Nvidia has announced plans to ramp up production and supply of the GeForce RTX 3060 series graphics card in July 2021, following news that older RTX 2000 series GPUs would see their supply reduced to meet demand. New Ampere hardware. We are also seeing GPU prices finally start to fall after months of inflation thanks to China's implementation of a crackdown on mining activity, another blow to the country's crypto-miners. Since the RTX 3060 was coveted by Cryptominers for its affordability (after the anti-mining hash rate limiter was bypassed, which was soon broken), this could mean that the budget GPU will finally become more accessible to gamers.
The light at the end of the tunnel?
The price of graphics cards in China has been reported to have fallen by as much as two-thirds, with one notable price drop including an Asus RTX 3060 GPU listing on Tmall (Alibaba) dropping from a princely 13,499 yuan (about €2 100) in May, up to 4.699 yuan (about €730) right now, down 65%. It's certainly not back to where we should be, but the improvement certainly gives us hope for further price cuts. Nvidia has never released a Founders Edition of the GeForce RTX 3060, but has placed a suggested retail price of $329 (around $240, AU$430), something we haven't seen since the card launched in February 2021. That It is normal. for third-party manufacturers to price their products above MSRP, even though global shortages and incredibly high demand have caused prices to skyrocket. Because the RTX 3060 was sold out by the time it hits shelves, resellers have also taken advantage of the situation, using bots to search for the few stocks available to resell on auction sites like eBay for a significant raise. In later versions of the GPU, we saw people queue for hours for a chance to purchase a new Ampered card as demand vastly exceeded available inventory. The combination of increased availability and (hopefully) declining demand from Chinese crypto miners could finally be good news for gamers trying to buy one of the latest graphics cards. Via WCCFTech