In the long run, explosion in demand for GPUs will help lower prices and push the technical envelope for enveryone, including the gamers complaining in this article.
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I think that's only likely if the demand is sustained though another development cycle / generation of GPU products, though. If demand collapses soon, it'll just be yet another story about how the market was really weird for a bit.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Increased demand for RAM due to smartphones usage has led the prices upwards, not downwards.
This is an oft-repeated article of faith, which I have yet to see realized despite years of sustained extra demand for GPUs.
I'm not saying doitLP is right, but "years" is not a long time for building extra production capacity across the manufacturing process. Hell, they probably need a couple years of sustained demand to even consider upgrading it.
Only if the folks providing the cards decide that it is worth investing in having a larger pipeline of production. If they feel the volatility might be too great... they may choose not to.