Microsoft removes support page recommending 32GB RAM for gaming PCs
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Ripple effect: The global memory shortage is battering the entire IT industry, and PC manufacturing is feeling it most acutely. Microsoft is well aware of the problem – so aware, in fact, that it's now scrambling to walk back its own earlier guidance on how much RAM a gaming PC actually needs.
Earlier this year, Microsoft told Windows 11 users that a proper gaming rig needed 32GB of RAM. That support document has since vanished, as Redmond and the rest of the PC industry contend with an unprecedented supply crunch across memory, storage, GPUs, and other core components – fallout from Big Tech's aggressive overprovisioning for AI data centers.
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