In a nutshell: Nvidia'due south mid-range RTX 3000-serial carte du jour, the RTX 3060, is a little more i week away from launch, although what exactly that means during these foreign times is largely upwards for argue. With scalpers, miners and legitimate gamers all vying for Nvidia hardware, it seems well-nigh sure that inventory shortages are going to continue.

Nvidia 3000-series cards went alive in the latter half of 2022 but myriad of issues ensured in-store inventory remained about extinct. That's withal the example today, as the merely way to get your hands on a new menu is to pay an exorbitant price on a third-party marketplace.

Will the same hold true for the RTX 3060?

Nvidia'due south mid-ranger carries an MSRP of merely $329 and is scheduled to launch on February 25. According to reports, withal, some retailers are already hiking the price of the card by equally much as 75 percent in the pre-guild period.

Truth be told, these cards are likely to get bought up by the same scalpers that take wreaked havoc on the hardware and console electronics manufacture in contempo months. That, combined with already low levels of product / chip shortages caused by the pandemic and the recent demand for cards for cryptocurrency mining is making a tough situation even more untenable.