News Where to Buy Nvidia RTX 4060 GPUs: Links and Prices, All Custom Cards

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We've put together a list of all the retailers and models for Nvidia's new RTX 4060 GPU, with graphics cards from Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, PNY, Zotac, and more.

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[Metal Messiah.]

Is this GPU selling like hotcakes ? Or there is zero demand ? Because, in JAPAN there was only 1 customer waiting to buy one of these puppies.

Pictures tweeted by Hermita_Akiba which covers various Japanese hardware outlets, show that there was only one major PC shop in the country, Dospara, and only one person showed up for the GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card, at least for now.

But this user had a good reason to do this, because he wanted to upgrade his older GeForce GTX 1060 card. He bought the MSI Gaming X variant. Even the PC Studio retail shop also suffered the same fate.

It's too early to jump on any conclusion now though, since hardware sales trackers can give us insight if this card indeed managed to sell a decent amount of units in the first few weeks or not, not just in ASIA, but also US, UK and EU.

Have fun, will travel !

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1674406261281153024

View: https://twitter.com/hermita_akiba/status/1674406261281153024

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1674400093368373248

View: https://twitter.com/hermita_akiba/status/1674400093368373248

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1674373027847614466

View: https://twitter.com/akiba_ten_M/status/1674373027847614466

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Is this GPU selling like hotcakes ? Or there is zero demand ? Because, in JAPAN there was only 1 customer waiting to buy one of these puppies.

In Japan, someone took a photo of one person waiting at one shop and made a story about it. That sort of "reporting" really says very little, though.

I get that previous generation GPUs often had lines of people waiting to buy, but there was a reason for that. Namely: Mining farms and scalpers. Demand from that sector caused mass buying and queues. Absent mining? I have rarely, in over 20 years of covering tech, seen lots of people lining up to buy new graphics cards, and basically it's unheard of for people to line up to buy new mainstream parts. If anything, people bought the cards online. No more Best Buy exclusives for the time being.

The best indication of sales for the current generation are from the Steam Hardware Survey, which lags a few months behind. Right now, RTX 40-series GPUs are doing okay I think, compared to previous generation GPUs. But they're definitely not selling like hotcakes! The SHWS May data indicates that 1.61% of surveyed PCs have an RTX 40-series GPU, compared to 29.19% for RTX 30-series, 10.95% for RTX 20-series, and 15.78% for GTX 10-series. AMD's RX 7000-series doesn't show up at all yet, while the RX 6000-series is at 2.97% now.

By way of comparison, in May of 2021 (roughly the same amount of time after the RTX 30/RX 6000-series launches), it looks like Nvidia RTX 30-series was at 3.16% of the market and the RX 6000-series was still a no-show. So we can't say if AMD is doing any better or worse, but at least Nvidia looks to have penetrated the Steam Survey about half as much this time compared with the previous gen.

For the Turing generation, it's harder, because Steam didn't start separating those out in the API page until ... it looks like October 2019 (September data). By then, the RTX 20-series was at 6.14% and the 16-series was at 3.13%.

That makes sense to me. It's not that all of the latest cards are horrible, but they're not amazing and there's nothing like mining or a pandemic driving increased demand. Sales are probably very similar to how the RTX 20-series was doing in 2019.

 

[Amdlova]

I will wait price drop The HD 770 is free and works really well for now!

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

No surprise nobody lined up to buy an entry level GPU. Even on Newegg there are 4060 models costing up to $380 (plus tax), and you would have to be desperate to pay anything near that for a neutered card. I wouldn't even consider recommending it to anyone until it's $300 including tax, and only then under certain circumstances, like you need a new GPU and you only play lightly demanding games, do not want a used card, and do not want a previous generation card.

 

[Gauche Cockney]

RTX 4050 would be a great card if its price drop to $250

 

[Pollopesca]

Just an observation: Gigabyte seems to be the only AIB at this point with two HDMI ports on the 4060.

Nvidia only requires one HDMI, but its still interesting that no one else including Asus offers anything other than 3DP/1HDMI.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

In Japan, someone took a photo of one person waiting at one shop and made a story about it. That sort of "reporting" really says very little, though.

Truth be told, that was indeed the case in Japan. Hardly one guy came to buy this GPU. Don't know about the rest of Asia, and other countries though.

And only 2 shops were opened in the evening, 10pm local time of the product's embargo, but were closed after few hours. These exact same retail shops during the Covid-19 pandemic had LONG queues of users standing in the line, just to grab a GPU.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Truth be told, that was indeed the case in Japan. Hardly one guy came to buy this GPU. Don't know about the rest of Asia, and other countries though.

