Despite the complications and backlashes that have occurred recently in terms of Nvidia purchasing the UK chip firm ARM, "team green" is still looking to push out new products, or in this case, newer versions of older ones. The rebranding of the RTX 2060 but with 12 GB of RAM instead of 6 GB came out yesterday and is seemingly an attempt to bridge a gap in the market, what with short supplies making it difficult for customers to purchase new hardware, including graphics cards and consoles. However, this new release is still just as difficult to get hold of.
According to a recent report, UK retailer Scan, which specializes in PC hardware, has said that it has been unable to list the new-yet-old Nvidia GPU and will only be doing so once the company receives "sufficient supplies" of the RTX 2060 12 GB. Speaking to the source, the retailer says that the reason for not listing it is to make sure that pre-orders aren't being taken when there is no certainty as to when customers will be able to receive the graphics card.
This seems to be yet another blow for the tech industry, with the deficit still raging on a year after things began to look bleak for the GPU and console market. With Intel's CEO saying the semiconductor shortage could go on until 2023, anyone in the area for the re-released RTX 2060 12 GB, or any new graphics card for that matter, are probably going to find themselves out of luck, unless they are prepared to pay extortionate prices.
With Nvidia prices rising in Europe recently, and AMD looking to up the MSRP on its own products, things are looking pretty dismal for gamers and PC enthusiasts. There's no telling when the shortages will ease up, but it will likely continue to be an issue as 2022 approaches and the tech giants look to launch a new line of GPUs, including Intel, which is getting ready to release its range of Arc products. In general, what Scan is experiencing is perhaps indicative of the immediate future of graphic card supplies, which only perpetuates what's being experienced already.
On top of that, Nvidia has been finding itself in hot water recently. With the Federal Trades Commission suing over the ARM merger, the tech company is getting a lot of flak from governing bodies and enormously influential companies like Google and Apple, who are not keen for team green to have ultimate control of a very important chip company that many big customers rely on.
Source: PCGames N