No, NVIDIA 3080's were not lost in a shipping container

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https://www.pcgamer.com/au/no-half-a-million-geforce-rtx-30-series-gpus-were-not-lost-in-shipment-and-now-found/

There is a news story gaining a bit of traction claiming that 500,000 GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards had gone missing during transit, and have now been found in an unlabeled shipping container in South Korea. There is even a supposed quote from Nvidia on the matter, explaining the situation to shareholders. The only problem is, none of it actually happened.

@plat1098

 

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Yes, I asked in a PM for that Tech PowerUP article to be deleted. Fake news? But, I still believe at least some of those gpus exist and are held back somewhere and are to be released to the market. Hopefully NOT to scalpers.

A little embarrassing for TPU, I think. And sad for us consumers who still can't buy one for a decent price.

Edit: just saw the message...yes, sorry to hear: Fake news.