The popular Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU will be discontinued, according to information reportedly sent to the company's board partners. The information suggests that Nvidia is moving on completely from its entry-level RTX 30 series offering, as time progresses toward a potential RTX 50 series reveal.
Released in February 2021, the RTX 3060 GPU became Nvidia's lowest tier option for gamers wanting to build a desktop PC with a RTX 30 series GPU. Despite being an entry-level GPU, the RTX 3060 featured 12 GB of GDDR6 memory, which was four more GB than its more powerful RTX 3070 and 3070 Ti counterparts. Support for DLSS and other Nvidia technologies also made the RTX 3060 a compelling option for gamers with a lower budget. In addition, the RTX 3060 became one of the most popular GPUs of all time in the Steam hardware survey, with a higher percentage usage over its predecessors, the GTX 1060 and RTX 2060, at 5.9%.
According to sources, Nvidia may launch an updated GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card with a change that could give buyers pause.
As reported by Chinese forum Board Channels and Videocardz.com, board partners like Colorful and Palit were reportedly...
