Nvidia Expects RTX 3090 and RTX 3070 Shortages to Last until 2021, RTX 3070 Delayed Two Weeks
While the shortage spotlight has been on the lack of pre order availability for both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, PC gamers have been having a tough time finding their equivalent of next generation hardware too. Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia found themselves facing unprecedented demand for their new RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 graphics cards, which sold out almost immediately after they became available. Now, according to Tom’s Hardware, Nvidia is expecting the resultant shortage of these cards to continue throughout 2020 and the company has delayed the release of the RTX 3070 card by an additional two weeks.
“I believe that demand will outstrip all of our supply through the year,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a press call. “Remember, we’re also going into the double-whammy. The double-whammy is the holiday season. Even before the holiday season, we were doing incredibly well, and then you add on top of it the ‘Ampere factor,’ and then you add on top of that the ‘Ampere holiday factor,’ and we’re going to have a really really big Q4 season.”