AMD Told PC Builders to 'Pick Your Poison' Amid RAM Crisis While Nvidia Suffers in Silence

AMD’s top PC exec just told buyers to pick cheaper CPUs to ride out the RAM crisis, while Nvidia’s GPU empire faces a VRAM drought it can’t ignore.

AMD’s executive defended the company’s strategy, noting:

"Consumers have a wide assortment of choice available for all kinds of price points that they can buy for this coming year. So yeah, I'm not not too concerned about that."

The same executive added:

"I think that people who need the technology need the technology, and they’re going to buy the technology — though consumers might decide that they have a choice to make on how much memory, what CPU."

AMD currently offers 215 AI-capable SKUs, with an equal or larger number of non-AI PC options. AM4 CPUs remain in production and top Amazon sales charts. Meanwhile, AMD’s market share in GPUs is 7%, compared to Nvidia’s 92% dominance.

The DDR5-only AM5 platform locks Zen 4/5 users into expensive memory, creating a consumer trap as memory shortage estimates range from 6 months to multiple years before easing.