We know the game industry has thrived throughout the global lockdowns of last year, and this has no doubt contributed to the stock shortages that still plague gaming hardware everywhere – from graphics cards to consoles to flight sticks.

If you thought these stock issues had been left in 2020, think again. An interview from Seeking Alpha with Nvidia’s CFO, Colette Kress, suggests the green team itself expects stock shortages to continue, saying that the “true success” of its Ampere cards has led to demand remaining “stronger for longer”, and therefore it expects its hardware inventory to remain “lean” throughout the first quarter of 2021. After all, there’s no denying its Ampere cards are seriously impressive, making their way to our list of the best graphics cards with their ray tracing capabilities.

AMD is undoubtedly having the same worries too, with the recent disastrous launch of its RX 6800 and 6900 cards. Much like Nvidia’s 30 series, these have similarly been coined a ‘paper launch’ online, with some retailers being given just double digit numbers of cards for release day.