AMD has thrown out a slight caution to the wind about the possibility of delay in RDNA 2 desktop APUs if the sky-high DDR5 memory pricing continues to persist into the later half of the year.
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ASUS has made a new DDR5 to DDR4 adapter which can help fit DDR4 RAM onto a DDR5 motherboard. The device, although prototype, makes sense in the market right now as DDR5 kits are too expensive.
Due to the recently reported shortage of DDR5 desktop memory, scalpers have started to sell these at very high prices on eBay. For example, a pair of dual 16GB RGB RAM kits has been listed for $5,000.
Next-gen DDR5 memory will be 50-60% more expensive than DDR4 was at launch, according to MSI's estimates. Support for the new DRAM standard is being debuted with Intel's 12th gen Alder Lake-S CPUs.