Dave and Jacob discuss the upcoming year in PC hardware. Everything from the RAMpocalypse (thanks, AI) and how that will affect PC gaming, to the next wave of releases including CPUs, GPUs and Valve’s new hardware. We try our best to be positive, promise.
0:00 – Introduction
00:18 – The RAMpocalypse
01:18 – RAM pricing in 2026
03:35 – The knock-on effect
07:55 – New platforms coming in 2026
07:59 – Intel’s Panther Lake
08:42 – Nova Lake
10:50 – AMD Zen 6
12:00 – Snapdragon X2 Elite
13:26 – New Valve hardware
13:50 – Are people sleeping on the Steam Frame?
14:17 – Valve product pricing
17:27 – The Steam Deck 2
17: 56 – The Steam Controller could be a hit
18:17 – Nvidia Arm laptop
20:46 – Graphics cards in 2026
20:54 – RTX 50-series Super cards
22:16 – Intel GPUs
23:57 – Trends in 2026
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