[Hardware] NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti are not produced for manufacturing costs

[SougarLord]

 

Limited production of NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards due to manufacturing costs

We currently see an extremely difficult situation in the graphics card market. GPU production would be too low to meet the huge demand. It would all be due to severe component supply issues and cryptocurrency mining. Two major problems have come together that affect the video game market.
 
It is pointed out that assemblers do not assemble and distribute RTX 3060 Ti because it offers a low profit margin. It seems that the problem of these graphs would be in the PCB for the Ampere silicon. This PCB would be much more expensive and complex to manufacture than initially anticipated. Due to this the assemblers would be preferring to manufacture the RTX 3070, which leave more profit margin.

 

Not only that, the MSRP stated by NVIDIA for the RTX 3060 Ti would be a problem for assemblers. It appears that NVIDIA has set very tight prices that barely leave any margins for assemblers. And in particular that of the RTX 3060 Ti would be strangling the assemblers.

 

The assemblers who work with NVIDIA indicate that the prices of 250-300 dollars set by the company are unfeasible. Moreover, they indicate that "they would be bankrupt if they sold them at those prices." The RTX 3070 does not offer this problem as it gives NVIDIA partners higher margins.

 

GamerNexus points out that putting the prices set by NVIDIA would mean a big cut in quality. Cooling should be worsened, VRM quality sacrificed, and other PCB component costs reduced. This could pose a great risk, as it will affect the durability of the graphics.

 

We should note that the NVIDIA RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti have very similar PCBs and are based on the GA104 GPU. The difference between the two graphics models is around $ 100, but the performance is similar. As the RTX 3070 gives more margin, we bet on assembling this graph.

 

It is very understandable that manufacturers sell the most profitable model and avoid losing. Nobody would sell a product at a loss, unless you dedicate yourself to selling consoles and earn the money on the other hand.