NVIDIA Plans to Reduce RTX 50 Production by Up to 40% in Early 2026

[Priller]

AMD here we come?

NVIDIA Plans to Reduce RTX 50 Production by Up to 40% in Early 2026

Reports from Asian supply chain sources suggest that NVIDIA might cut back on making GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs in the first six months of 2026, Videocardz reports. According to Board Channels, overall supply during H1 2026 could be down by roughly 30-40% compared to the same period in 2025...

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[rvn817j]

Or buy your 5070 Ti now? To me, this implies that Nvidia is switching production capacity to commercial AI customers where margins are higher. Or I could be totally out of touch. Maybe time to buy the 5070 Ti because AMD hasn't been able to put out anything to beat that card. (I'm running a 7900 XTX right now and the eval sites indicate it gets beat by the 5070 Ti.)

 

[stansdds]

Yep, Nvidia is following the big money, which will leave AMD as the primary supplier of video cards for consumers. I firmly believe that competition within a market is a great thing, I see this as competition leaving a market.

 

[wolfebee89]

a more nuanced perspective, [potentially] applicable likewise to AMD in due course: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3013044/the-post-geforce-era-what-if-nvidia-abandons-pc-gaming.html

 

[wolfebee89]

a more nuanced perspective, [potentially] applicable likewise to AMD in due course: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3013044/the-post-geforce-era-what-if-nvidia-abandons-pc-gaming.html

further to the above and for those not already in the know, this is the overarching goal: https://ai-2027.com/ and a critique of said goal: https://www.ibm.com/think/news/world-models-smarter-ai suggesting that AGI goalposts/milestones are nowhere close to what was previously thought; scaling up LLMs is no longer considered a feasible means to bringing about AGI

 

[Daube]

I think I'm done with NVidia...

 

[stansdds]

a more nuanced perspective, [potentially] applicable likewise to AMD in due course: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3013044/the-post-geforce-era-what-if-nvidia-abandons-pc-gaming.html

Instead of buying a game or sim, you will pay for a subscription to use that game or sim.

 

[wolfebee89]

Instead of buying a game or sim, you will pay for a subscription to use that game or sim.

not just that, but with the likes of Nvidia GeForce Now https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/ one will ultimately end up paying for a subscription to an off-site hardware data center to run a subscription based game / sim i.e. cloud-gaming in entirety; a cheap, low end hardware with a fast internet connection will be all one will require; any notions of ownership are being relegated to the past in the context of the new hardware / software subscription models

 

[gray eagle]

not just that, but with the likes of Nvidia GeForce Now https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/ one will ultimately end up paying for a subscription to an off-site hardware data center to run a subscription based game / sim i.e. cloud-gaming in entirety; a cheap, low end hardware with a fast internet connection will be all one will require; any notions of ownership are being relegated to the past in the context of the new hardware / software subscription models

It's all about the Benjamins

 

[Snuffy]

 

[Browncoat]

I guess I should look into picking up a 5070ti in January.

 

[stansdds]

I'll be sticking with my 3070, it is pretty well matched to the rest of my computer and it runs FSX just fine. Yeah, FSX, I'm that old, but I did upgrade to the Steam Edition.