Report: RTX 50 Supply Pressure Pushes Sellers Toward Older GeForce Cards

Older GeForce graphics cards are taking a larger role in sales efforts across parts of Asia as supplies of NVIDIA’s RTX 50 series come under pressure, according to a November 2 report from TechPowerUp. The account describes manufacturers directing sellers toward RTX 3060 and RTX 3050 cards, particularly in China.

TechPowerUp cites reporting from ChannelGate that some add-in card partners are already exhausting their RTX 50-series inventory. That report attributes the pressure to cryptocurrency mining demand and Chinese e-commerce promotions drawing down retail supplies. These are reported explanations for the shortages, rather than a statement from NVIDIA.

Ampere cards return to the sales pitch

The alternatives highlighted in the report belong to NVIDIA’s older Ampere generation. Alongside the RTX 3060 and RTX 3050, retailers are reportedly promoting some AMD Radeon models to accommodate demand that would otherwise go toward RTX 50-series products.

TechPowerUp also says NVIDIA reintroduced the RTX 3060 12 GB edition in June. The configuration described includes 3,584 CUDA cores and 12 GB of GDDR6 memory, with production using Samsung’s 8 nm DUV process.

Availability is the central issue

For PC gamers, the distinction is between which cards sellers have available and which generation buyers originally wanted. The reported sales shift does not establish that these older products offer equivalent performance or value; the source provides no comparative testing or current prices.

The accompanying source photograph shows an older EVGA RTX 3060. TechPowerUp explicitly identifies that particular card as no longer in production, so it should not be read as an example of a newly manufactured EVGA model.