Nvidia 7800 GTX 512MB Retail Shortage

Most people eager to get their hands an a brand new GeForce 7800GTX 512MB have been disappointed in the last few weeks. Count myself in as I am waiting for a preordered Asus version for 2 weeks already. Despite Nvidia's claims about immediate availability of the 7800GTX 512MB, it was true for the first and second shipment only. The problem actually lies in Samsung's spanking' new GDDR3 memory chip, 1.1ns, cutting edge of DRAM technology. those chips aren't exactly in mass production, and the chips had the status of only "sampling" not a long time ago. Samsung massively produces 1.2ns and 1.26ns GDDR3 memory chips, as tens of thousands of 7800GTX and X1800XL/XT can witness, but 1.1ns is in rather short supply, consumed entirely by Nvidia's 7800GTX 512MB baby.