For PC builders this year, one of the issues that will surely plague them is the difficulty of obtaining new components at affordable prices. We can already see that DDR5 memory components have increased several times, and soon, graphics card price tags may also be affected due to the difficulty in obtaining supplies of GDDR7 memory chips used in the latest graphics cards.
Recently, we reported on rumors that NVIDIA will bring back the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card (memory configuration unknown) to fill the void that will come due to the shortage of newer graphics cards.
At the CES 2026 event, key individuals from AMD (David McAfee, General Manager of Ryzen and Radeon divisions) and NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang were interviewed by Tom’s Hardware who asked them whether the two companies will bring back older components and hardware to meet customer demand.
Starting with David McAfee, he said that there is a high possibility that AMD will reintroduce the AMD AM4 processor series (AMD Ryzen 5000) and the AMD AM3 APU series (AMD Ryzen 3000) to allow people to build computers using DDR4 memory that are not so affected by the rising price of memory components.
Meanwhile, Jensen Huang said that the idea of bringing back older graphics card models might be a good thing, as they could potentially be loaded with the latest AI and graphics technologies such as DLSS 4.5. He said that introducing this technology to “old” components would likely require deep engineering capabilities, but it is a good idea.
If true, this could mean that we will see the return of components that were launched 3-4 years ago but come with new technology. This could also mean that it is true that NVIDIA will start selling GeForce RTX 3060 graphics cards in large quantities again.
