Nvidia is reportedly discontinuing the RTX 3060, which is well among the best graphics playing cards Nvidia has launched up to now few years. The GPU is now over three years outdated, and Nvidia has apparently despatched a discover to its board companions that the following order for these playing cards would be the final the corporate sends out.
The discover was posted on Board Channels, which is a discussion board the place board companions talk about the interior actions of corporations like Nvidia and AMD. Though Nvidia hasn’t confirmed that the RTX 3060 is being discontinued, it might make sense. The cardboard was initially launched in February 2021, and gross sales have possible declined within the face of newer playing cards like Nvidia’s personal RTX 4060 and opponents just like the Intel Arc A750.
The RTX 3060 stands as the most well-liked GPU on Steam, and it has for fairly just a few months. In keeping with the newest Steam {hardware} survey, the RTX 3060 reveals up in 5.71% of all gaming PCs. The GTX 1650, which is in second place, is present in 3.88% of gaming PCs. Though the RTX 3060 is massively well-liked, Nvidia’s newer RTX 4060 has been slowly crawling up the Steam {hardware} survey over the previous few months, and it now reveals up in 3.36% of gaming PCs.
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Board companions — those who really launch Nvidia’s GPUs — could be inserting their remaining orders now, however it’ll take a number of months for the RTX 3060 to vanish from retailer cabinets. Retailers are nonetheless possible getting shipments from board companions, and it’ll take just a few months for Nvidia to ship the ultimate orders out to board companions. All of that’s to say, though the RTX 3060 will slowly disappear from retailers, it gained’t completely be gone for fairly a while.
By the point the RTX 3060 is gone, Nvidia will possible have its RTX 5060 able to go. We’ve seen rumors ramp up about Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs over the previous few months, suggesting the era will launch later this yr. As we noticed with the RTX 3060, a brand new card on this class will prop up the last-gen RTX 4060, and it’ll proceed to rise within the Steam {hardware} survey.
Though the RTX 3060 stays the most well-liked graphics card round, it’s not precisely a fantastic purchase in 2024. Costs for the GPU haven’t considerably dropped, so that you’ll spend round $300 for one right now. At round that value, Nvidia’s RTX 4060 and AMD’s RX 7600 are each higher buys.
