It has been a very long time coming however the finish has lastly arrived for Nvidia’s GTX lineup of GPUs. With the introduction of its ray tracing-enabled RTX branded GPUs, it was solely a matter of time earlier than we’d see the phrases “Nvidia GTX discontinued” arrive. So it’s as we speak with Chinese language sources reporting that the most recent product roadmap from Nvidia exhibits no extra GTX GPUs on their method.
Whereas no Nvidia Geforce GTX playing cards nonetheless stay on our checklist of the very best graphics playing cards, they’ve beforehand occupied many high spots, with the GTX 1080 being one of the vital beloved and enduring flagship playing cards Nvidia ever produced and the GTX 1060 being the preferred card on Steam proper up till simply two years in the past, six years after its launch.
The ultimate affirmation of the demise of Nvidia GTX comes maybe later than many individuals might need anticipated, with higher-tier RTX 70 and 80 sequence playing cards having lengthy totally changed their GTX equivalents. Nevertheless, the GTX 60 sequence has caught round for a very long time, with playing cards just like the GTX 1660 Tremendous and GTX 1650 nonetheless extensively obtainable and offering an entry degree choice for players on a price range.
Though Nvidia’s newer architectures are higher in some ways, it is a tactic that made sense because the headline characteristic of RTX – ray tracing help – merely isn’t a usable characteristic on low-end playing cards. Nevertheless, with the likes of the RTX 4060 now obtainable for underneath $300, the worth prospect of playing cards such because the GTX 1660 Tremendous promoting for $260 and even the GTX 1650 promoting for $150 merely isn’t there.
The total translated affirmation of this information comes from Chinese language web site Board Channels whereas the interpretation has been present by Videocardz and is supplied under.
“In accordance with the Nvidia GPU product roadmap, the GTX 16 sequence had been utterly discontinued within the first quarte of 2024. Presently, all remaining GPU inventory has been allotted to AIC model producers till their inventories are depleted.
In different phrases, Nvidia has formally ceased manufacturing of the GTX 16 sequence GPUs, declaring the historic mission of discontinuing the GTX 1660S, 1660, 1650, and 1630 graphics card. Going ahead, neither Nvidia nor the core AIC model producers will provide GTX 16 GPUs to channel companions. It’s estimated that the remaining stock of GTX 16 sequence out there might be shopper throughout the nest 1-3 months.”
Whereas this textual content predicts inventory of GTX playing cards might be consumed – mmm, yummy! – inside 1-3 months, it’s fairly doable some retailers will nonetheless be itemizing playing cards for a little bit longer in the event that they insist on protecting a non-discounted worth on the playing cards.
As for the way forward for Nvidia and GTX past that, it’s fairly doable we’ll see Nvidia reuse the GTX branding in just a few years time. When ray tracing turns into commonplace and never a motive so as to add an ‘R’ to your produce model identify, perhaps we’ll see a return of the mighty GTX!
In the intervening time, yow will discover our present Nvidia, AMD, Intel graphics card suggestions in our greatest graphics card information, with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 being our present price range GPU or selection and the RTX 4070 Tremendous being our high choose for many players.
