In 2023, Samsung plans to produce 32GB DDR5 chips, followed by 1TB modules in 2024. Samsung intends to deploy all-new DDR5 server memory modules, including the industry's first 512GB RDIMM/LRDIMM. ... In 2024, 1TB DDR5 RAM will be available, followed by DDR5-7200 RAM in 2025 says Samsung
Meanwhile, I got 64 GB of "gamer" DDR4 in 2016 for about 200 euros, and now I can only get 32 GB of DDR5 for the same amount of money. Six years of involution. How is this not utterly f*** up !?
I think 16gb will still be good for gaming for some time considering the consoles have 16gb total for system and gpu combined
2016 was a good year to buy RAM - you actually paid extra because of it being a pretty fresh technology yet the S&D was totally different back then, so it wasn't that expensive. But with much higher demand, lower supply, ECC, and inflation, you're going to pay a lot more. I suspect DDR5 prices will significantly drop by next year. Even if S&D and inflation wasn't a thing, you'd still be paying more because of ECC.