The recent shortages of 28 nm GPUs could be easing in late May, Digitimes reports.
"Sources" at graphics card makers told Digitimes that TSMC is increasing its manufacturing capacity and it should have some positive impact this month. There no further specifics how much the output of GPUs will grow.
However, we know that Nvidia is set to launch new graphics cards models (the GTX 670 and 610) and AMD is expected to react with price drops of the 7000 series. This should drive the cards closer to mainstream price levels.
AMD recently gained market share over Nvidia in the fourth quarter of 2011. Nvidia is set to report the earnings for its first fiscal quarter 2013, ended on April 29 2012, on May 11. Analysts generally expect the results to show weakness in GPU shipments due to the 28 nm production shortages.
Nvidia is also under pressure to move Kepler quickly into the mainstream with high volume products due to Intel's Ivy Bridge CPU, which are marketed by Intel as "good-enough" graphics engines that deliver enough horsepower for most PCs are sold today.
And anyway, HD4000 is hardly there in the lineup, few people buy i7s for the IGP, and almost all i5s have HD2500. I don't know what's up with Intel on this front.
Check with a company called central computers based out of the San Jose area, that's where I got two. Also, if you go to EVGA's website and go to "where to buy" call each company and see if they have them in stock. Just don't deal with Dell, I ordered two with them. First they said I'd have them buy April 5th then they said that they ran out post order and I'd receive the cards by may 21st lol.
First fiscal quarter 2013 is correct. They run theirs about a year ahead.
I hope this improves soon because I'm dying to replace my Intel celeron + GTS 8500 system, its just painful.
And now you have random people buying up 690s and putting them up for $1800+
Gotta love product shortages. Pretty much ruins great cards. It will be interesting to see if this helps nvidia with production, as there are rumors that poor yields are due as much to their design as to TSMC. Those rumors occupy generally anti-nvidia sites, but still - it will be interesting to see if they can get GK104-based cards in stock. It's also worrisome that there are now rumors circulating that the true midrange card, the 660ti, may not see the light of day for another 5-6 months. For consumers, hopefully that's not true.
And anyway, HD4000 is hardly there in the lineup, few people buy i7s for the IGP, and almost all i5s have HD2500. I don't know what's up with Intel on this front.
Per Frozen CPU's Facebook page, as of yesterday they have 680's in stock.
not anymore they don't
as the article states,"Nvidia is also under pressure to move Kepler quickly into the mainstream . ."
it is referring not to gaming but to desktops where intel HD graphics do suffice.
Which is why i mentioned the i7s...
I hate that too, their APU's have given me hope for IGP's but their cpu's are way behind in performance and thats what's hurting them, AMD needs to get their game on and deliver a massive increase in cpu performance.
As I commute to work I refresh newegg's web for good 15 min every day. On refresh number 4
GTX680 was in stock so I must have been perhaps the 1st who saw it...unless there are more people as I lol so I wanted to add it to my card...bamm ...limited stock bla blahhhh ...basically you can not buy it...best part is 10 min later I got email notification that card is in stock...well obviously it is not.
Frustrating. I give up. It appears that lower we go with die the lower are the yields and not very profitable as one would thing ...well stick to the old die before jumping on something new that is not reliable.
Solitaire @ 5760x1200 triple screen maybe
Think I will stick to a dedicated card thanks, Gaming pc's shouldn't be using on board graphics at all!