And only 2 shops were opened in the evening, 10pm local time of the product's embargo, but were closed after few hours. These exact same retail shops during the Covid-19 pandemic had LONG queues of users standing in the line, just to grab a GPU.

Are you living in Japan? What part? I didn't even realize Nvidia did timed sales embargoes around the world, though I suppose it makes sense. I can't imagine staying up late to go buy a new graphics card on day 0... though my dad and I did go to a CompUSA at midnight back in 1995 for the launch of Windows 95! Hahaha.

I even stayed up late and installed it on his 486 25MHz PC, from the 10 or whatever floppy disks (we didn't have a CD drive in that PC, IIRC). Then I upgraded my 386 and probably another PC or two. There wasn't really a long line to buy, though, just a dozen or so people waiting for the Win95 launch. Good times! That was the first and last time I went to a retail store for a late night launch, though.

Anyway, pandemic times were weird, everywhere. I went to a Best Buy for an RTX launch, found 100-ish people lined up. Also found out that there were only about 100 cards, and that probably at least 200 people had come and gone when they found out they were going to be "too late." That was for an RTX 3080 Ti maybe? My memory is hazy, maybe it was just for an announced restock of 30-series parts. Not surprisingly, most of the people at the Best Buy that would talk to me said they were buying the cards to flip them on eBay, or for mining. There were definitely some very shady types hanging about who didn't want to chat with me or be in my photos. 🙃

But normally, prior to 2020, I rarely if ever heard of people lining up for any GPU launches. Apple crap? Sure, or maybe GPUs a bit in 2017, because we also had cryptocraziness happening then. But 2020/2021 was abnormal in every sense of the word.

Retail stores need to get with the new reality (or back to the reasonably normal reality) and realize that no one is going to line up at a brick and mortar location for a new mainstream GPU, especially not when there's zero shortages of other GPUs. You can buy everything you might want online and have it arrive within a day or two. That wasn't the case during the Covid dark times, which is the only reason people were willing to deal with that crap.

Which is my point on the reporting on the lack of people lining up in Japan. We could write a "no one queued up to buy a new XXX" story about pretty much every piece of new PC hardware launched this year, because demand isn't wildly outpacing supply. Also: "The sky is blue!" —an exclusive report by the hard-hitting editorial staff.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Are you living in Japan? What part? I didn't even realize Nvidia did timed sales embargoes around the world, though I suppose it makes sense. I can't imagine staying up late to go buy a new graphics card on day 0... though my dad and I did go to a CompUSA at midnight back in 1995 for the launch of Windows 95! Hahaha.

Nah, I don't live In Japan, but I have a lot of contacts and friends in Asia, including GPU vendors and AIB board partners. And I know the local sales embargo usually lifts late in the night, around 10pm-12pm, which obviously is weird, imagine waking up all night to grab a product which you like, lol.

They told me that no gamer is willing to purchase this new mainstream Nvidia GPU. I agree with the rest of your comment.

But my guess is that these days, there are no shortages of GPU, and the SUPPLY issue is non-existent, so it makes little sense for someone to grab it from a retail shop, when they can EASILY purchase it online. So this might also be one of the reasons.

Anyway, the company who posted the above Tweet, hermita_akiba, wrote about their disappointing response in Japanese. And the text roughly translates to,

“[Akiba coverage team] The GeForce RTX 4060 is on sale from 22:00 this evening, but there is only one person waiting. No others.. Shops closing.”

Those pictures were taken moments before the sale went live. As seen in the pictures, there’s only a single individual seen waiting to buy the $299 product. And Hermita_Akiba cover various Japanese hardware outlets, and is a shopping hub for Tech products.

Glad to know about your Windows 95 late night purchase !

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Got not so good news for those residing in Asia: This shouldn't effect the rest of world though. *fingers crossed*

GeForce RTX 40 GPUs are reportedly going to see a price hike in China/Asia due to changing currency exchange rate.

Chinese Board Channel forums (via MyDrivers) have reported that prices for mid to high-end NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 GPUs which include the RTX 4060, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4070, RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4080 & the RTX 4090 will see a price increase anywhere from 2-3% starting July.

The main reason behind the price hike is said to be changing exchange rates due to which NVIDIA has notified its board partners to implement necessary price changes on existing graphics cards.

The pricing has already been adjusted by various retailers and we can expect the same for the rest of the lineup. In the case of the higher-end models such as the GeForce RTX 4090, a 4% price hike similar to the RTX 4060 would mean that it would see a price increase from 12999 RMB (MSRP) to 13599 RMB which is almost a $100 US increase.

That's scary !