With Nvidia reportedly cutting back on GeForce RTX 2070 Super graphics cards, the launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 appears to be approaching.

Nvidia is gradually halting production of its Turing architecture-based GeForce 20 series graphics cards, and MyDrivers has learned that the RTX 2070 Super, released in September 2018, will join the RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 2070, etc. Nvidia has not officially confirmed that these Turing cards will be retired, but with the next generation of Ampere-based GeForce cards scheduled to debut in the fall, it makes sense that production of the current generation cards will be discontinued

In other words, it is not clear if the current generation of cards will be discontinued.

This means that the GeForce RTX 2060 and GeForce GTX 1660 are the only non-notebook GeForce cards that appear to still be in production. If retailers have them in stock, they will still be able to get GeForce graphics cards that should have been discontinued.

However, it appears that the aforementioned GeForce GPUs sent to graphics card manufacturers are no longer available, meaning that the supply of most of the GeForce 20 series will gradually dry up. At the same time, with new Ampere GeForce GPUs on the horizon, retailers may discount some of the discontinued graphics cards quite heavily in order to move inventory. Those looking to build a gaming PC on a budget should keep an eye out for bargains.

The next wave of GeForce cards is expected to replace the current lineup in stages; the GeForce RTX 3080 will likely take over Nvidia's top consumer GPU from the GeForce 2080 Ti and could be available in September September. The RTX 3070 is then expected to follow in October, followed by the mid-range RTX 3060 at the end of the year or early 2021.

With AMD preparing its Nvidia killer Big Navi graphics card, which will also be released in the fall, the next generation of GeForce GPUs will need to arrive sooner rather than later to keep the competition at bay.