According to some sources, the RTX 3000 series cards may face a shortage of supply until the start of next year. This is unfortunate for gamers and enthusiasts who were waiting to get their hands on the Ampere series cards which were revealed just a few days ago. If you are one of those people waiting, make sure to Pre-order the cards to have a chance of getting them early!
One of the primary reasons that NVIDIA chose to go with Samsung’s 8nm process for their cards was because the company would allow them to overcome the capacity constraints inherent in buying from TSMC. But according to Tweak Town, NVIDIA is choosing to reduce the number of wafers Samsung can produce in order to maximize the yield at Samsung’s end.
The source of Tweak Town says that post-launch, there will most probably be no cards available until the end of the year and this may very likely be the smallest launch by NVIDIA in years. The first batch of cards is said to be very small.
At this point in time, Samsung’s 8nm yield is mostly unknown and NVIDIA does not want to take a risk by producing a large batch of cards until it can know how Samsung will fair in their production of the 8nm wafers.
The NVIDIA RTX 3000 series which is based on the Ampere architecture, is a huge improvement both price and performance-wise. Every single card announced including the RTX 3070 is more powerful than the flagship of the previous generation: the RTX 2080 Ti. The last time this happened was back in 2004.
Ampere is set to revolutionize the industry and with reports suggesting that AMD is in trouble with Big Navi, it is a big win for NVIDIA.
Which Nvidia RTX 3000 series GPU are you planning to get your hands on this fall? Let us know in the comments section below.
