GPU Makers Focus on RTX 3060/3050 as RTX 50 Series Inventory Dries Up

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GPU makers across Asia, particularly in China, are reportedly redirecting sellers to older graphics cards as alternatives due to the low supply of NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 50-series "Blackwell" graphics cards. They are focusing on the GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3050, entry-level cards from two generations ago belonging to the "Ampere" generation. A ChannelGate report notes that some add-in card partners are already running out of GeForce RTX 50-series inventory, as cryptocurrency mining and e-commerce promotions in China are significantly draining the supply of these GPUs across retailers. In June, NVIDIA reintroduced its GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB edition, a SKU with 3,584 CUDA cores and 12 GB of GDDR6 memory, for which NVIDIA once again used Samsung's 8 nm DUV node, as with the entire "Ampere" architecture lineup in the past. Reportedly, retailers are forcing sales of RTX 3060 and RTX 3050, along with some AMD Radeon SKUs, to offload demand for GeForce RTX 50-series designs.

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Source: TechPowerUp · 11/2/2026 · View original source