Not long ago nvidia introduced to the world the graphics card GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, bringing near-the-possible working capacity to the company, but apparently this same world is not finding the product in stores. The problem reaches the model developed and sold by the manufacturer itself, called the Founder’s Edition.
Every Nvidia video card is developed by the brand and manufactured by a partner that licenses the technology, such as Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte and MSI. Each model uses the same base and changes some points, such as cooling system or an overclock already inserted and even adds more RGB lights, in some cases increasing the physical size and price of the GPU.
For purists, Nvidia also manufactures a model called founder’s edition with no extra addition slated and receives some trading partner to sell the GPU. While versions of the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti from other brands have reached retail and are already gone from stock, the variant without another company listed in the box has even hit the shelf.
The locations that would receive these models are the BestBuy network in the United States and Scan to the United Kingdom, but none of these seem to have marketed any unit of the 3070 Ti since its launch. In many cases the product ceases to appear in stock and gives the faces on Ebay, with a very high price precisely for the low supply, but not even that happened.
In fact two ads appeared and both managed to finalize the sale of the GPU, both costing on average $ 1,400. This value is already absurd, as it is more than 2.3 times more expensive than the original price of $ 599 for the RTX 3070 Ti.
Driver bugs may be blamed for rtx 3070 Ti disappearance
The Verge speculates that a driver problem may be the cause of the disappearance, as in the review unit the American vehicle noticed an unexpected drop in performance in Watch Dogs: Legion. Ars Technica also noticed similar bugs.
The American press says nvidia has not yet returned contacts about the lack of stock and likely delay in the release of the Founder’s Edition model for the RTX 3070 Ti. There is no forecast for the release of this graphics card for Brazil, but models from other manufacturers can be found for very high values: between R$ 12.5 thousand and R$ 17.6 thousand.
