RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Discontinued as GPU Prices Continue to Rise

RTX 5070 Ti is basically dead, and the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is not far behind. The graphics card market as a whole is struggling to keep up with demand; prices are rising, and some models are hard to get. After CES, talks with AIB partners and merchants showed that GPU production goals had changed significantly, largely due to issues with memory prices and availability.

ASUS has acknowledged that this model is running low on stock and is now officially at the end of its life. This indicates that ASUS will not produce any more RTX 5070 Ti units. The last stock is what's left on store shelves.

Retailers haven't been told directly that the end of life has come, but they can't buy more stock from partners or distributors. There is no sign of restocking, thus this situation is likely to last at least until the end of Q1.

NVIDIA has basically stopped making the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.

We first contacted OEMs to set up an RTX 5070 Ti roundup, but none had any stock available. ASUS said that the card is no longer available because it is reaching the end of its life. There are no plans for substitute choices in the immediate future because the RTX 50 Super lineup has been delayed or may be canceled.

RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB is in the same boat. ASUS verified that this model is also at the end of its life and will no longer be produced. Retailers can no longer get this GPU with 16GB of memory from ASUS or any other supplier.

We don't expect any more supplies to arrive until the end of Q1, and based on what our partners have told us, the model is unlikely to return. The 8GB cards, especially the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB, are the only Nvidia cards that are now easy to find.

RTX 5070 is in short supply

Even though the RTX 5070 is not yet at the end of its life, it is becoming increasingly hard to find. Because it has 12GB of VRAM, it is less affected by DRAM prices than 16GB variants. But it isn't getting as much attention as the RTX 5060. Availability is still limited, but not gone.

Changes in supply are already affecting prices. RTX 5070 Ti has risen from $730 in November to about $830 in the US. Major stores no longer list ASUS devices.

The price of the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB has risen from $400 to about $460, and some variants have even risen to $530. RTX 5070 is still available for around $550, but most listings are now over $600.

RTX 5060 is still available for about $300, just as it was in late 2025. The price of the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB has increased from $350 to $370. Retailers expect the price of RTX 5060 models to increase by about 20% in the near future.

Prices for high-end GPUs like the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 are rising sharply, making them unaffordable for most people.

No RDNA4 Radeon models are at the end of their lives yet. RX 9070 XT is meant to go head-to-head with the RTX 5070 Ti, which is slowly being phased out. Prices have gone up, though, from $600 to about $700 or more.

RX 9070 now costs between $580 and $600, and the RX 9060 XT 16GB has gone up to $400. The 8GB version has also gone up by $50, even though it only has half the RAM.

AMD has a chance to win market share if Nvidia keeps making 16GB GPUs harder to get. GDDR6 memory is used by RDNA4 GPUs, which is cheaper than Nvidia's GDDR7. But based on AMD's past behavior, they might cut back on supply rather than increase it.

NVIDIA is pushing 8GB GPUs as the major choice now that 16GB cards are hard to find or too expensive. These cards already struggle to meet the needs of modern games and don't last very long. If you are upgrading, you will probably have to choose a lower-VRAM choice that may not be able to handle future needs.

Nvidia is bringing back the RTX 3060 12 GB, though nothing has been confirmed yet.

AIB partners expected the RTX 50 Super series to debut at CES. People were upset that Nvidia didn't release them because several companies had scheduled their CES presence around these GPUs.

The key thing planned to set the Super lineup apart was more VRAM, but that's no longer possible because memory prices are rising. There are no intentions to start the series right away. If memory prices stay the same, the release might come in the second half of 2025. Otherwise, the lineup might be canceled entirely to avoid overlap with the 2027 generation.

GPU prices are going up and down, there are fewer of them, and 16GB variants are being phased out. It is advisable to act sooner rather than later if you want to acquire a graphics card because things are likely to get worse.