After about two and a half years of service and three different variations, Nvidia may finally be ready to move on from the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. new rumor (opens in new tab) There are claims from outside China that the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, once one of the best graphics cards, has reached a declining stage in its product life cycle.
The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti was launched in 2020 with a launch price of $399. The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti offers gamers great value for money. This is why Ampere-based graphics cards have remained important over the past two years. The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has never topped the Steam hardware survey or the best-selling graphics card charts, but it has always held a strong position (usually in the top 10) among the latest offerings.
The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti wasn’t as successful as Nvidia’s seven-year-old GeForce GTX 1060. Still, it was a very important SKU for Nvidia. So important that the chipmaker refreshed his graphics card twice in 2020. The first refresh was a simple die swap from his original GA104 silicon to GA103 silicon. The result is the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GA103. Meanwhile, the second refresh came shortly after Nvidia upgraded his GeForce RTX 3060’s GDDR6 memory to his faster GDDR6X chips. Either way, neither the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GA103 nor his GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X provided any noticeable performance gains.
Information about the end of production for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti originated from China’s board channel forum, where retailers and distributors share industry news. Not all rumors are false, but some are true. In any case, we recommend that you treat the information with caution.
Rumor has it that Nvidia is discontinuing production of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. However, the thread starter didn’t throw a specific date. Nvidia will reportedly notify partners to dispose of any remaining GeForce RTX 3060 Ti inventory. However, users assessed that it would likely take months for retailers to run out of stock.
We can see that the rumor has some credence as we believe the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is coming soon. The leaked specs for the Ada Lovelace graphics card weren’t too impressive, but should bring a better generational upgrade than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is rumored to come in both 8GB and 16GB versions of him and he is said to launch alongside the GeForce RTX 4060 by the end of this month. If the rumors are correct, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB should hit the retail market on May 24th while the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is said to launch in late July.
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and GeForce RTX 4060 will compete with AMD’s forthcoming Radeon RX 7600. Additionally, we’ve already seen some early retailer listings for the RDNA 3 graphics card, which is rumored to launch on May 25th. Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards have been criticized for their high prices. Let’s hope Nvidia keeps the MSRP of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti at a reasonable level.
