Radeon RX 6000, GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti supply issues explained

According to the data Cowcotland, Problems NVIDIA and AMD satisfying the demand for new video cards may drag on until February, and the lack of video memory chips is to blame GDDR6

While AMD has not made any public announcements on the supply situation, NVIDIA has repeatedly reiterated that global shortages of wafers, substrates and other components are affecting the availability of graphics cards. Ampere

NVIDIA hasn’t mentioned the memory issue before, but rumors about it were discussed even before the graphics cards were released GeForce RTX 3070… Naturally, the higher the power of the new GeForce models, the more difficult it is for the manufacturer to supply the chips to the motherboard partners.

“According to our sources, it will take weeks for the situation to normalize, which means that availability of all models will not improve until February, even if some models (such as the 6900XT Custom) are suspended,” Cowcotland said.

It should be noted that the cards GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 3080 use memory GDDR6Xwhich Cowcotland claims is less scarce.

GDDR6 Delivery Issues Will Affect Models GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 3060 Tithat rely on this memory standard, however, the need to meet the acute demand for some graphics cards directly affects the production of others.

See also: PC gamers in a rage: a new batch of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-series Founders Edition graphics cards immediately sold out

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