PC gaming is increasingly evolving into a luxury pursuit.
Reports emerging from Asian supply chain insiders suggest that NVIDIA may drastically scale back production of its GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs throughout the first half of 2026. According to data from the Board Channels forums, total shipment volumes during this timeframe could plummet by 30% to 40% compared to the same period in 2025.
This downsizing is reportedly driven not only by a scarcity of GDDR7 VRAM but also by broader supply constraints affecting various memory standards, including GDDR6, DDR5, and DDR4 for motherboards. Furthermore, rumors suggest NVIDIA plans to overhaul its chip allocation strategy for partners in mainland China to better align with shifts in the pre-built PC market and maintain a stable supply-demand equilibrium.
Industry source Benchlife has partially corroborated these reports, though they stopped short of confirming specific percentage figures. Their findings suggest that the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and the 16GB GDDR7 variant of the RTX 5060 Ti will be the first to see supply adjustments—models widely regarded as the “sweet spot” for price-to-performance within the Blackwell architecture.
At this time, NVIDIA has not issued an official statement regarding these production forecasts.
Source: iXBT.games