ASUS Halts Production of NVIDIA's Discontinued RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB Models
In a move that's left many in the tech industry scratching their heads, ASUS has stopped producing its NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB models due to an "end-of-life" status assigned by the company.
According to recent information from YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed, ASUS was told explicitly by NVIDIA that there's a severe supply shortage on the RTX 5070 Ti. As a result, the manufacturer has put both GPUs into end of life status and no longer plans to produce them.
Hardware Unboxed recently spoke with retailers in Australia who confirmed that neither model is available for purchase from their stores. The 5070 Ti is now considered "dead," with its components being phased out due to ASUS's inability to source sufficient memory supply, a consequence largely caused by the AI boom and increased demand for RAM.
NVIDIA spokesperson stated that "Demand for GeForce RTX GPUs is strong, and memory supply is constrained" but did not provide further details. Despite this, it appears NVIDIA itself has been forced to adjust its production strategies in response to these industry-wide shortages.
Hardware Unboxed also provided some insight into the broader implications of this shortage, including how ASUS's decision reflects a shift by major manufacturers away from meeting consumer demand for graphics cards and other hardware products, instead focusing on satisfying high-end clients such as data center infrastructure companies.
In a move that's left many in the tech industry scratching their heads, ASUS has stopped producing its NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB models due to an "end-of-life" status assigned by the company.
According to recent information from YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed, ASUS was told explicitly by NVIDIA that there's a severe supply shortage on the RTX 5070 Ti. As a result, the manufacturer has put both GPUs into end of life status and no longer plans to produce them.
Hardware Unboxed recently spoke with retailers in Australia who confirmed that neither model is available for purchase from their stores. The 5070 Ti is now considered "dead," with its components being phased out due to ASUS's inability to source sufficient memory supply, a consequence largely caused by the AI boom and increased demand for RAM.
NVIDIA spokesperson stated that "Demand for GeForce RTX GPUs is strong, and memory supply is constrained" but did not provide further details. Despite this, it appears NVIDIA itself has been forced to adjust its production strategies in response to these industry-wide shortages.
Hardware Unboxed also provided some insight into the broader implications of this shortage, including how ASUS's decision reflects a shift by major manufacturers away from meeting consumer demand for graphics cards and other hardware products, instead focusing on satisfying high-end clients such as data center infrastructure companies.
and I'm like "wait, what?!" 
back in the day we had those RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti models and they were so hard to get too! but now they're basically dead 
. I remember my friend's brother had one of those 5060 Ti's and he was super proud of it 
, he used it for gaming and video editing and it performed amazingly well 
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, it's like they lost the magic 
. And what's with NVIDIA just going along with it? Don't they care about the regular folks who want to game or create with those GPUs? 
I mean, I know demand is high and all that but come on! 
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and how are people supposed to handle it now? 
! Now they're literally "dead" and no one can get any more? It's like NVIDIA is just saying "forget about the rest of us regular folks, we've got our high-end clients covered"... Like, what even is the point of having a GPU if it's just gonna be taken away from everyone else? 
. I mean, who wouldn't want a sick GPU for gaming or content creation anymore? Interesting 
how this shift is going to affect the market and consumers in the long run...
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what's going on with gpu prices rn?! i mean i knew it was getting crazy but this is insane! so asus just stopped making these models because of a shortage caused by the ai boom? that makes sense, i guess. but why didnt they just stockpile more ram? anyway, i'm sure some ppl out there are super hyped about gpu prices stabilizing... not me tho 
I got confused just reading about this whole thing. Can someone explain it to me in simple terms?
I think this shows how GPU market has shifted from gamers to data centers and other industries... ASUS just got caught in the middle 
. Does anyone else think NVIDIA is being too strict on supply chain management or is it just good business sense? 
I think we're all just getting caught up in the hype of the AI boom and forgetting about the regular gamers who actually care about affordable GPUs