Nvidia RTX 3070 just got delayed — and that's good news for AMD Big Navi

Nvidia RTX 3070 merely got delayed — and that's good news for AMD Big Navi

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The launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 has been pushed back from Oct 15 to October 29, seemingly to avoid customers getting frustrated at a lack of stock.

The RTX 3070 will launch at a toll of $499, the same price equally an Xbox Serial X or PS5, withal will offer performance that beats the $999 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. It could be the all-time value graphics cards Nvidia has ever made and volition likely exist snapped upward by PC gaming fans.

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However, the appetite for Nvidia'southward new GeForce RTX 3000-series graphics cards has been a flake of a double-edged sword for the graphics giant. The $699 GeForce RTX 3080 sold out nearly instantly, much to the frustration of some PC gamers. And even the $1,499 GeForce RTX 3090 sold out very speedily.

So we'd expect a well-priced and powerful next-gen Nvidia GPU to have even more than need. And information technology seems like Nvidia has learned from the launch of the RTX 3080 and is taking activity to avoid huge stock shortage by pushing back the RTX 3070'south release.

RTX 3070 DELAYED! Probably and so there's more than just 7 and a half units worldwide 😂 https://t.co/fS8wB9WgQl motion-picture show.twitter.com/0pMxztdFmWOctober 2, 2020

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"We've heard from many of you that there should be more cards available on launch twenty-four hours. To help make that happen, we are updating the availability appointment to Thursday, October 29," Nvidia said. "We know this may be disappointing to those eager to buy a GeForce RTX 3070 every bit soon as possible, even so this shift will assist our global partners get more graphics cards into the hands of gamers on launch solar day."

Such a move makes a lot of sense. But it puts Nvidia in a slightly tricky position, as the RTX 3070 will launch just after AMD takes the covers off its Radeon RTX 6000 series graphics cards, including Large Navi, on October 28. These cards are expected to deliver high-stop performance just also be priced rather competitively, meaning the RTX 3070 could face strong competition at the end of the month.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.Thousand. Editor at Tom's Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He ofttimes writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he'southward as well got an interest in cars. When non at his desk-bound Roland can exist found wandering around London, often with a wait of curiosity on his face up.