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Offline Brooke

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Recent RAM prices . . . incredible
« on: Yesterday at 04:30:46 PM »
RAM prices are now 3x (!) what I paid 6 months ago.



First, Bitcoin and AI made GPU's crazy expensive and hard to find.

Now, AI has done EVEN WORSE to RAM.   :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Offline Eagler

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Re: Recent RAM prices . . . incredible
« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 04:44:38 PM »
Thank goodness a game as fantastic to play as AH does not require high specs to enjoy completely..

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Re: Recent RAM prices . . . incredible
« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 04:44:55 PM »
Even worse worse, both Bitcoin and AI can easily have bubble burst that would make those prices all for nothing.

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Re: Recent RAM prices . . . incredible
« Reply #3 on: Today at 01:18:39 AM »
Thank goodness a game as fantastic to play as AH does not require high specs to enjoy completely..

Eagler

Yes, but --

I am always recruiting people into Brooke's Bomber Mafia for flying with me in scenarios.  Sometimes they don't have a suitable computer.  Then the deal is sometimes that I provide a suitable computer (for AH, not more than that) -- if they agree to fly in every scenario with me going forward.  Doing that now costs $550 instead of the $400 it was in days gone by.

Also, it irks me that ancient computer stuff that used to go drastically down in price over time now goes UP over time.  Like GT 1030's.  8gb DDR4-3200.  Basic nvme's.  Feels like a competency crisis in producing things in the world.