ASUS halts production of NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB, citing ‘end of life’ status

ASUS halts production of NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB GPUs, citing memory shortages and ‘end of life’ status. Supply issues are expected to persist.

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According to a report from YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed, ASUS has ceased production of the RTX 5070 Ti and the 16GB variant of the 5060 Ti, a decision driven by the ongoing industry-wide memory shortage . In its latest video, the channel claims ASUS “explicitly” confirmed that the RTX 5070 Ti is “currently facing a supply shortage.” Consequently, the company has officially placed the model into “end of life” status and has no plans to resume manufacturing .

Corroborating this information, Hardware Unboxed spoke with retailers in Australia who indicated that the 5070 Ti is “no longer available to purchase from partners and distributors.” These retailers expect the unavailability to persist through at least the first quarter of the year . The outlook for the 5060 Ti 16GB is similarly grim ; ASUS reportedly stated that the model “is almost done” and will not see further production. As both GPUs are 16GB models, they are particularly expensive to manufacture in the current economic climate . While there remains a slim possibility that the 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB could return later in the year, the report suggests a comeback is highly unlikely .

“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,” an NVIDIA spokesperson told Engadget when reached for comment. ASUS did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for a statement .

Following the video’s release, Hardware Unboxed issued a clarification regarding the specific nature of the cancellation. “ASUS did not tell us that NVIDIA said the RTX 5070 Ti has been discontinued. ASUS told us there is very little supply of the 5070 Ti, so their own 5070 Ti products (e.g, the Prime and TUF Gaming ) have been put into end of life status,” the channel explained. However, they noted that with retailers unable to source these SKUs from any add-in board (AIB) partners, “this effectively makes it a dead product .”

The root cause of this disruption is the explosive growth of artificial intelligence , which has created an insatiable demand for RAM and other infrastructure components from data center companies . To meet this need, many memory manufacturers have pivoted their production lines to prioritize high-bandwidth memory for enterprise clients at the expense of consumer offerings . This shift has triggered a sharp rise in prices for consumer RAM kits, GPUs, and SSDs. The trend was highlighted in December when Micron Technology announced it would wind down its consumer-facing Crucial brand to focus exclusively on supplying components to the AI industry.

ASUS is the first of NVIDIA’s add-in board (AIB) partners to publicly address the impact of this memory crunch. AIBs are the manufacturers responsible for producing the majority of retail GPUs for NVIDIA and AMD . Historically, NVIDIA has supplied its board partners with both the GPU die and the memory modules required to build graphics cards. However, recent rumors suggest the company has altered this policy, informing partners that they must begin sourcing memory on their own .