Friday, March 10th 2023
NVIDIA pulls RTX 30-series Founders Edition Cards From its Webstore
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.
Sources:
Cowcotland, via Videocardz
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.
14 Comments on NVIDIA pulls RTX 30-series Founders Edition Cards From its Webstore
Here are the cheapest 3080s on PcPartPicker:
Compare these to the cheapest 4070 Ti:
These are the cheapest 7900XT cards:
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.
3-6 bilions transistors.
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....
The 1660 super greatly overshadowed it.
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'
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.