From Bad to Worse, NVIDIA Reportedly Will Cut RTX 50 Series Production by 30–40% in 2026 and Might Stop Providing VRAM to Its Partners

[Peter_Brosdahl]

The horizon for the gaming industry continues to darken with yet more news regarding the impact of the current memory shortage.

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[GodisanAtheist]

So, so tired boss...

 

[Grimlakin]

Well when your top tier cards are being stripped of parts to make more ai focused cards for AI data centers eating directly into your Y.O.Y. profit growth what is a plucky little company like Nvidia supposed to do?

Honestly I think Nvidia wants to pull a Micron and fully exit the consumer space. We are exactly pocket change that takes away from their enterprise sell through.

We are the foundation market that Nvidia was built on. But like your college girlfriend that just graduated.. they dont need us and we are holding them back now.

 

[Brian_B]

Well when your top tier cards are being stripped of parts to make more ai focused cards for AI data centers eating directly into your Y.O.Y. profit growth what is a plucky little company like Nvidia supposed to do?

Honestly I think Nvidia wants to pull a Micron and fully exit the consumer space. We are exactly pocket change that takes away from their enterprise sell through.

We are the foundation market that Nvidia was built on. But like your college girlfriend that just graduated.. they dont need us and we are holding them back now.

This is truth right here. Get ready to fall in love all over again with discrete video and gaming consoles.

 

[Marees]

I was just thinking, AMD's next gen flagship will be sold to Microsoft for xbox xcloud gaming. Consumers will be lucky to get a cut down gaming version of it. Even if they do it'll cost $$$$

Meanwhile Microsoft is moving towards free tier 5hrs of cloud gaming every month (like geforce now) . And installing xbox cloud gaming app in phones, smart TVs, car displays etc.

Discrete gaming GPU market could shrink and consumers forced to try cloud gaming, maybe

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Watch how fast millions of us jump ship if they try to force us to use subscription cloud gaming. Indie games will absolutely explode in popularity and sales. They will make games to run on the hardware we are already using. The quantity and quality will skyrocket. Do you want indie to take over? Because that's how you get indie takeover.

 

[Elf_Boy]

Us 4k-gamers are taking it in the Donkey on this arent we?

Having 16gb+ is not so optional.

Should I buy one of those 1440p ultrawide? I still dont think 8gb would be, well, good.

I see higher GPU pricing with even higher GPU scalping in the future.

May not be the best at RT, just the same, my 7900XTX still does a good job (for now).

 

[Grimlakin]

Us 4k-gamers are taking it in the Donkey on this arent we?

Having 16gb+ is not so optional.

Should I buy one of those 1440p ultrawide? I still dont think 8gb would be, well, good.

I see higher GPU pricing with even higher GPU scalping in the future.

May not be the best at RT, just the same, my 7900XTX still does a good job (for now).

I'm in the same boat though looking at a 5080... just not fully sold. I mean net it would cost me 400.. 1k for the zotac model, sell my current for 600... I just don't know...

 

[Snowy]

Definitely would not be surprised to see Nvidia spin off their consumer GPU business

 

[MadMummy76]

Us 4k-gamers

There are no 4K gamers anymore. What was the last time you played a new game at native 4K?

nvidia has forgot the thousand year rule they want to stop providing circuses for the people, it can only backfire, but I guess they think they'll use their ai surveillance partners to squash any unrest.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I'm in the same boat though looking at a 5080... just not fully sold. I mean net it would cost me 400.. 1k for the zotac model, sell my current for 600... I just don't know...

If you sell it for $600 in the next 12 months, consider it pre-sold and just let me know when you are ready. AKA, I call dibs.

There are no 4K gamers anymore. What was the last time you played a new game at native 4K?

I certainly haven't. Upscaling works so well starting from 4K, providing a higher frame cap.

 

[MadMummy76]

I certainly haven't. Upscaling works so well starting from 4K, providing a higher frame cap.

Try turning it off, just for a moment, and you'll want to cry.

 

[Elf_Boy]

There are no 4K gamers anymore. What was the last time you played a new game at native 4K?

nvidia has forgot the thousand year rule they want to stop providing circuses for the people, it can only backfire, but I guess they think they'll use their ai surveillance partners to squash any unrest.

Avowed, BG3, Elden Ring, Forspoken, Hogwarts Legacy, New World, POE 1/2, Starfield, Cyberpunk.

Mind, I don't have impressive times played for every single one, I do own them all in Steam and have had them up and running.

I rarely use upscaling. Only when I have no choice. With RT off my GPU does great with raster performance. So, yes, I play at native in most.

Perhaps I (We few peoples) are a Unicorn - just the same, denying our existence is not very nice.

But you asked last time, did you not, no more then 3 days at most (POE 1/2). Picked up Oblivion Remastered and have been playing that, at native 4k, but its not all then new or demanding to the system.

 

[MadMummy76]

I rarely use upscaling. Only when I have no choice. With RT off my GPU does great with raster performance. So, yes, I play at native in most.

If you're not maxing out graphics then it is cheating and it doesn't count.

Perhaps I (We few peoples) are a Unicorn - just the same, denying our existence is not very nice.

I didn't mean it as an insult, but as the sad state of gaming on PC thanks to nvidia.

 

[Elf_Boy]

If you're not maxing out graphics then it is cheating and it doesn't count.

I didn't mean it as an insult, but as the sad state of gaming on PC thanks to nvidia.

I did not take this as an insult. Merely as an untruth. I assume we should agree that we do not agree.