Nvidia is reportedly discontinuing the GeForce GTX 16 series in Q1 2024

Nvidia has reportedly informed its board partners that it will no longer produce new GeForce GTX 16 graphics cards. Sources report that the last orders for the GTX 16 series will be finalised this month, and no further orders will be taken in the first quarter of 2024.

According to the Board Channels forum (via VideoCardz), the GTX 1650 and GTX 1630 will be discontinued. In the GTX 1630's case, this GPU was first introduced in June of last year, giving it a lifespan of just 1.5 years.

The remaining cards in the GTX 16 series have either already been withdrawn or are expected to be discontinued soon. This indicates that the GTX 16 series will be phased out. This effectively means that the entry-level RTX model for Nvidia will be the RTX 3050.

It's worth noting that the GTX 16 and RTX 20 series are both based on the Turing GPU architecture. When Nvidia launched them both, the company segmented its product portfolio into a higher-end RTX line with hardware-accelerated ray tracing and DLSS. At the same time, the GTX 16 series was designed for budget-conscious gamers who didn't want these technologies.

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