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Re:PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to... by bmicraft on Monday November 24, 2025 @10:36PM (#46042096)
> We wouldn't have incredible GPUs in our gaming systems and even cell phones if the primary market for these things was retail entertainment purchases that people make every 5 years.

Arguably we don't. Most of the improvements these days seem to be on the GPGPU side with very little gains in raster performance this decade.

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Re:PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to... by Aurornis on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @09:46AM (#46046223)
> with very little gains in raster performance this decade.

I have a flagship 7-8 year old GPU in one machine and a mid-level modern GPU in another.

It’s flat out wrong to claim “very little gains” during this time. The difference between those two GPUs is huge in games. The modern GPU also does it with far less power and noise.

I can’t understand this HN mentality that modern hardware isn’t fast or that we’re not seeing gains.

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