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Often this means that the older/smaller RAM chip has been discontinued or production has decreased enough that it is now more expensive than the bigger chip. E
by paulmd 7y ago
Often this means that the older/smaller RAM chip has been discontinued or production has decreased enough that it is now more expensive than the bigger chip.
Example: this was the driving force behind the AMD R9 390/390X launch. Supply of the old 4 Gb modules was drying up and it was actually cheaper to switch to 8 Gb modules.
- gmiller123456 7y agoSeems like that would only explain an increase in the 1Gb version. The only reasons for a price drop in the 2Gb version is that it either got cheaper to make it, or the market told them $45 was too high and they had to cut their profit margin. IMHO, $10 for an extra 1Gb of RAM is pretty excessive. So I'm glad to see the market (probably) has spoken.
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