Just like “Terminator 2” predicted way back in ye olden times of 1991, Judgement Day is upon us. Artificial Intelligence isn’t the future anymore; it’s the here and now. We’re not quite seeing cities being engulfed in Skynet nuclear flames quite yet, but AI is increasingly hitting fans of the best PC games bank balances hard. No wonder cloud gaming looks like the most sensible option for budget-conscious gamers going forward.
Make no mistake: RAMageddon is absolutely a thing (the individual who coined that phrase deserves all the flowers). The main takeaway for PC gamers looking to buy new sticks of memory (especially DDR5)? Thanks to the combination of a DRAM oligopoly controlling 95% of memory production and colossal demand from AI and data center companies, the cost of RAM has skyrocketed a bewildering 240% on Amazon based on our recent research.
