czecherychestnut said:
What is apparent is that the ddr3 vs gddr5 tradeoff hasn't saved them a lot of money. $18 all up, which is removed due to the higher other costs, most likely due to the physically larger mobo, casing and higher small component count. They will probably benefit more from die shrinks than Sony however, though with ddr4 coming soon, ddr3 costs may start to rise in the future (they've gone up ~25% this year). Will be interesting to see what happens. |
holy crap, really!?
so there's a good chance that since its becoming outdated, ddr3 ram may continue to increase in cost do to being legacy produced.
if true that's a bad break for microsoft, because it would seem gddr5 will decrease in cost as it gains more market share, and ddr3 will increase in cost due to it being a legacy product.
that may have a long lasting impact on the cost of both systems.
hopefully it doesnt continue to go up.
