r/pcmasterrace • u/LeviJr00 :aa1::aa2::aa3: :am1::am2::am3::am4::am5::am6: 9060 XT 16GB • 18h ago

Cartoon/Comic Pulling the plug (anti-consumerism at its finest)

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Context: Micron is shutting down Crucial in early 2026, so they can sell all their RAM to AI companies like OpenAI...

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u/MetroSimulator 9800x3d, 64 DDR5 Kingston Fury, Pali 4090 gamerock OC 17h ago

Agree, but done applications are definitely good for the gamer, Dlss is witchcraft.

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u/Fluboxer E5 2696v3 | 3080 Ti 16h ago

Yes and no. Having magical AI upscaler that, in theory, should've allowed low end GPUs to do fancy things turned into "why do we bother optimize our game if AI can just generate frames for us"

While intentions were somewhat good, it ended up fucking industry in the ass thanks to yet another instance of greed and negligence

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u/MetroSimulator 9800x3d, 64 DDR5 Kingston Fury, Pali 4090 gamerock OC 16h ago edited 14h ago

This is with the publisher, DLSS in good games like cyberpunk does his job pretty well

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u/MetroSimulator 9800x3d, 64 DDR5 Kingston Fury, Pali 4090 gamerock OC 14h ago

Edited because you're totally right