systems and cr…

It's always been a good idea to have a UPS in front of any digital electronics anyway. Brown-outs are arguably more dangerous to your electronics, and those are more common now with more frequent heat waves during the summer, stressing the electric grid and triggering public safety shutoffs on the US west coast. I also think the concerns in the article are overblown. I grew up in the mountains where the electric grid…

Again, good luck affording a UPS when price hikes really kick off. If there is no workstation market, even for small businesses, what happens to the UPS market?

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by tmtvl »

stavros wrote: post #158
tmtvl wrote: post #36

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It very specifically says: > The 1TB OLED model That said, I thought HN was annoyed at Valve for taking a 30% cut, so that's probably how they can keep the Deck under 1k.

This thread is talking about the upcoming Steam Machine, not the Deck.

You're right, my reading comprehension failed me, my apologies.

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Post by [deleted] »

charcircuit wrote: post #252
brianwawok wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

College was never about learning it was about signaling. I get two resumes on my desk, one went to Harvard, one learned about stuff on ChatGPT. Which has a higher likelihood of being a success?

It defends how you want to define success, but I would lean towards ChatGPT.

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