NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40-Series GPUs reportedly delayed

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NVIDIA has pushed back the launch date of its RTX 40-Series GPUs, according to a recent report.
The RTX 4090, RTX 4080, and RTX 4070 have all reportedly been pushed back a month to September, October, and November 2022, respectively.
NVIDIA also delayed the launch of its GTX 1630 graphics card, according to the same report.

NVIDIA has reportedly delayed the launch of its RTX 40-Series graphics cards to later this year. VideoCardz confirmed the news with multiple sources and outlined the new dates for the GPUs. The RTX 4090, RTX 4080, and RTX 4070 will all launch one month later than previously scheduled, pushing them to September, October, and November 2022, respectively. The outlet noted that these dates may change again.

Below are the previous and updated launch dates, according to VideoCardz.

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Hardware	Previous Launch Date	Updated Launch Date (On-Shelf)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630	June 15, 2022	TBD
NVIDIA RTX 4090	August 2022	September 2022
NVIDIA RTX 4080	September 2022	October 2022
NVIDIA RTX 4070	October 2022	November 2022

Additionally, NVIDIA has reportedly delayed the launch of its GTX 1630 graphics card. Originally set to launch next week, the release date of the card is now "to be determined," according to VideoCardz. The outlet noted that board partners have already made GTX 1630 cards that are currently being validated. It's also said that the packaging design for the GPU has been finalized and approved.

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