Wednesday, January 20th 2021
NVIDIA to Re-introduce GeForce RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 SUPER GPUs
We are just a few weeks away from the launch of NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 3060 graphics cards based on the new Ampere architecture, and there is already some news regarding the lineup position and its possible distortion. According to multiple sources over at Overclocking.com, NVIDIA is set to re-introduce its previous generation GeForce RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 SUPER graphics cards to the market. Once again. The source claims that NVIDIA is already pushing the stock over to its board partners and system integrators to use the last-generation product. So far, it is not clear why the company is doing this and we can only speculate on it.
The source also claims that the pricing structure of the old cards will be 300 EUR for RTX 2060 and 400 EUR for RTX 2060 SUPER in Europe. The latter pricing models directly competes with the supposed 399 EUR price tag of the upcoming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti model, which is based on the newer Ampere uArch instead of the last-gen Turing cards. The possibility for such a move is a possible scarce of GA106/GA104 silicon needed for the new cards, and the company could be aiming to try and satisfy the market with left-over stock from the previous generation cards.
Sources:
Overclocking.com, via VideoCardz
The source also claims that the pricing structure of the old cards will be 300 EUR for RTX 2060 and 400 EUR for RTX 2060 SUPER in Europe. The latter pricing models directly competes with the supposed 399 EUR price tag of the upcoming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti model, which is based on the newer Ampere uArch instead of the last-gen Turing cards. The possibility for such a move is a possible scarce of GA106/GA104 silicon needed for the new cards, and the company could be aiming to try and satisfy the market with left-over stock from the previous generation cards.
102 Comments on NVIDIA to Re-introduce GeForce RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 SUPER GPUs
Nvidia, you really made some great strategic moves lately. Keep at it! Gotta love that cost of RT, no?
Oh man... this is glorious. I'm not even joking. This is how arrogance gets punished. Karma & self-cleansing market. I love it.
Its like all the good things happen at once... best wednesday in years.
Nvidia with partners are increasing prices like crazy and blaming higher price of components.
IT IS A LIE, there is no way all components have gotten even close to 50% more expensive since release.
This week they are increasing the prices like crazy of all cards, 3060 Ti, 3070, 3080, 3090 to tackle the shortages.
The cheapest 3080 at release that costed €775 now has a price of €1150 and these prices are from all nvidia partners at the exact same time.
3090 gone from €1700 to €2300, 3070 from €560 to €800, 3060 Ti from €475 to 650. All cards pushed upwards in price.
The REAL reason behind the price increase is they want to force prices so high for 3080 and 3090 cards that people instead go for the cheaper cards that is easier to supply.
I got this from a friend today that works at Sweden's largest computer retailer.
He said he never seen any thing like this, all nvidia partners sending new very high prices for all cards at the same time.
This makes 0 sense. Either information is incorrect, or this is some sort of fake.
THE MORE STUFF IN THE MARKET THE FASTER PRICES WILL COME DOWN.
Sorry for the caps. I just kept my finger on SHIFT and didn't let go.
The more products in the market, the faster prices will come down.
Or see it another way. Let's say that a retailer gets 100 2060s. That means that 100 customers will exit the store with a 2060, meaning than 100 30X0 cards can go to other customers. Or scalpers who will start seeing that the interest for new 30X0 cards is weakening, because people end up buying new 20X0 cards that find enough for them. And about this last one. Somone who is upgrading for example from a GTX 770, to a 2060 will be more than OK. There are many out there with pretty old cards and even more who will happily buy the 2060 ignoring the existence of 3000 series or 6800 series.
...wow...
Nvidia is a shit company but their products are too good in that fairly uncompetitive market
That card is better available then latest generation(s). actually i just bought one.
I will pass on the 2060, thanks but no thanks. Yes I know its better then what I have but..
If I wanted a 2 year old card with a markup I would buy one used locally :D