Real NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 retail pricing to be same as RTX 3060 Ti?

Some early listings of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 appeared and they don't paint an optimistic picture. VideoCardz reports it looks like the actual retail pricing of the GeForce RTX 3060 may be about the same (or even higher) as what's charged for RTX 3060 Ti video cards.

NVIDIA's official MSRP is $329 for the upcoming RTX 3060 and $399 for the RTX 3060 Ti. In reality, prices are much higher due to the limited stock, the increased tariffs in the US, and the new GPU mining boom.

The cheapest RTX 3060 we could find is the RTX 3060 TUF non-OC from ASUS, listed at 469.96 GBP. Most cards, however, are listed at 499.99 GBP, which might be a placeholder price. Yet, this is often a higher price than the custom RTX 3060 Ti from the same AIBs. The RTX 3060 cards are listed at nearly 150 GBP higher price than the RTX 2060 series. It was recently reported that NVIDIA has plans to reintroduce these Turing series to the market. For now, it is unclear how many cards of both architectures will be available next month.