NVIDIA remains plagued by the chip shortage in the tech industry, but it may be giving customers, a chance to snag a budget gaming GPU with adequate specs later this year.
A new leak claims that NVIDIA would give users a new option for their next build, one where they need not worry about the rising costs of GPUs in the market to help ease the current issues faced by the community.
NVIDIA Budget Gaming GPU Is Coming
RTX 5050 9G is delayed, launch becomes pretty uncertain now. The newly produced RTX 3060 will fill the gap, ETA June 2026.
— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) April 17, 2026
A trusted leaker called MEGAsizeGPU has shared new information online, saying that NVIDIA is planning to reproduce the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, its previous-gen budget-friendly gaming GPU.
It is believed that NVIDIA's next graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5050 9G, is delayed in its planned release and has an "uncertain" timeline now.
The leaker said that the mid-range gaming GPU from five years ago is set to "fill the gap" before the next-gen mid-range gaming GPU from NVIDIA arrives.
It was revealed that the GeForce RTX 3060's resurrection from NVIDIA will arrive by June 2026 and deliver a tried and tested GPU to the market to help alleviate the surging prices and market shortage.
What to Expect From NVIDIA's Budget GPU?
According to PCGamesN, the return of NVIDIA's budget gaming GPU from five years ago may help users, with its proven track record making it an "ideal upgrade" for users. This could give users a notable option to upgrade their older components to a more modern one or to build a budget gaming PC.
Earlier this year, there were rumors that NVIDIA was resurrecting the GeForce RTX 3060 as the production of its GA106 GPU restarted at its original manufacturer, Samsung. This move could help NVIDIA produce the chips at high volume and at a low price as its current partner, TSMC, is already at capacity.
The report noted that the GeForce RTX 3060 with 12GB VRAM could be powerful enough to handle most games as lower VRAM capacity could cause some games to not run. PCGamesN noted that the likes of the GeForce RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 only have 8GB of VRAM on them.
That said, should the GeForce RTX 3060 return this June, it will only have access to NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling because of its older technology and not the latest frame generation.
