themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoScientist says RAM pricing has risen to normalized 2007 levels, AI shortage undid 20 years of progress in a matter of months — memory prices had been falling exponentially for decadeswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down15 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkScientist says RAM pricing has risen to normalized 2007 levels, AI shortage undid 20 years of progress in a matter of months — memory prices had been falling exponentially for decadeswww.tomshardware.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square46fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareKwozyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-210 hours agoWhy not rent and stream the games for only $99.99 per month. Subscribe now!
minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·34 minutes agoStreaming only replaces storage, you actually need more RAM than running it from fixed memory.
minus-squareundrwater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoYou still need to run streamed games in RAM. A lot of RAM. Well…we’ll go back to Zork and Venture.
minus-squareNekoKoneko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoWell… Okay. But only if I can keep paying the subscription fee for the rest of my life in order to maintain access.
minus-squareKwozyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoThat’s why we’ve created the GenPro tier of subscriptions, the first generational loan. Get it now and your kids can help pay of back!
minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYeah, I think that’s the running theory of the corporate backup plan if/when AI falls through and they need to find a use for all the data center resources.
Why not rent and stream the games for only $99.99 per month. Subscribe now!
Streaming only replaces storage, you actually need more RAM than running it from fixed memory.
You still need to run streamed games in RAM. A lot of RAM.
Well…we’ll go back to Zork and Venture.
Well… Okay. But only if I can keep paying the subscription fee for the rest of my life in order to maintain access.
That’s why we’ve created the GenPro tier of subscriptions, the first generational loan. Get it now and your kids can help pay of back!
Yeah, I think that’s the running theory of the corporate backup plan if/when AI falls through and they need to find a use for all the data center resources.