Nvidia GPU's VRAM Scam Exposed!

Have you ever wondered why Nvidia GPUs cost a lot more than their competition, yet offer less VRAM? Intel ARC A770 GPU comes with 16 GB of Video RAM while the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT comes with 12 GB VRAM. Both these GPUs cost around $350. So why the hell is Nvidia planning to sell new GPUs in 2023 that will cost a lot more than $350, and yet offer a puny 8 GB of VRAM? So, what is the real reason behind Nvidia not offering more RAM in their mid-tier GPUs? Is it because the video RAM is too expensive? Well, actually No. In fact, video RAM is very cheap these days. Especially GDDR6 video RAM, which is the type of memory that Nvidia uses in their mid-tier GPUs.

You see, the price of GDDR6 video RAM was high during the pandemic induced shortage. But those days are long gone. In the year 2023, the bulk price of video RAM is very low. For example, if you look at the bulk price of GDDR6 video RAM on digikey, you will see that 16GB of GDDR6 video RAM from micron costs anywhere from $19.41 to $33.41. So that literally comes out to $2 per GB of GDDR6 video RAM. That’s peanuts.

And remember that Nvidia is a huge corporation, so I’m sure they are able to negotiate even better memory prices from vendors. So clearly it’s not the price of the video RAM that is keeping Nvidia from offering more RAM in their video cards. It will literally cost them 20 to 30 dollars more to bump up the video RAM from 8GB to 16GB. That’s nothing compared to the hundreds of dollars they charge for their GPUs.

After all, if Intel can offer 16GB of GDDR6 in their Arc A770 GPU, there is no excuse for Nvidia to not do that. Intel is a newcomer in the GPU market, and they are already offering more value for money than Nvidia. Intel is not afraid to challenge Nvidia and give consumers what they want: more video RAM for better gaming performance.