Nvidia Reportedly Combatting GPU Shortages By Bringing Back Discontinued Graphics Card

As GPU prices continue to skyrocket and stock becomes increasingly scarce, rumors are swirling that Nvidia might be about to resurrect a previously discontinued line of hardware.

According to Wccftech, Nvidia is reportedly on the verge of resuming production on its budget-friendly GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs to combat the ongoing shortage of RAM being caused by an uptick in development on AI technologies and the increasing prices of memory.

Wccftech’s reporting on these rumors seems to stem from a credible leaker of Nvidia GPU production news on Twitter called @hongxing2020. According to a post they made early on January 5, Nvidia seems poised to bring back the RTX 3060 in the first quarter of 2026.

The back half of 2025 saw GPU prices sharply rise as tech companies voted to go all in on AI. In short, many of these companies need more raw computing power, which means that companies like Nvidia are now dedicating massive amounts of their own consumer stock to these ends. What little is left for consumers looking to build PCs has now risen in value, and you’ve likely seen as much if you’ve spent the last few months shopping around for the right parts for a gaming PC.

Just days into 2026, it was reported that both AMD and Nvidia , two of the most reputable names in the business, would be raising the prices of their consumer GPUs quite heavily this year. Some of the estimates being floated sound preposterous, but regardless, you better get used to the idea of paying a lot of money–more than usual, at least–for memory as we wade deeper into 2026.

That is, unless the rumors prove true and Nvidia does really bring back the RTX 3060, which is still one of the most popular graphics cards around despite being phased out for the newer (and more expensive) 40 and 50 series GPUs.