RTX 50 graphics card production down? This seems to be the current trend, as Nvidia doesn't have unlimited production capacity and is prioritizing its AI chips. Hopes of prices finally falling seem dashed.
If you were hoping to be able to find Nvidia's RTX 50 series graphics cards more easily, and especially at prices closer to those announced by the company, you may have missed the point. The Greens may indeed have other priorities at the moment. It's not about pleasing gamers, but rather about meeting the colossal demand for AI chips.
And for that, Nvidia had to make a choice, reports the Japanese media Gazlog. According to a source on the Board Channels forum, where good tips are often found, the production of GPUs for RTX 50 would drop by 20 to 30% in China in order to reallocate production capacity to precious AI computing components. These offer a better margin and target a more profitable professional market than the consumer sector.
Is Nvidia betting everything on AI, even if it means leaving gamers behind?
Nvidia is looking to ramp up production of its GB200 GPU, which equips data centers specializing in AI. Mass production of the GB300, a new model, is also expected this year, and Nvidia must already begin preparing for it. And so it is the GPUs embedded in the latest generation of graphics cards that are likely to suffer, raising fears of a dried-up market where supply cannot meet demand, particularly for the highest-end models.
Last April, however, there were hopes that the situation would improve, with increased availability for the RTX 5060 Ti, RTX 5070, and RTX 5070 Ti. It was then possible that prices would be closer to those communicated by Nvidia, which have once again been very rarely respected by retailers and custom graphics card manufacturers this generation. But reports seem to indicate that supplies have already started to dry up, and this new information is not going to reassure us.
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