(Credit: PCMag/Michael Kan)
UPDATE: Asus has backtracked on its assertion that the RTX 5070 Ti is out the door.
"Certain media may have received incomplete information from an Asus PR representative regarding these products," the vendor says in a statement. "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."
The statement echoes Nvidia's and says product stock may be limited due to the ongoing memory shortage. However, Hardware Unboxed says: "We believe the RTX 5070 Ti is heavily supply constrained to the point of being effectively killed, but we’ll see whether that’s truly the case across the next few months." Other critics say Asus told the truth but had to backpedal to avoid potential bad press for Nvidia.
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Nvidia is pushing back on a report that it's killing off its GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card.
In a statement, the company told PCMag: "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."
Nvidia responded after Australian YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed reported that Asus had put the RTX 5070 Ti into "end of life" status amid supply shortages. The channel had reached out to Nvidia partners to get GPUs for an RTX 5070 Ti roundup, but there were none available.
"Asus, the largest Nvidia AIB [add-in board] partner, explicitly told us that [the RTX 5070 Ti] is currently facing a supply shortage, and as such, they have placed the model into 'end of life' status," says host Tim Schiesser. "This means Asus has no plans to produce any 5070 Ti models from this point forward. What is currently on store shelves is it for them. No more production of that card."
Australian retailers told the channel they were facing similar constraints, Schiesser says, though he acknowledges that "retailers haven't been explicitly told that [the 5070 Ti is] end of life, there is simply no supply of it anymore." He adds that the "RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is almost done as well."
Asus didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Nvidia’s statement confirms that the ongoing memory shortage and high consumer demand are squeezing PC graphics card supplies. But the fact that Nvidia did not announce any new Super edition RTX 5000 GPUs at CES 2026, as some had anticipated, is likely fueling the rumor mill about its cards' demise.
The supply of the 5070 Ti cards stands in stark contrast to Nvidia's 8GB RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti, which Hardware Unboxed claims are readily available.
The frustrating irony is that the supply crunch arrives as gamers were finally winning the argument that 8GB of VRAM is no longer enough for gaming beyond 1080p. Nvidia faced criticism for offering 8GB cards this generation, and when AMD's RX 9000-series launched with higher VRAM quantities, they proved popular, offering an alternative to the RTX 5000 lineup.
Now PC builders face an increasingly dire GPU market. With fewer cards available with higher VRAM quantities, buyers can expect inflated pricing for the more powerful RTX 5000 graphics cards. Third-party vendors on Newegg have already started selling some 5070 Ti models for $1,249 or even $1,499 when the product is supposed to start at $749. Making matters worse is that the ongoing memory shortage has caused drastic price spikes for DDR5 RAM.