• Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPM
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      5 days ago

      Depends on the definition of mid-range. I would say 16 GB is much closer to mid-range (in the global sense). 32 GB has definitely been baseline for the enthusiast gamer.

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        DDR4 got so cheap, you could sprinkle it on a build like parmesan cheese. DDR5 is still relatively expensive. I see a lot of people landing on 48 gigs.

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          I went with 48GB of DDR5 for my Framework 13 laptop. Originally intended 64 but the extra cost wasn’t worth it, for my use case at least.

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    All those website apps that live out of ram making an impact I guess. Both the in browser types and electron/etc types seem to love slurping it.

      • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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        I’m a nostalgia gamer, indie fan, and a Patient Gamer. I rarely buy a big game with less than five years from release, and I’m often playing games from the 2000s.

        I really don’t need much. I bought a then-mid range system 5 years ago and it’s still great.

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPM
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      I doubt we will ever get quad channel or mandatory ECC on the consumer side.

      The margins on HEDT and servers are simply too high.

      • ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works
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        Welp seems like a them problem. I ain’t playing any games except them 16gb or below. Gotta jump through hoops and then some for my dolla.

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    All those textures that won’t fit in the VRAM of Nvidia cards have to go somewhere, I guess.