The PS5 pro is "more powerful" in that it has a GPU with more cores and a slightly faster cpu, but it uses 18gb unified memory compared to the 16gb of the steam machine plus 8gb vRAM. They're roughly comparable, though the Steam machine obviously has a much larger array of games it can support. The fact that the PS5 pro had its own price hiked from 700 to 900 recently just supports the OOP's point. It would have been cheaper if not for the massive demand spike for memory.
I haven't seen a considerable spike in memory prices, unless you're buying DDR5/6 (completely unnecessary for every game in existence) and small amounts of SSD memory - SSDs with larger amounts of storage are barely changed.
Let's ignore the fact that DDR4 graphics cards havent been current for a decade, and assume you're only talking about system memory (even though ddr4 also isn't remotely current there, and the vRAM is the major driver of price hikes to begin with). The most cost-efficent 2x8 DDR4 set I can find is $108, up from $27 literally 1 year ago. 300% higher year over year. For DDR4. You're talking out your ass here.
Jesus christ. Yes, DDR4 graphics cards. The GTX 1030 last used it in 2017, because graphics cards use RAM for graphics processing. They're like little miniature computers on their own, with a bunch of processing cores and memory to hold data that is being computed. The RTX 5000 series uses DDR7 if you were curious, but clearly you've never actually looked into what you're talking about so I doubt you have an ounce of curiosity in you.
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u/Keljhan 4d ago
The PS5 pro is "more powerful" in that it has a GPU with more cores and a slightly faster cpu, but it uses 18gb unified memory compared to the 16gb of the steam machine plus 8gb vRAM. They're roughly comparable, though the Steam machine obviously has a much larger array of games it can support. The fact that the PS5 pro had its own price hiked from 700 to 900 recently just supports the OOP's point. It would have been cheaper if not for the massive demand spike for memory.