Nvidia has apparently discontinued the GeForce RTX 2060 and GTX 1660, two of the most well-liked graphics playing cards on Steam. Tremendous variants of the GPUs are additionally reportedly getting the chop, however the GTX 1650 and 1630 will seemingly stay on.
The Nvidia RTX 2060 and GTX 1660 aren’t greatest graphics card contenders by way of uncooked efficiency, however each are being utilized by gamers extra most different GPUs.That’s based on Valve’s newest Steam {Hardware} Survey, which locations each forward of newer releases just like the RTX 4080. The GeForce RTX 3060 takes the lead, nevertheless it’s nonetheless spectacular to see two 2019 playing cards preserve their recognition.
Sadly, latest stories by BoardChannels state the duo is now discontinued, as Nvidia desires to shift its “product gross sales technique” focus to RTX 3000 manufacturing (through Wccftech). Whereas retiring older product strains isn’t uncommon in itself, the inexperienced staff’s RTX 2060 12GB refresh is comparatively sizzling off the press.
RTX 2060 and GTX 1660 manufacturing ought to persist till AIB provides dry up, and BoardChannels says some distributors have already cleared out their stock. In contrast to the latter card, the GTX 1650 and 1630 aren’t heading to the GPU retirement dwelling fairly but, however there’s an opportunity we’ll see 1660’s siblings comply with swimsuit within the close to future.
RTX 4000 GPUs is perhaps the following huge factor, however Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang beforehand revealed that RTX 3000 continues to be nonetheless “a part of the brand new household.” In different phrases, Ampere will possible function a lower-cost various all through Lovelace’s time on the high, or at the least till the RTX 4070 and rumoured RTX 4050 arrive on the GPU scene.
