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NVIDIA reportedly discontinues GeForce RTX 2060 and GTX 1660 series

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2022/11/28 12:16:16 (permalink)
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reportedly-discontinues-geforce-rtx-2060-and-gtx-1660-series
 
This is actually the second time the same source is claiming the end of the mid-range Turing series. Both reportedly discontinued products are based on very similar GPUs, except the RTX 2060 series supported raytracing and DLSS hardware acceleration, while GTX 1660 series were lacking those features. NVIDIA RTX 2060 is a 2019 product that has seen various upgrades over its lifetime. Starting with the SUPER refresh just half a year later and last year’s 12GB memory upgrade. The GTX 1660 and 1660 SUPER series were respectively released with a 3-month delay. Customers have shifted their attention to RTX 30 series now, or even Radeon RX 6600 series which are considered much better priced.
 
BoardChannels report that NVIDIA has confirmed the RTX 2060 and GTX 1660 are no longer produced. This affects all variants, including the SUPER SKUs. What is important to note is that GTX 1650 and GTX 1630 GPUs are not ‘canceled’ yet. Board partners still have excess inventory from the peak of GPU shortages. However, it is not clear if NVIDIA has stopped production of these cards as well.
NVIDIA’s current product lineup features GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3060 GPUs with 8GB. Those cards are still overpriced and sold at $285 and $335 respectively. Hopefully, with NVIDIA shift to Ampere series for low-end models, we will see better competition here soon.
 
It wouldn't surprise me if this were true so that NVIDIA can introduce a new mid to low range video card SKU. 

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    Re: NVIDIA reportedly discontinues GeForce RTX 2060 and GTX 1660 series 2022/11/28 21:52:05 (permalink)
    The majority of GPU sales happen at the lower level so hopefully if they are cancelling the low end it means we can expect a refresh. With mid tier 40 series cards and reduces the cost of the 30 series to become the new low end.

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    Re: NVIDIA reportedly discontinues GeForce RTX 2060 and GTX 1660 series 2022/11/29 14:49:28 (permalink)
    3050 and 3060 has to be the new low tier option.  Microcenter online lists stock levels and my local one has many 3050 and 3060 skus with over 25+ in inventory.  3070's and above and the inventory on hand really starts to thin out.

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