Asus and MSI have now each clarified the RTX 5070 Ti hasn't obtained an end-of-life standing
Asus has rushed to make clear reviews from {Hardware} Unboxed that it had listed its line of Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPUs as end-of-life, with a press release launched at the moment which states the outlet “could have obtained incomplete info from an Asus PR consultant relating to these merchandise.”
Briefly, somebody HUB spoke to within the post-CES malaise has gone a bit far with regards to the official standing of the RTX 5070 Ti being listed as definitively EoL. And I would not be shocked if somebody from Nvidia additionally had a not-so-quiet phrase in Asus’ ear final evening which ‘inspired’ some official clarification at the moment from HQ.
We spoke to our personal contacts at Asus yesterday who mentioned it was the primary they or all the EMEA (Europe, Center East, and Africa) crew at Asus had heard about it, and that EoL itself was “a giant time period”.
A change in precedence focus, or a critical scarcity in chips might at all times impression the manufacturing or gross sales of a selected card, however to formally say {that a} card is finish of life is one thing very completely different.
Which can be what I acquired from speaking to MSI at the moment, too. Formally MSI has acknowledged that it has “no plan to EoL something” and that its “objective is to feed all avid gamers with all GPUs,” which comes as no shock after what Asus has come out to say.
Given the reminiscence scarcity, a shift in precedence to the RTX 5080 as the principle 16 GB Nvidia card within the line up is smart, however the best way that gross sales have been throughout the board means that avid gamers trying on the excessive finish will purchase an RTX 5090, and the extra wise cash goes on both the RTX 5070 or RTX 5070 Ti. However usually not the RTX 5080.
Nvidia truly killing the RTX 5070 Ti could be killing off a major mannequin within the grand scheme of issues, particularly as that would go away the RX 9070 XT utterly unchallenged in that sector of the market.
Nonetheless, none of that adjustments the very fact the RTX 5070 Ti is getting more durable to search out for a sensible value, and that is not going to get higher till the main focus stops being on manufacturing HBM or no matter information centres want this week. So yeah, no official end-of-lifing for the RTX 5070 Ti, however with such restricted manufacturing—and a probable larger deal with delivery playing cards to system builders over the DIY market—there is a good likelihood it and the 16 GB RTX 5060 Ti are going to really feel like useless playing cards for some time.
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