If recent reports are to be believed, Nvidia will not release any new graphics card SKUs throughout the entirety of 2026. According to a report from The Information (paywalled site, info relayed via Insider-Gaming), Nvidia has either delayed indefinitely or completely axed all plans to release any sort of "Super" refresh for their RTX 50-series. Apparently Nvidia management decided to not release new cards in December 2025 as initially planned. The report also says that Nvidia has decided to cut back on consumer graphics card releases in order to focus AI chips and data centers.
Well, duh.
Even the not-yet-announced RTX 60-series is impacted by the shortage and hardware cancellations. The Information report says that mass production on the RTX 60-series was supposed to begin near the end of 2027. Now, it's likely that the RTX 60-series won't even see the light of day until 2028 or later.
The Information's anonymous sources also say that Nvidia is cutting back production of graphics cards that they've already been making. This means that the current RTX 50-series will probably be harder to find. And that also means that prices on these GPUs will continue to rise, even further beyond the jumps we've already started to see over the past few weeks.
Nvidia scaling back production on current consumer cards is, once again, due to the current memory shortage. A memory shortage caused by an increasing demand for AI data centers from idiot tech bros that enjoy bleeding both their funding and the planet dry. Many of these AI data centers are powered by server technology from companies such as Nvidia. Just this past month, Nvidia revealed their new server hardware, Vera Rubin, that will contain 20.7 TB of GPU memory and 54 TB of CPU memory. Gosh, if only there was some way to solve this memory shortage issue plaguing consumer hardware!
Nvidia said to Insider-Gaming, "Demand for GeForce RTX GPUs is strong, and memory supply is constrained. We continue to ship all GeForce SKUs and are working closely with our suppliers to maximize memory availability." This statement seems to echo another statement issued by Nvidia when it was suggested that the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB were effectively "end of life" in January 2026.
According to the price trends feature on PCPartPicker, the average cost for the entire Nvidia RTX 50-series has been on a steady increase since the start of 2026. The average price of the totally not discontinued RTX 5070 Ti is well above $1,100, which is an increase of nearly $300 from its average price in December 2025 and certainly well above its $750 MSRP. A similar trend in rising prices can be found on AMD's Radeon RX 90-series.
But man, have you seen Jensen's new jackets? Seeing those jackets really makes all this bullshit totally worth it.
