In summary:
- Asus officially denied that it was discontinuing its RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics cards after previous reports suggested the company was phasing them out.
- PCWorld reports that Asus attributed the confusion to incomplete information from a PR representative and confirmed continued support for these GeForce models.
- The current fluctuations in supply are driven by memory constraints rather than product discontinuations, with Nvidia also recognizing the strong supply and demand constraints.
Asus has publicly dismissed claims that it is phasing out certain RTX 5000 graphics cards, giving renewed hope to enthusiasts looking for a 16GB model.
It’s a bit strange: just a day after Asus told Hardware Unboxed that it was phasing out the RTX 5070 Ti and the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, the company publicly denied the claim.
In a statement on its website dedicated to the subject, Asus publicly denied that it was discontinuing the two cards. “Asus will continue to support the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and is working closely with partners to stabilize offerings as conditions improve,” the company said.
“The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB have not been discontinued or designated as end-of-life (EOL),” Asus said. “Asus has no plans to stop selling these models.”
That’s about as definitive as you can get, and raises questions about why the opposite was reported in the first place. However, instead of blaming the Hardware Unboxed YouTube channel, Asus threw its own employees under the bus.
“We would like to clarify recent reports regarding the Asus GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB,” Asus said. “Certain media outlets may have received incomplete information from an Asus PR representative regarding these products.”
That’s obviously good news for enthusiasts, especially given reports that Nvidia is reducing deliveries of the 5060 Ti and 5070 Ti by 16 GB of memory. More VRAM allows gamers to play at higher resolutions and also provides memory for running AI applications.
However, this does not mean that the RAM shortage is decreasing. It simply means that you can buy those cards in certain regions, and in others… well…
“The current fluctuations in supply of both products are mainly due to memory supply constraints, which have temporarily affected production output and restocking cycles,” Asus said. “As a result, availability may appear limited in certain markets, but this should not be interpreted as a halt in production or product.”
This all came after Hardware Unboxed requested samples of the cards for testing. According to a post on Twitter, the site was told there weren’t enough cards to review, prompting back-and-forth discussions with Asus.
“At this point, the evidence will be there because we can’t tell you which of Asus’ statements are actually correct,” Hardware Unboxed said. “We believe the RTX 5070 Ti supply is severely limited to the point of being effectively killed, but we’ll see in the coming months if that’s really the case.”
Nvidia also told Hardwareluxx that “demand for GeForce RTX GPUs is high and memory supply is limited,” the site reported, according to a translated statement. “We continue to ship all GeForce SKUs and work closely with our suppliers to maximize memory availability.”
This story was updated at 10:19 a.m. with additional details.
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