NVIDIA May Cut RTX 50 Series GPU Supply as Memory Shortage Bites

The memory crunch has started to take effect across the industry, and the GPU market is on the receiving end. According to a new report, NVIDIA is reportedly already scaling back on the production of its GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards. Well… the heavy demand for AI is reportedly behind it.

The news comes via Chinese news outlet BoBantang (via Benchlife), NVIDIA is scaling back the production of its latest GPUs as much as 30-40% compared to the first half of 2025. The report adds that this is being done to curb the memory shortage for GDDR6 and GDDR7 RAM.

That’s not all; Benchlife has also added that partners and component suppliers are already preparing for declining supply. If the report turns out to be true, the first models likely to be affected are the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, both of which depend on higher memory configurations.

Per the report, this shortage has seen RAM prices skyrocket as AI companies buy up all of the available supply. Notably, Nintendo has reportedly been facing much higher manufacturing costs for making Switch 2 amid rising global RAM prices.

As AI data centers expand aggressively, consumer PC hardware continues to feel the heat. Memory prices have shot up sharply across the industry, and any reduction in GPU output could further limit availability while keeping prices in the upward trend for gamers and PC builders. As of now, there’s no official confirmation from NVIDIA about claims made in the report.