Nvidia's RTX 3060 Ti is likely to ship this year, one retailer's strange bragging suggests

Screenshot of Silicon Valley Computers store selling 3060 Ti stock
(Image credit: Silicon Valley Computers)

Once again, scandals over 30-series stock are abound. An electronic company based in Saudi Arabia has been spotted (via Tom's Hardware) boasting about having the as yet unannounced GeForce RTX 3060 Ti cards in stock. And, although it seems highly unlikely the seller had hands on the cards themselves before Nvidia has even had a chance to announce them, there could be something to the claims.

The potential publicity stunt from Silicon Valley Computers has been supported by screenshots of the store where the cards were supposedly in stock. The images show the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G listed for $986, and the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G edition at $1,013. And, although they appear to be photoshopped, the claims have also been bolstered by a video on twitter, shown below (via @harukaze5719). 

The vid clearly shows the GPU boxes in the seller's possession, although all boxes in question remained sealed throughout the video. So, we can't say for sure whether there were actual GPUs were inside. Still, seeing as the apparent boxes have been caught on camera, the brags that followed (though, terribly translated) may indeed have had some weight to them.

"Some people don’t believe.. and we [don't] blame you. But after this video, you [will] believe it. Exclusively, and before official launch RTX3060Ti. Now available at all our showrooms or through our online store," one part suggests.

"Surprise for the first time in the kingdom. Arrived now and exclusively with us. And even before the official release, RTX 3060 Ti."

Since the claims surfaced, these elusive cards appear to have sold out, and SV Comp has now "removed the product listings" from the store. That is, if they ever existed in the first place. That being said, even if the store never had the cards themselves, the presence of such convincing packaging has left us wondering.

Screen queens

(Image credit: Future)

Best gaming monitor: pixel-perfect panels for your PC
Best 4K monitor for gaming: when only high-res will do
Best 4K TV for gaming: big-screen 4K PC gaming

If this, and other rumors are true, there is a high likelihood we're in for the new GeForce RTX 3060 Ti cards to be announced within the next couple of months. These second generation RTX cards should sit neatly in the current Ampere stack, just below the RTX 3070.

Speculation places the likely specs of the RTX 3060 Ti at 4,864 CUDA cores, with 8GB GDDR6 memory. More to the point, the likelihood remains that Nvidia is gearing up to get an RTX 3060 Ti model out soon. Maybe even before the holidays arrive. 

Whatever the case may be, I can't imagine Silicon Valley Computers will receive any direct from Nvidia or its distribution partners after this.

Katie Wickens
Hardware Writer

Screw sports, Katie would rather watch Intel, AMD and Nvidia go at it. Having been obsessed with computers and graphics for three long decades, she took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni, and has been rambling about games, tech and science—rather sarcastically—for four years since. She can be found admiring technological advancements, scrambling for scintillating Raspberry Pi projects, preaching cybersecurity awareness, sighing over semiconductors, and gawping at the latest GPU upgrades. Right now she's waiting patiently for her chance to upload her consciousness into the cloud.

Latest in Graphics Cards
Nvidia App
Hmmm, upgrades: Nvidia App gets an optional AI assistant and custom DLSS resolution scaling
A close-up photo of an Nvidia RTX 4070, with its heatsink removed, showing the AD104 GPU die and the surrounding Micron GDDR6X VRAM chips
With Nvidia Ace taking up 1 GB of VRAM in Inzoi, Team Green will need to up its memory game if AI NPCs take off in PC gaming
A collage of Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards, as shown in AMD's promotional video for the launch of RDNA 4 at CES 2025
AMD's CEO claims 9070 XT sales are 10x higher than all previous Radeon generations but that's just for the first week of availability
Colorful iGame RTX 5070 Ti Vulcan OC graphics card from various angles
The RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti are rumoured to be mere weeks away, with board partners reportedly required to ensure at least one MSRP model at launch
Nvidia headquarters
Nvidia CEO sets sights on making 'several hundred billion' dollars worth of electronics in the USA over the next four years, increasing the chance of your next GPU being made in America
The Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition, a gold-plated graphics card on a sand dune background
A Jensen Huang-signed version of this golden Asus RTX 5090 will be auctioned off to support relief efforts for the California wildfires
Latest in News
An Enshrouded player in a recreation of Erebor from The Lord of the Rings
Kings under the Mountain! 33 Enshrouded players spent 10,000 hours to recreate this iconic location from The Lord of the Rings
A mech awakens.
Mecha Break developer is considering unlocking all mechs following open beta feedback
Lara Croft Unified Art
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics lays off 17 employees 'to better align our current business needs and the studio's future success'
A long bendy arm stealing money from people in a subway car
'You're a very long arm. You steal things. It's a comedy game,' explains developer of comedy game where you steal things with a very long arm
The heroes are attacked by monsters
Pillars of Eternity is getting turn-based combat to mark its 10th anniversary, and that means PC Gamer editors will soon be arguing about combat mechanics again
Image of Ronaldo from Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves trailer
It doesn't really make sense that soccer star Ronaldo is now a Fatal Fury character, but if you follow the money you can see how it happened