At least in Japan, on the day of sales
Representatives of retail outlets in Tokyo’s Akihabara quarter, where numerous electronics stores are concentrated, assured representatives of the PC Watch thematic resource that by the beginning of sales of Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 they will have a significantly larger stock of these video cards than in the case of the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090 models. …
Unlike Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090, RTX 3070 graphics cards can be purchased
Dospara, one of the largest local stores, promises to start issuing tickets to the queue for the purchase of Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 two hours before the official start of sales, an hour before it – to accept payment, and at 22:00 local time, when you can formally start selling. the store is already counting on issuing orders.
The source suggests that the transfer of the sales start date from October 15 to October 29 helped to accumulate stock. However, it is not yet clear whether there will be enough stocks only for the first time, or in general, the situation with the supply of Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 is better than with the supply of older models. Also, remember that this data is from Japan and should not be extrapolated to other countries.
For example, the Danish store ProShop has published its own supply and demand statistics for the GeForce RTX 3070. According to these data, Nvidia and its partners can only meet 7.4% of the demand for the future card.
