As GPU costs proceed to skyrocket and inventory turns into more and more scarce, rumors are swirling that Nvidia is perhaps about to resurrect a beforehand discontinued line of {hardware}.
Based on Wccftech, Nvidia is reportedly on the verge of resuming manufacturing on its budget-friendly GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs to fight the continuing scarcity of RAM being brought on by an uptick in growth on AI applied sciences and the rising costs of reminiscence.
Wccftech’s reporting on these rumors appears to stem from a reputable leaker of Nvidia GPU manufacturing information on Twitter known as @hongxing2020. Based on a put up they made early on January 5, Nvidia appears poised to convey again the RTX 3060 within the first quarter of 2026.
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rtx3060 Q1 come again… 🥲— hongxing2020 (@hongxing2020) January 5, 2026
The again half of 2025 noticed GPU costs sharply rise as tech firms voted to go all in on AI. In brief, many of those firms want extra uncooked computing energy, which implies that firms like Nvidia at the moment are dedicating huge quantities of their very own client inventory to those ends. What little is left for customers seeking to construct PCs has now risen in worth, and you have probably seen as a lot when you’ve spent the previous couple of months purchasing round for the proper components for a gaming PC.
Simply days into 2026, it was reported that each AMD and Nvidia , two of essentially the most respected names within the enterprise, can be elevating the costs of their client GPUs fairly closely this yr. A number of the estimates being floated sound preposterous, however regardless, you higher get used to the concept of paying numerous money–more than traditional, at least–for reminiscence as we wade deeper into 2026.
That’s, except the rumors show true and Nvidia does actually convey again the RTX 3060, which continues to be some of the popular graphics cards round regardless of being phased out for the newer (and costlier) 40 and 50 collection GPUs.