Rumor: Nvidia stops shipping Ampere graphics cards until August

According to a Chinese source, who at one time was noted for a mass of truthful data about video cards (prices, discontinuation of various models, and so on), Nvidia decided to stop supplying Ampere video cards to partners. And this time we are not talking about any specific models, but about the entire line of GeForce RTX 30. The resumption of deliveries is expected at the very end of July or early August.

Rumor: Nvidia stops shipping Ampere graphics cards until August

Of course, Nvidia has not yet reacted to this data in any way, and partners do not comment on the situation. A possible reason for the termination of Ampere supplies is called the sale by miners of the video cards used to mine Ethereum: after a sharp drop in the value of the cryptocurrency, they literally poured into the secondary market. Nvidia, on the other hand, does not want to allow a sharp decline in the cost of video cards: if retail, well saturated with 3D cards, is added to the overcrowded secondary market, prices will inevitably go down, since the supply risks exceeding demand.

On August 4, the London update should start working on the Ethereum network, as a result of which the computing power of miners will not be needed to maintain the blockchain. This has already provoked a sale of crypto-mining equipment, but by the beginning of August there may be even more used video cards on various trading platforms. Perhaps, Nvidia took a break in order to monitor the situation, to assess the volume of sales of used video cards and its impact on the retail market.

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