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Bad Signs for PC Gaming: DRAM for AI Kills Crucial

Bad Signs for PC Gaming: DRAM for AI Kills Crucial

Update: 2025-12-05
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Episode 91: Troubling signs in the PC gaming space with DRAM prices continuing to skyrocket and the surprising death of Micron's Crucial brand. Also we chat about the Ryzen 7 9850X3D and Nvidia ending driver support for Pascal.


CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - DRAM Demand for AI Kills Micron's Crucial Brand

29:39 - AMD Confirms Ryzen 7 9850X3D

41:08 - Nvidia Ends Pascal and Maxwell Driver Support

45:20 - Updates From Our Boring Lives


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Bad Signs for PC Gaming: DRAM for AI Kills Crucial

Bad Signs for PC Gaming: DRAM for AI Kills Crucial