But doesn't a near total lack of supply effectively mean it's dead?

A report made just this week said that the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti and Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB) were "end of life." Hardware Unboxed relayed information that they were given by AIB partners such as ASUS, saying that production on these GPUs were effectively done and that whatever is currently left on shelves is all that is left.

Ah, but now ASUS and Nvidia have both made public statements in response to those reports. Both companies say that no, actually, the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB) are totally alive and well!

Are they, though?

Here is what ASUS has to say:

Here is what Nvidia has to say:

The problem with both of these statements lies in the fact that memory supply is not improving. In fact, memory supply and memory prices, continue to get worse. What was supposedly going to be a shortage of just a few months is now predicted to extend into 2028. If partners are still unable to get enough memory to justify restarting production, choosing instead to produce cards that they have a steady material supply for, then these cards are still effectively done for.