- Nvidia would discontinue the RTX 5000 models
- We’ve been told that this will reduce the supply of RTX 5000 GPUs by 30-40%.
- This will happen in the first half of 2026 compared to 2025 and is related to VRAM supply issues.
Want more obscure PC component news? Of course not, but unfortunately a new rumor has surfaced that Nvidia will produce about a third fewer RTX 5000 gaming GPUs in the first half of 2026 than this year.
OC3D has been reported an article from a Chinese technology site Life on the couch.which in turn highlights a publication on the forum Board Channels in China. This article claims that Nvidia is reducing the supply of its current generation GeForce graphics cards by 30% to 40% for the first half of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.
Of course, this report should be taken with a grain of salt, as municipal channels are not always the most reliable source, but at the same time, they have been on the right side in the past.
The reason for this sharp adjustment in production is believed to be rising VRAM (video RAM) prices and supply bottlenecks, which are part of the current global memory crisis.
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While as mentioned we should be skeptical, it makes sense for Nvidia to prioritize AI graphics cards over gaming GPUs if VRAM gets a little thinner in practice, and it certainly will. The first are A Terrible After all, an order of magnitude more profitable.
Additionally, we’ve already heard speculation that Nvidia might stop shipping VRAM with its GPU chips (in packages) if it made that silicon available to third-party graphics card manufacturers, and that could mean fewer Blackwell graphics cards on the shelves. (Because smaller partners won’t be able to secure their own video RAM in this turbulent market.)
There has also been speculation that Nvidia (and AMD) could discontinue some low- to mid-range gaming GPUs, which use a disproportionate amount of video RAM compared to their recommended price.
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Benchlife also notes that sources from card manufacturers in China and GPU suppliers say that Nvidia will initially adjust the supply of two Blackwell graphics cards in particular. Apparently these are the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti with 16GB of VRAM, and the latter makes sense given previous rumors of GPUs with video RAM allocations that are too high for their price range.
Honestly, this all sounds pretty reasonable, but let’s not get too excited at this point. This also raises more and more questions about whether updates to Nvidia’s RTX 5000 Super are likely to tax VRAM. The possibility that these new Blackwell products could be discontinued was even raised last month, but critics agreed on a delay, albeit perhaps very long (until the end of 2026), given the RAM crisis.
