Friday, November 22nd 2024

NVIDIA Warns: GeForce RTX 40-Series GPUs Could be in Shortage in Q4

During NVIDIA's recent Q3 earnings call, CFO Colette Kress cautioned about potential GPU supply constraints in the fourth quarter despite strong gaming sector performance. The gaming division posted impressive results, with $3.2 billion in revenue, representing a 15% increase from the previous year. However, Kress indicated that fourth-quarter gaming revenue might see a decline due to supply limitations, though she reassured that supply should stabilize in early 2025. The company is scaling back RTX 40-series production as it prepares for the anticipated launch of its next-generation Blackwell architecture, which is expected to debut at CES 2025. The RTX 50-series GPU lineup, particularly the flagship RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 models, is rumored to be unveiled during the January event.

"Gaming, although sell-through was strong in Q3, we expect fourth-quarter revenue to decline sequentially due to supply constraints." For consumers, this could mean limited availability and higher prices for gaming GPUs during the holiday shopping season. The shortage is expected to primarily affect RTX 40-series cards, with a particular impact on laptop GPU availability. However, NVIDIA plans to continue producing select RTX 40 mobile chips alongside the upcoming RTX 50 series, suggesting a slow transition between generations. The holiday season is upon us, so this shortage of current-gen models could cost the company some additional customers, as the customer spending usually holds until holidays and holiday discounts.
Source: Tom's Hardware
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79 Comments on NVIDIA Warns: GeForce RTX 40-Series GPUs Could be in Shortage in Q4

#76
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freeagentI was an ATi guy :)
8500, 9500, who can forget those? 8500LE/9100 was my first 3D card.
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Hankieroseman
stahlhartAfter 25 years of building PCs with midrange level cards (or less), I can finally afford a better one, and the internet has to go and make me feel guilty about it. Waaah.
You got that right! Remember when the "VooDoo" card was the top dog and $500?
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Waldorf
@Hankieroseman
sure, but if you calculate increase in price in relation to increase in perf, short of the last 2 gens, they were usually cheaper/or same.

ignoring that virtually everthing is now more expensive, no matter if its bread, milk or gas, even burgers now cost more than 25c..
so to have accurate comparison, you have to adjust for Inflation etc
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Hankieroseman
Waldorf@Hankieroseman
sure, but if you calculate increase in price in relation to increase in perf, short of the last 2 gens, they were usually cheaper/or same.

ignoring that virtually everthing is now more expensive, no matter if its bread, milk or gas, even burgers now cost more than 25c..
so to have accurate comparison, you have to adjust for Inflation etc
That's true and I wanna say I was paying a $1.25 a gallon back then. But seriously folks, it was hell during covid trying to get certain hi-end parts for a build. Lesson learned, you wait, you risk not getting what you want or paying insane money to scalpers on ebay. Study long, study wrong. But you are correct about the performance level. DCS simulator is way, way cool compared to MS Combat Flight Simulator Ⅱof 2000 and Windows '98. Nvidia AGP's were just getting started. 3DFX was about to die.
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