Exclusive: GeForce RTX 30 series cards tight supply until end of year

I have had just over 5 hours sleep in way over 48 hours now, trying to cover NVIDIA's launch of the new GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards as much as I could.

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But there is one story I wanted to sit down and make sure I wrote, and that was from an industry source who told me that post-launch there will be "no stock will be available till the end of the year". The first wave of cards is said to be small, very, very small -- possibly the smallest launch in many years.

Another source had something much more damning to say, but I want to flesh that out before I write it. For now, I'm being told stock will be extremely low for the next couple of months. Why? Samsung 8nm yields are unknown at this point, NVIDIA might not want to make too many before the yields improve.

• Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti supply leak: low stock at US retailers, average price closer to $950
• Read more: NVIDIA tells you to 'Get Ready' for GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti
• Read more: AMD rumored to be cooking 'Ultimate Navi 48' GPU: perf between RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080

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They'd also want to wait and see what AMD does with its own RDNA 2 reveal, but different sources tell me AMD is on a roll with Ryzen and that "Big Navi will just drag them down". Wowzers. So now I really want to see how Big Navi goes -- and whether it can get anywhere close to the GeForce RTX 3080, let along their new BFGPU-powered GeForce RTX 3090.

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• Read more about NVIDIA's new 'ferocious' GeForce RTX 3090 -- which costs $1499, right here.
• Read more about NVIDIA's new 'flagship' GeForce RTX 3080 -- which costs $699, right here.
• Read more about NVIDIA's new 'gaming king' GeForce RTX 3070 -- which costs $499, right here.