NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 Reportedly Faced Production Issues

[AleksandarK]

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 Ti today goes on sale, and we have reviewed a few of them. However, the RTX 5070 non-Ti variant has reportedly faced some production issues. According to CTEE reports, volume production was pushed back by one month, with manufacturing expected to reach full capacity by mid-March. Given that RTX 5070 is officially coming on March 5, we are left to wonder if enough capacity will be available for the launch day or if it will follow the same footsteps of scarcity that current RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 have experienced.

The unannounced RTX 5060's mass production has been pushed to mid-April, with both models requiring additional debugging due to unexpected issues. NVIDIA's engineers are ironing out all bugs to ensure stable GPU and drivers arrive on time. With the RTX 5070 using the GB206 GPU, the RTX 5060 is expected to implement a GB206 variant, with the in-development RTX 5060 Ti featuring a slightly larger GB205 GPU. For memory, RTX 5070 is expected to utilize 12 GB of GDDR7, and RTX 5060 should come with an 8 GB GDDR7 configuration.



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[neatfeatguy]

Keep the supply low, keep people paying high prices.

 

[wNotyarD]

What production issues may arise with the most cut-down chips? How can riffraff have issues?

 

[Assimilator]

What production issues may arise with the most cut-down chips? How can riffraff have issues?

You could have done 5 seconds of basic research to know that 5070 Ti uses GB203, which is a different chip to GB205 and GB206 that are having production issues.

Or, you could post an angry comment showing how ignorant you are.

You chose poorly.

 

[wNotyarD]

You could have done 5 seconds of basic research to know that 5070 Ti uses GB203, which is a different chip to GB205 and GB206 that are having production issues.

Or, you could post an angry comment showing how ignorant you are.

You chose poorly.

I admit I chose poorly and was hasty to pick up the pitchfork, but I at least expected the 5070 to use a cutdown 5070Ti chip.

 

[Assimilator]

I admit I chose poorly, but I at least expected the 5070 to use a cutdown 5070Ti chip.

That's how it used to work, but then NVIDIA decided to screw everyone and moved every model up a pricing tier. So instead of having xx80 Ti and xx80 using the same chip, now xx80 Ti becomes xx90 and we get the same chip for xx80 and xx70 Ti (which should be for xx70 Ti and xx70). Similarly xx70 and xx60 Ti share the same chip, that should be for xx60 Ti and xx60. Basically NVIDIA changed their customer-facing naming scheme but the chip codenames show the truth.

 

[Onasi]

The “GB205 in the 5060Ti” makes… kind of no sense? Using a chip in only a single mid-range SKU is weird, right? Then again, I suppose it will turn out to be a mobile-first chip for a 5070Ti mobile or something and the desktop cars will just get rejects.

 

[rv8000]

Production issues my ass, more like psa smokescreens while they sell as many usable wafers to the ai market.

 

[Daven]

So let me get this straight. The cheaper, easier to make, lower margin models were harder to build. But the more expensive, more complex, higher margin models (5080 and 5090) had no issues. With what little existed before, I have lost all trust in Nvidia. Like Intel, the market will become MORE competitive once Nvidia is gone. Unfortunately, that will take a few decades and who knows what things will look like then.

 

[Assimilator]

The “GB205 in the 5060Ti” makes… kind of no sense? Using a chip in only a single mid-range SKU is weird, right? Then again, I suppose it will turn out to be a mobile-first chip for a 5070Ti mobile or something and the desktop cars will just get rejects.

That's exactly what happens: AD106 was used for 4060 Ti and also the 4070 mobile SKUs. Basically, mobile users get double screwed!

 

[InVasMani]

They less we make the more you pay!

 

[Macro Device]

GB205 and GB206 that are having production issues.

Built on virtually the same node and almost the same arch as Ada, they should have zero production trouble. On paper. Also NVIDIA are bonkers rich and they can push necessary buttons. Regardless of anything, my working theory is that they have issues coming up with reasons to provide sufficient stock. The rest is just excuses of random levels of lame.

 

[Mr. Perfect]

With the RTX 5070 using the GB206 GPU, the RTX 5060 is expected to implement a GB206 variant, with the in-development RTX 5060 Ti featuring a slightly larger GB205 GPU.

Is this correct? The 5070 and 5060 use the same die, but the 5060 Ti is using something bigger?

 

[chrcoluk]

Its blatant at this point, and not Just PC industry playing these games. Starve supply, and it triggers the Human herd to want it more.

 

[_roman_]

I doubt many Nvidia customers will not wait and buy something else instead. Why not buy the best and just wait?

 

[SIGSEGV]

LMAO.
Profits!!

 

[AusWolf]

Production issues... like retaining chips for the Super series coming soon. One would have to live under a rock not to see through this bullshit by now.

 

[Recus]

AMD delays RDNA4 till March. OMG they are good guys, they have time fix all problems.

Nidia delays... all hell let loose.

 

[Caring1]

AMD delays RDNA4 till March. OMG they are good guys, they have time fix all problems.

Nidia delays... all hell let loose.

Nvidia delays to keep prices and their profits high

 

[outlw6669]

No need to grab the pitchforks here; this is a legitimate production issue.
On January 21st, there was an earthquake in Taiwan, which caused TSMC to Lose the Wafers that were in production.
I have heard that 10,000 to 20,000 wafers were lost...

 

[AusWolf]

No need to grab the pitchforks here; this is a legitimate production issue.
On January 21st, there was an earthquake in Taiwan, which caused TSMC to Lose the Wafers that were in production.
I have heard that 10,000 to 20,000 wafers were lost...

And it only affects Nvidia GeForce 50 series cards. Sounds legit.

 

[outlw6669]

And it only affects Nvidia GeForce 50 series cards. Sounds legit.

Well, if all 5 GB205 and 10 GB206 wafers nVidia had ordered were impacted...

 

[AusWolf]

Well, if all 5 GB205 and 10 GB206 wafers nVidia had ordered were impacted...

How was nothing else impacted, then?

I see what you did with the numbers. Nice.

 

[outlw6669]

How was nothing else impacted, then?

... after checking how many wafers TSMC can process in a day ...

I would like to change my answer to "nVidia is just F-ing with us"

 

[AusWolf]

... after checking how many wafers TSMC can process in a day ...

I would like to change my answer to "nVidia is just F-ing with us"

Yeah, totally.

What I don't get is, if scarcity really increases a product's value, then why am I not worth infinitely more to my employer. There's only one of me on this whole planet, after all.