I’m sure the partners are annoyed, but adding extra memory to graphics cards doesn’t make those cards any faster or better for the target audience, so the decision would seem odd anyway. Back in the fall, it was reported that memory for the Super cards would be 3x more expensive, and if the memory shortage worsens toward 2027, will even that be enough?
According to our source, a 3GB GDDR7 chip currently costs between $60 and $70. A standard 2GB GDDR7 chip reportedly costs around $20. This means the 3GB version can cost about three times as much despite providing 50% more capacity.
Such pricing would add hundreds of dollars to the memory cost of a graphics card using six or eight modules.
The RTX 60 series won’t arrive until 2028 if it comes at all, but AMD isn’t releasing any competing products before then anyway, so in that regard, there isn’t really any pressure for new launches right now. Maybe they’ll just push out some paper launch with practically non-existent production volume, which will immediately start selling at double or triple the MSRP on the market 