Nvidia to Relaunch RTX 3060 in June 2026

Nvidia is preparing to relaunch its five-year-old GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card with 12GB of VRAM in June 2026, according to leaks from a reliable hardware tipster, as the company seeks to address shortages in the budget GPU market. The move comes amid delays for a planned 9GB version of the entry-level RTX 5050, leaving the older Ampere-based card to fill the gap for gamers facing high prices and limited options.

The RTX 3060, originally released in 2021 as a mid-range option, features 3,584 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. Production will reportedly resume using Samsung's 8nm process node, the same technology employed for the initial Ampere lineup. This approach allows Nvidia to bypass capacity constraints at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, where its newer Ada Lovelace and Blackwell architectures, including the RTX 50 series, are fabricated on advanced 5nm nodes. By sticking with Samsung, Nvidia avoids diverting resources needed for high-end products like the RTX 5090 and enterprise chips, while leveraging matured manufacturing for cost efficiency.

The decision highlights ongoing challenges in GPU supply. Current budget cards, such as the RTX...