Board Channels rumor claims GeForce RTX 3060 shipments resume in mid-March
A new rumor claims GeForce RTX 3060 series cards will begin arriving at board partners between March 10 and March 20 . The post from Board Channels explains this as an upstream brand manufacturer update, with staggered timing depending on the brand, followed by manufacturers starting to ship once stock lands.
This timing is interesting because recent reporting has repeatedly pointed to memory supply constraints as a limiting factor for GPUs, especially for GDDR6 technology. NVIDIA has also publicly warned that supply will remain tight for the next few quarters, with demand for memory chips pressured by the industry shift toward AI hardware.
© Board Channels We previously covered a separate claim that RTX 3060 production could return in Q1 2026 . That earlier report did not include a specific arrival window, but it established the “back this quarter” message that this new March 10 to March 20 rumor is building on. The rumor does not say whether the returning RTX 3060 refers to the original 12GB model, the later 8GB model, or both.
Until listings and partner product pages start to show up, this remains a channel rumor rather than a confirmed restart. Also, we are talking about shipments to board partners, so it will take some time for distributors and retailers to receive units. But it looks like the Q1 claim may actually be true.
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6 | GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | GeForce RTX 3060 8GB |
| Picture |  | | | |
| Launch | October 2022 | December 2020 | February 2021 | October 2022 |
| GPU | GA104-202 | GA104-202/200/GA103-300 | GA106-300/302 | GA106-302 |
| CUDA Cores | 4864 | 4864 | 3584 | 3584 |
| Boost Clock | 1665 MHz | 1665 MHz | 1770 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Memory | 8GB G6X | 8GB G6 | 12GB G6 | 8GB G6 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Speed | 19 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 15 Gbps | 15 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 608 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 360 GB/s | 240 GB/s |
| TDP | 200W | 200W | 170W | 170W |
Source: Board Channels
