A slightly crazy rumor at the moment, but less so the deeper you dig into the state of the PC GPU market.
As you know, DRAM chip prices have been exploding since September. Inflation is continuing month after month, with no end in sight for the time being, and prices for DDR5 chips, for example, have more than doubled since their low point in August 2025. Today, however, the problem is no longer confined to DDR bars, and all manufacturers of devices using DRAM chips have to contend not only with outrageous prices, but also with a general shortage.
In this context, NVIDIA has not been spared, and its graphics cards have been disappearing from the shelves since late autumn 2025. At most French retailers, GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080 are virtually impossible to find, and the situation is no better for GeForce RTX 5070 and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. Only the more affordable GeForce RTX 5050, GeForce RTX 5060 and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti models are still "in stock", and even then only for versions with 8 GB VRAM: models with 16 GB have all but disappeared.
What if GeForce RTX 3060s were a way to combat shortages? © NVIDIA
NVIDIA is forced to find a solution, and although no official announcement from the firm founded by Jensen Huang has yet been made, multiple rumors point to plans that would have surprised more than a few observers just six months ago. First of all, there is simply no longer any question of launching a new "SUPER" range. Traditionally, these SUPER models arrive a year after the first wave of new-generation cards, with the primary aim of optimizing things a little to better meet market expectations. In this case, that would have been to increase the amount of video memory... so, inevitably, that's a sticking point.
The other decision that NVIDIA might have to make: relaunching production of older GPUs to relieve the completely saturated production lines of TSMC, NVIDIA's Taiwanese partner. By relaunching GeForce RTX 3060 - which were discontinued not so long ago - NVIDIA could effectively be putting two of its partners to work: TSMC would still be working on GeForce RTX 40 and 50 series, while Samsung would be in charge of relaunching production of GeForce RTX 30 series, based on a less complex etching node. To be continued...
