Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 launch postponed to October 29th

If you’ve been living a tough life over the past month, you probably missed the launch of Nvidia’s latest RTX 3000 series graphics cards. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and enhanced RTX 3090 saw the light of day in September. These are powerful GPUs that offer up to 2x performance improvement compared to previous generations at attractive prices.

If you’ve been waiting with bated breath to get your hands on an RTX 3070, you’ll have to put up with a little more money. Nvidia has delayed the launch of its RTX 3070 GPU until October 29th. It was scheduled to be released on October 15th. This may be sad news for Nvidia fans, but this step was taken to ensure sufficient stock for launch day.

“Production of GeForce RTX 3070 graphics cards is increasing rapidly. Many of you have told us that more cards should be available on launch day. To make that happen, we are We will update the availability date on Thursday, October 29th,” the official blog post reads.

Nvidia further added that while this delay may be disappointing for eager buyers , it is essential as it gives Nvidia’s partners the opportunity to manufacture more RTX 3070 cards leading up to the launch date . Ta. Early last week, we already saw avid gamers vent their frustration and anger over the abysmal stock of RTX 3080 graphics cards. The company released an official statement explaining that the unprecedented demand for RTX 3000 series GPUs caused its and its partners’ inventory to quickly deplete.

Nvidia has no intention of repeating last week’s mistake. Instead, it gave its partners an additional 14 days to ramp up production. So, if you are considering buying a GeForce RTX 3070 GPU, you may have a better chance this time.