Without a doubt, the launch of the RTX 50s is probably the worst we’ve seen for a long time… Can we actually call it a launch ?, because yes, if you look at the state of stocks, it’s simple, there are no cards to be bought in the shops. The RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 are all out of stock. Unfortunately, we can’t expect the RTX 5070 Ti to save the day. According to ITHome, the quantities available will clearly not meet demand… Yet!
RTX 5070 Ti: stocks still too low!
With this 5070 Ti, NVIDIA is revamping its mid-range offering with a card priced at $749. The launch is scheduled for February 20, and if our Chinese colleague is to be believed, stocks will be insufficient to meet demand. According to them, while the card is due to be launched at 5,441 yuan, actual prices put the card at around 7,000 to 8,000 yuan, or between $950 and $1,100. Finally, these prices are in line with the initial feedback we’ve had from third-party resellers. MSI’s versions are priced at over €1,100 in Europe.
In the end, the situation won’t be much different from that at the launch of the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090. With low stocks, we can expect the cards to go fast, very fast. And once they’re gone, you’ll have to wait weeks for availability. Remember that the first models in the series saw the light of day on January 30, two and a half weeks ago. Since then, retailers have been desperately showing empty stocks.
The question we’re asking is whether NVIDIA isn’t experiencing production difficulties on the one hand. On the other hand, are they concentrating too much on the production of Blackwell IA GPUs? Did they not anticipate demand sufficiently? In short, the answer is probably a subtle nuance of all this.
In the end, all that’s left to do is wait for AMD with its RX 9070 (XT), which started shipping in mid-January. Let’s hope they don’t miss their launch, otherwise 2025 is unlikely to be a good year for graphics cards.