NVidia, ATi, and the DOJ?

[SurfD]

Might be a good idea to hold off on new video card purchases to see where this goes.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2066731,00.asp

Maybe you could end up saving some cash if prices go down?

[Sky]

Over the past few years, the DOJ has been embarking on a broad antitrust campaign against price fixing in the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) industry. While that investigation did not affect Nvidia or AMD, the DOJ did eventually fine four DRAM companies, including a former-executive from U.S.-based Micron Corp., who pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.

And now RAM prices are the highest they've been in 8 or 10 years. Thanks, DOJ. Fuck.

[Strazos]

I'm not sure why you would think this investigation would make prices go Up, rather than down...If anything, companies have been artificially keeping prices higher than they should be.

[Sky]

The DOJ went after the DRAM industry for the same thing, and now prices are more expensive than they've been in a decade or so. It doesn't make sense, but there it is. RAM was actually at its cheapest when the DOJ went after them.

[Miasma]

I'm guessing the hundreds of millions of dollars the DOJ fined the DRAM companies simply got passed onto us consumers, also known as suckers.