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Memory famine compels GPU vendors to re-release 2020 graphics cards — GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3050 return to Asian market
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Rekall Incorporated piefed.social Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
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Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/memory-famine-compels-gpu-vendors-to-re-release-2020-graphics-cards-geforce-rtx-3060-and-geforce-rtx-3050-return-to-asian-market

Desperate times call for old silicon
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Jake Farm sopuli.xyz Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-04-20
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Less e-waste?
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wizardbeard lemmy.dbzer0.com wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-16
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"memory famine" -> "AI data center greed"
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scutiger lemmy.world scutiger@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Jake Farm wrote:
Less e-waste?

They're manufacturing new ones, so I don't think it's less e-waste.
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Die4Ever retrolemmy.com Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2024-05-06
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scutiger wrote:
They're manufacturing new ones, so I don't think it's less e-waste.

It's kind of more e-waste, because older devices had fewer transistors per mm^2 of silicon, and use more power for the same performance
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scutiger lemmy.world scutiger@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Die4Ever wrote:
It's kind of more e-waste, because older devices had fewer transistors per mm^2 of silicon, and use more power for the same performance

That's not what e-waste means.
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