These are strange (and very frustrating) times for anyone looking to buy a new graphics card, and it seems that Nvidia has decided to partially fix the problem by re-releasing the GTX 1050 Ti, a Pascal-based graphics card that it discontinued. I sell two years ago. Amid supply issues due to the Covid-19 pandemic, TSMC, the semiconductor foundry Nvidia uses for its GPUs, is under increased pressure from other customers and cryptocurrencies are on the rise again, leading many miners to sell. wholesale that small amount of GPU. That's it. It's - it's become almost impossible to get hold of Nvidia's new Ampere RTX 3000 series graphics cards. According to YouTuber TechYesCity, Nvidia is bringing back the GTX 1050 Ti to try and help things out, at least at the lower end of the market.
Yeah I guess?
The new GTX 1050 Ti will apparently have the GP107 chip and come with 4GB of video memory. This obviously won't help anyone looking for a higher-end RTX 3080 or RTX 3090, but the idea is that it will at least give people looking for a budget GPU something to do, and could mean Nvidia can focus on the high end. RTX 3000 GPU in the hands of gamers. As the Videocardz website points out, mining Ethereum, one of the most popular cryptocurrencies, requires more than 4GB of VRAM, which means miners need to leave the GTX 1050 Ti alone. It looks like the GTX 1050 Ti cards are already making a comeback on retailer websites and we may see more stock soon. Coupled with the news that Nvidia is bringing back the RTX 2060, it looks like the company is trying to take the pressure off its more affordable GPUs. The company is expected to release another RTX 3000 series GPU in a few weeks, the RTX 3060, it is rumored. When this GPU is released, we would expect it to be quite difficult to understand.