A shortage of GeForce RTX 40-series graphics cards will soon arise. The RTX 4070 will be hit the hardest – insiders

Supply chain insiders claim that because Nvidia has constrained production lines, a shortage in the GeForce RTX 40 family could hit the market as early as August, potentially leading to a 50% drop in shipments.

The GeForce RTX 4070 and GeForce RTX 4060 series are believed to be the most affected. On the other hand, BoardChannels reports that Nvidia has faced a shortage of GDDR6X memory. In the past, the company received a batch of GDDR6X with quality control issues, which resulted in shipment delays. According to the source, Nvidia has already resolved this problem. However, such a minor hiccup would likely have put the entire production volume at risk.

Considering the difficulties Nvidia and its partners experienced with previous Ampere inventory, reducing shipments might have been carried out to prevent a massive inventory buildup, especially since the launch of the next-generation Blackwell series is just around the corner.

A cutback in GeForce RTX 40 shipments is quite natural, given not only that the RTX 50 series will replace the current lineup, but also that demand for the GeForce RTX 40 has dropped.

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