Friday, January 16th 2026
NVIDIA Reportedly Ends GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Production, RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Next
NVIDIA has reportedly stopped production of its mid-range GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, according to ASUS, one of the largest PC manufacturers. ASUS shared exclusive information with Hardware Unboxed, revealing that NVIDIA has created a supply shortage for the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, effectively ending its production. As one of NVIDIA's largest AIB partners, ASUS has learned that the model is essentially in end-of-life status. The company noted the supply shortage and offered no further comments on availability or potential improvements in supply. Since retailers and manufacturers can't source enough stock of the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPUs, the shortage has led to significant price increases for these models and suggests that the future availability of this GPU SKU might be nonexistent.
Update 2, January 16, 08:30 UTC: ASUS issued an official public statement regarding the "incomplete" information about the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti EOL.
Below is an older update and the remaining of the original text.
Update 1, 19:45 UTC: NVIDIA issued a statement to HardwareLuxx confirming that the series remains in production, but elevated demand is drying up the inventory.
Additionally, ASUS provided information about the previously rumored CES launch of the RTX 50 "SUPER" refresh, which was expected to have higher memory capacity. According to the AIB, this launch did not occur, although the original plan was indeed for a CES launch, which was postponed. Currently, there are no plans to release a series refresh, and some AIBs have reportedly expressed frustration over the sudden change. It seems the rumor about the SUPER launch being postponed was true, with the primary reason being the shortage of high-capacity GDDR7 memory.
Source:
Hardware Unboxed
Update 2, January 16, 08:30 UTC: ASUS issued an official public statement regarding the "incomplete" information about the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti EOL.
ASUSWe would like to clarify recent reports regarding the ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB. Certain media may have received incomplete information from an ASUS PR representative regarding these products. The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB have not been discontinued or designated as end-of-life (EOL). ASUS has no plans to stop selling these models. Current fluctuations in supply for both products are primarily due to memory supply constraints, which have temporarily affected production output and restocking cycles. As a result, availability may appear limited in certain markets, but this should not be interpreted as a production halt or product retirement. ASUS will continue to support the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB and is working closely with partners to stabilize supply as conditions improve.
Update 1, 19:45 UTC: NVIDIA issued a statement to HardwareLuxx confirming that the series remains in production, but elevated demand is drying up the inventory.
NVIDIA to HardwareLuxxWhat changes are occurring in the GeForce ecosystem given the current memory market?The next phase of the silent production end is approaching for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB version, with resources reportedly being redirected to the lower-capacity GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB version. Stocks of the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB SKU have been dwindling across retailers and distributors, and prices are beginning to reflect this scarcity. The massive industry DRAM shortage has affected even graphics GDDR7 memory. As a result, the lower-capacity 8 GB version will remain available until the supply chain and memory production improve. Yesterday's rumors also confirm that the regular RTX 5060 will be the priority card for NVIDIA going forward, for that segment.
Demand for GeForce RTX GPUs is strong, and memory supply is constrained. We continue to ship all GeForce SKUs and are working closely with our suppliers to maximize memory availability.
Additionally, ASUS provided information about the previously rumored CES launch of the RTX 50 "SUPER" refresh, which was expected to have higher memory capacity. According to the AIB, this launch did not occur, although the original plan was indeed for a CES launch, which was postponed. Currently, there are no plans to release a series refresh, and some AIBs have reportedly expressed frustration over the sudden change. It seems the rumor about the SUPER launch being postponed was true, with the primary reason being the shortage of high-capacity GDDR7 memory.
210 Comments on NVIDIA Reportedly Ends GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Production, RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Next
IMO, OLED monitors have become good enough to avoid burn in, the motion clarity is more than enough to not need proprietary tech, with the exception of maybe pro e-sports players.Then Intel could use their Foveros chiplet tech to come up with a more efficient design than making massive GPU dies.
Intel has more R&D budget than AMD does, add to that govt help and an investment from Nvidia, the investment from Nvidia is what would have me concerned on buying an Intel GPU, who knows if the influence from Nvidia would cause Intel would drop their GPU division to save costs to instead make an SoC with an Nvidia iGPU.
It costs money to make money, something AMD doesn't have, or doesn't want to take the risk when Nvidia has 94% marketshare, and could easily undercut AMD on price, or suddenly pull out some new feature like they did with DLSS4.5, right when AMD was starting to compete with FSR4.
Regardless...
Why are the usual suspects harping on about FSR, DLSS, Gsync (I mean, really?), or any of these other, absolutely unrelated factors?
Just stop, ALL OF YOU, or I'll start handing out temp bans. Go do something constructive. Buy some flowers for your loved one. Build a shed. Paint a beautiful picture. But please, for the love of all things silicon, stop being so nauseatingly tribal. It's not even funny - or worth the pain I'm both happy, and professionally mandated, to inflict.
The real issue is how the 9070 non-XT pricing is somewhat related to the 9070 XT pricing rather than the 5070 pricing because, at the very least in France, the 5070 is keeping its price of €580-600 for the cheapest models for now (they're going out of stock real fast now though). Nobody is paying close to €700-750 starting price for a 9070 after all the sales which happened the last 2 months. Even the 9060 XT 16GB is slowly passing that €500 bar along with the 5060 Ti 16GB.
Regardless, I suspect the majority of companies are not going to be doing what is in the consumer's best interest for the forseeable future. There is just too much money to be made feeding the bottomless pit that is AI.