- Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti has been “basically killed” according to a YouTube channel
- The same goes for the 16GB RTX 5060 Ti, based on discussions from Asus and Australian retailers.
- The price of these GPUs has already increased modestly and we can expect larger increases if this rumor is true.
Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, as well as the RTX 5060 Ti with 16 GB, are apparently on loan according to a new rumor.
The Hardware Unboxed YouTube channel tells us that Nvidia has “basically killed the RTX 5070 Ti”, even if this is not officially the case, as we have not heard anything from the Green Team about it, because there is a widespread shortage of this GPU.
In fact, supply of the RTX 5070 Ti is now so tight that we’re told Asus has placed the model in “end of life” status, meaning this big graphics card maker is officially done with the Nvidia GPU (add your own seasoning, as always, to all of this).
To underline what this means, Asus will, in theory, not produce any more of its various RTX 5070 Ti models. Any Asus RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards left on shelves now (and in warehouses) represent the company’s remaining inventory, and once they’re gone, there will be no more.
Additionally, this is in line with what Australian retailers are saying about the RTX 5070 Ti, namely that they cannot buy this graphics card from their distribution partners. Hardware Unboxed states that these outlets expect this to remain the case throughout the first quarter of 2026, that is, until April at least.
As noted at the beginning, the same broadly applies to the RTX 5060 Ti with 16GB of VRAM, the supply of which has been “significantly reduced to the point of being effectively discontinued.” The YouTube channel informs us that Asus said that this model is also at the “end of its life” and will not leave production lines in the future.
Retailers are again saying similar things about trying to get the RTX 5060 Ti with 16GB, and that it won’t be possible to buy into supply of this particular GPU during this quarter, and that it might be even more unlikely to be back in stock than the RTX 5070 Ti.
Asus says it will focus on making other Blackwell GPU models, and it will likely be the RTX 5060 Ti with 8GB and the RTX 5060 (which also runs 8GB).
We are told that the graphics card among all these mentioned models, the base version RTX 5070, is still being manufactured, but at a slower rate than it was before.
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This mirrors what we already heard from sources in China earlier this week and reinforces that rumor, with direct comments from Asus and several retailers giving it even more weight. When multiple sources start saying the same thing, we obviously need to sit up and pay more attention.
We’d be foolish to take all of this at face value, but we’d be equally foolish to ignore it… and the fact that it’s all very believable. After all, in a climate where memory has become seriously problematic in terms of supply and price, and that includes video RAM, it’s obvious that there will be ramifications (ahem) for GPUs. And cheaper graphics cards that pile up VRAM (the 16GB RTX 5060 Ti in particular) are making less and less sense given the prevailing conditions, where AI demands are leaving consumer GPUs on the sidelines.
For affected GPUs, the RTX 5070 Ti (with 16GB) and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB are still in stock; Well, in the US, anyway, although Hardware Unboxed notes that this latest board is running out of stock in Australia.
However, these GPUs are now being hit by price increases, in the US and Australia, on the order of 10% to 15% or so. This is a situation that could get worse soon, if stocks are going to get leaner. Price increases of 20% may not be out of the question any time soon, and in fact, Australian retailers predict this will also happen with the entry-level RTX 5070 (which is still being produced, as noted, but in smaller quantities according to the YouTube channel). As you’ve probably already seen, RTX 5080 and 5090 prices have already gotten ugly in 2026.
Ultimately, what we might be left with is a pair of 8GB RTX 5060 models (the vanilla 8GB 5060, plus the 8GB 5060 Ti) that hold the fort at the low end, and the RTX 5080 and 5090 at the high end, with the RTX 5070 hanging weakly as the only option in Nvidia’s middle ground. All GPUs are likely to become more expensive, even the 8GB models, which have not yet increased significantly in price, as the RAM crisis further grips the industry at large.
This could be a great opportunity for AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs to attack in the midrange, which will be a definite weak point for Nvidia if all this goes well, but if that actually happens, we’ll have to see. AMD’s Radeon graphics cards will face the same cost and VRAM supply pressures as Nvidia’s (or even Intel’s) GPUs, of course, but the difference is that Team Red’s boards use more affordable GDDR6 memory (rather than the latest generation GDDR7 as used with Blackwell graphics cards). So there could be room for AMD to try to take back some of the GPU market from Nvidia here.
In the meantime, if you’ve got your heart set on a 16GB graphics card from Nvidia, whether it’s the RTX 5070 Ti or RTX 5060 Ti, it looks like you’d better make your move now before stocks theoretically dwindle and prices start to skyrocket.
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