Tuesday, October 6th 2020
NVIDIA CEO Comments on RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Supply Shortages
Shortages in supply of GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 graphics cards could persist until 2021, according to NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, responding to a question in a Q&A session of the GTC 2020 (Fall) conference. "The 3080 and 3090 have a demand issue, not a supply issue," said Huang. "The demand issue is that it is much much greater than we expected—and we expected really a lot," he added.
Jen-Hsun predicts that the Holiday 2020 shopping season will only compound availability woes. "I believe that demand will outstrip all of our supply through the year. Remember, we're also going into the double-whammy. The double-whammy is the holiday season. Even before the holiday season, we were doing incredibly well, and then you add on top of it the "Ampere factor," and then you add on top of that the "Ampere holiday factor," and we're going to have a really really big Q4 season." He likened the demand of the RTX 3080 to that of the Intel Pentium in the mid-1990s. "Retailers will tell you they haven't seen a phenomenon like this in over a decade of computing. It hearkens back to the old days of Windows 95 and Pentium when people were just out of their minds to buy this stuff. So this is a phenomenon like we've not seen in a long time, and we just weren't prepared for it."
Source:
Tom's Hardware
Jen-Hsun predicts that the Holiday 2020 shopping season will only compound availability woes. "I believe that demand will outstrip all of our supply through the year. Remember, we're also going into the double-whammy. The double-whammy is the holiday season. Even before the holiday season, we were doing incredibly well, and then you add on top of it the "Ampere factor," and then you add on top of that the "Ampere holiday factor," and we're going to have a really really big Q4 season." He likened the demand of the RTX 3080 to that of the Intel Pentium in the mid-1990s. "Retailers will tell you they haven't seen a phenomenon like this in over a decade of computing. It hearkens back to the old days of Windows 95 and Pentium when people were just out of their minds to buy this stuff. So this is a phenomenon like we've not seen in a long time, and we just weren't prepared for it."
115 Comments on NVIDIA CEO Comments on RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Supply Shortages
Solution is just simple, People should just not buy
Boycott this b******
And his banwdawgon fanboys should not be allowed to spread his propaganda and lies on the internet, like here in TPU. Manipulating them is so easy. They got a media propaganda/spread lies department. I am sure many guys on forum here are working there.
Spin so hard you want to puke
in my old fashioned book the price of something should be set at what the market will pay for it.. quite clearly something is wrong with the system or more interestingly why price something too low knowing that supply will not meet demand..
the ebay pricing seems to suggest that the old 2080ti price wasnt far out.. people seem to be willing to pay something similar on ebay..
trog
the £1400 quid i can actually buy one for on ebay or the "theoretical" MRSP 0f £700 -ish quid i cant buy one for..
i am lucky in the sense i am in no real rush to buy one so its all academic to me.. but its not for some..
the coming 3070 card which is the card everyone will be really interested in will be an even bigger f-ck up.. he he
trog
The truck doesn't fit under the bridge - it's never too tall, it's the bridge that is too short :roll:
Performance of the gpu was not touched. A feature was. Stick to single gpus instead of the hassle of adding to potatoes as one. :p
You don't use a long in the tooth tech, you wont have that issue. There's no reason to avoid them over an mGPU issue from a decade ago is an underlying point. ;)
If anyone has any issues.............you know the old saying.................vote with your wallet.
I get how it can shape an experience, but, holding on to it for a decade when you don't even use the technology today because it's dead (for all intents and purposes) is another thing. You're of course entitled to feel that way... as am I to think that's a bit fickle. I shouldn't be surprised as many seem to do that, as illogical as it seems to me. :)
Well you blame demand...
That's some serious spin...
At the price of RTX3090 you can buy a home in Pakistan.