Give her 14: 00 today it will be possible to buy, or at least try , the new GeForce RTX 3070 . The third architecture-based video card Ampere of Nvidia , reviewed in recent days, is on the market starting from 519 euro in the Founders Edition version and with price lists that should start from 600 euro for custom versions of partners.

Nvidia has packed a card offering performance similar to RTX 2080 You but at a practically halved price , so a high demand is to be expected, despite someone having decided in extremis to pause the purchase after the presentation of the Radeon RX 6000 from AMD. What is certain is that Nvidia has postponed the availability of this video card for a fortnight, in order to create a larger initial stock, even if it may not be enough .

Above you can see the message posted on Twitter by Newegg , popular US shop that warns enthusiasts about the real possibility that the entire inventory of RTX 3070 vanish within minutes . Newegg has confirmed that it has far more cards in stock than in previous debuts, but expects much more demand. We have heard the same thing from our sources also for Italy. And this time the onslaught of bots should not be repeated, which especially in the United States made the launch of the RTX 3080 a real nightmare.

Below you can see the message that reached via email those who clicked the notification button on the Nvidia website in recent days to know when the notification button would become available 3070 Founders Edition. The message clearly puts its hands on the possibility of not being able to purchase the card immediately, and refers to trusted stores, while ensuring “short” stocks.

Nvidia’s CEO has stated in recent weeks that he expects a shortage of RTX cards 3080 and 3090 with respect to market demand up to 2021, and it seems that the RTX 3070 will be difficult to buy, even if it is not clear how long the so-called “ shortage “.

It remains to be seen whether AMD will get along better than Nvidia when 18 November will introduce the first RDNA 2 cards , the Radeon RX 6800 and the RX 6800 XT, followed on December 8 by the Radeon RX 6900 XT. There is a fundamental difference between the Radeons and the GeForce, the manufacturer of the respective chips: the more established and experienced TSMC in the case of AMD and Samsung, an almost new entry in the GPU production landscape, for Nvidia.

AMD has also put pen to paper several rules that retailers will have to follow to prevent launch stocks from evaporating in minutes as it did in the case of its rival, even if the company does not have the mathematical certainty of being able to cover a question that, after yesterday’s presentation, could be higher than the rosiest expectations.