NVIDIA pulls RTX 30-series Founders Edition Cards From its Webstore

[GFreeman]

NVIDIA has removed all its GeForce RTX 30-series Founders Edition graphics cards from its webstore. There are still plenty of RTX 30-series graphics cards available everywhere, including the NVIDIA webstore, as NVIDIA is happily selling custom versions from its AIC partners. This does not mean that you can't find the RTX 30-series Founders Edition graphics cards at other shops, as some might be available from other retailers/e-tailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Newegg, Mindfactory, and others. It is now obvious that NVIDIA is slowly phasing out the Ampere-based graphics cards and that it will focus on GeForce RTX 4090, 4080, and 4070 Ti, as well as the GeForce RTX 4070 that should come soon.



Originally spotted by Cowcotland site, official NVIDIA webstores in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and probably other countries as well, are no longer even listing any GeForce RTX 30-series Founders Edition graphics cards.

NVIDIA is obviously taking its time in clearing the RTX 30-series stock, as these are still a great buy and sell pretty well, offering decent performance-per-buck compared to AMD's lineup, and even NVIDIA's own RTX 40-series graphics cards.

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[AnotherReader]

NVIDIA is obviously taking its time in clearing the RTX 30-series stock, as these are still a great buy and sell pretty well, offering decent performance-per-buck compared to AMD's lineup, and even NVIDIA's own RTX 40-series graphics cards.

Where are these well priced Ampere cards? From what I see, the 3080 and higher are selling for either the same as or more than the 4070 Ti/7900 XT. The slower cards are selling for more than the AMD counterparts.

Here are the cheapest 3080s on PcPartPicker:

Compare these to the cheapest 4070 Ti:

These are the cheapest 7900XT cards:

 

[chrcoluk]

In the UK, Nvidias store is the only place you can order FE cards from, its required to get it shipped from its authorised retailer, so if this has happened in the UK then the 30 FE series is bye bye.

 

[neatfeatguy]

offering decent performance-per-buck compared to AMD's lineup

I guess it might depend on where you live, but the prices of the Nvidia cards pale in comparison to what AMD is selling their lineup for, at least for Ampere vs RDNA2.

Why would I spend the same or more on a 3060Ti when I can get a 6700XT or 6750XT that's priced the same or better and gives better performance? I'd rather save $50-100 going with a 6700XT/6750XT.

How about spending $350 on a 3060 over $280 for a 6650XT?

Or may you want to spend $550 on a 3070 or $600 on a 3070Ti over $580 for a 6800XT.

Right now, at least in my area, you lose big on buying a new Ampere card over what's still available for AMD.

I won't comment on the new gen cards, I think they're all horribly overpriced and not worth the money they sell for. No one is a winner buying them.

 

[nguyen]

Looks like Nvidia has emptied their old stock and ready to launch mid range rtx4000 series

 

[Readlight]

No rtx 1650 Super is most popular.
3-6 bilions transistors.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

rtx 1650 Super

I missed this model somehow

 

[bonehead123]

that it will focus on GeForce RTX 4090, 4080, and 4070 Ti, as well as the GeForce RTX 4070 that should come soon

The only thing they are focusing on is squeezing moar $$ out of us, and they can't fully accomplish this by selling older & moar popular cards....

All this PR means is that they have succeeded in pushing all remaining stock of the 30-xx FE cards out of their warehouses and into the distribution channels, clearing the way for EOL status and shifting the burden of inventory overhead costs & warranty replacements to the retailers....

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

I missed this model somehow

It was a mid gen refresh. Neat idea, major improvement, but pulled too much power to be put into a small LP design like the 1650 vanilla.

The 1660 super greatly overshadowed it.

 

[GamerGuy]

I find the following quote to be puzzling, "offering decent performance-per-buck compared to AMD's lineup", it doesn't jell with me. You can find an RX 6800 XT for about 570USD over at Amazon, an RTX 3080 goes for about 870USD, that's a 300USD gap in price between them, and there're two models of RX 6900XT at 650USD and 800USD. Yet that article states the part in bold, something's really wrong with the picture is all I can say.

 

[Sithaer]

I guess it might depend on where you live, but the prices of the Nvidia cards pale in comparison to what AMD is selling their lineup for, at least for Ampere vs RDNA2.

Why would I spend the same or more on a 3060Ti when I can get a 6700XT or 6750XT that's priced the same or better and gives better performance? I'd rather save $50-100 going with a 6700XT/6750XT.

Where I live the 3060 Ti and 6700 XT is pretty close in price at least currently.
When I bought my second hand 3060 Ti the seller had a Red Devil 6700 XT in stock for the same exact price and I did end up picking the 3060 Ti.

Even tho the 12 GB Vram was tempting and I knew that most likely that card is gonna age a bit better in raw raster performance I wanted the extra DLSS option on top of FSR for future titles just in case and to be honest I wanted to toy around with the somewhat better RT.
Since I have no plans on upping my resolution anytime soon 8 is enough-ish for me, sure I might regret my decision in 2-3 years but then I will just play with 1 setting lower Textures or something. 'I'm perfectly comfortable with using DLSS Quality so I'm gonna utilize it more and more in new demanding games to help with longevity'

In short, reason is personal preference nothing else. 'saying this w/o bias since I owned AMD cards in the past and I had no issues with them and I'm open to buy one again in the future'

 

[GoldenX]

Got a 3060Ti with 7 months of use for 235 bucks, it even looks new. The crypto crash is providing amazing prices in some used market regions.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

It was a mid gen refresh. Neat idea, major improvement, but pulled too much power to be put into a small LP design like the 1650 vanilla.

The 1660 super greatly overshadowed it.

I missed all of the RTX 16 series...

Apparently there were GTX 20-series though.

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Are the FE models still available elsewhere? I never actively sought to buy one, but I never recall actually seeing them in stock.

 

[kanecvr]

I guess it might depend on where you live, but the prices of the Nvidia cards pale in comparison to what AMD is selling their lineup for, at least for Ampere vs RDNA2.

Why would I spend the same or more on a 3060Ti when I can get a 6700XT or 6750XT that's priced the same or better and gives better performance? I'd rather save $50-100 going with a 6700XT/6750XT.

How about spending $350 on a 3060 over $280 for a 6650XT?

Or may you want to spend $550 on a 3070 or $600 on a 3070Ti over $580 for a 6800XT.

Right now, at least in my area, you lose big on buying a new Ampere card over what's still available for AMD.

I won't comment on the new gen cards, I think they're all horribly overpriced and not worth the money they sell for. No one is a winner buying them.

Nvidia thinks they're selling a "premium" product. They can shove their whole lineup for all I care.

 

[Luke357]

It was a mid gen refresh. Neat idea, major improvement, but pulled too much power to be put into a small LP design like the 1650 vanilla.

The 1660 super greatly overshadowed it.

He was making a joke because they guy who made the comment he was replying to said "rtx 1650 super" a card that doesn't exist.