Nvidia has reportedly introduced that it’s discontinuing the most well-liked gaming GPU on the Steam Survey. In response to the most recent leak, the GeForce RTX 3060 is now ceasing manufacturing, and there is only one batch of the chips left, with Taiwanese graphics card producers being knowledgeable that their subsequent orders for the chip might be their final.
Because of its strong 1080p efficiency, ray tracing talents, and inexpensive value, the GeForce RTX 3060 has been Nvidia’s finest graphics card when it comes to recognition over the previous couple of months. This Nvidia GPU has sat within the prime spot of the Steam Survey for ten months, whereas its modern-day equal, the RTX 4060, continues to be at quantity 5.
This newest leak comes from a report on Chinese language tech trade web site Board Channels (registration required), as noticed by Videocardz, which claims “Nvidia has certainly introduced the discontinuation of manufacturing of the RTX3060 sequence.” In response to the put up, three core board companions in Taiwan, together with Colourful and Tongde (Palit), have been notified that “there is just one batch of GPU provide left” of the RTX 3060.
If that is true, it should take some time to filter via to the market, although. There are many RTX 3060 playing cards nonetheless in shops, and the Board Channels report additionally notes that “In response to NV’s guidelines, it [the RTX 3060 GPU] might be equipped to AIC [add-in-card, like a graphics card] manufacturers in batches within the subsequent few months.”
After all, not one of the above has been instantly confirmed by Nvidia, so take this rumor with a pinch of salt for proper now. If it’s true, although, it’s not an enormous shock, regardless of this GPU’s recognition in the mean time. Nvidia ceased manufacturing of all of the Ampere gaming GPUs above the RTX 3060 some time again.
It’s actually solely the dearth of any Ada GPU cheaper than the RTX 4060 meaning there’s nonetheless a marketplace for each the RTX 3060 and RTX 3050 beneath it. The RTX 3060 took its place on the prime within the October 2023 Steam Survey, beating the GTX 1650 into second place. Since then, this inexpensive RTX GPU has dominated the roost, commanding 5.88% of the graphics playing cards in Steam customers’ machines, as of July.
Nonetheless, with new top-end Nvidia GPUs anticipated to return out both on the finish of this yr, or the start of subsequent yr, it should solely be a matter of time earlier than the RTX 5060 comes out, and the RTX 4060 drops in value to possible turn out to be the brand new favourite amongst Steam customers.
You may learn our information to the Nvidia RTX 5090 to search out out every thing we all know up to now concerning the new flagship Blackwell GPU that’s anticipated imminently.
