Nvidia may delay RTX 50 Super cards over memory shortage
Reports from China say Nvidia may be reconsidering plans for an RTX 50 Super refresh after suppliers reported tight inventories of 3 GB GDDR7 memory modules. Leaks had pointed to RTX 5080 Super, RTX 5070 Ti Super and RTX 5070 Super variants that would use 3 GB chips rather than the 2 GB parts on standard RTX 50 cards, boosting per-card memory by about 50 percent and creating some 24 GB configurations. That larger buffer would have improved competitiveness for high-resolution gaming and demanding workloads. Industry sources say the 3 GB variant is scarcer than the 2 GB type and that prices climbed sharply since October, prompting manufacturers to consider reallocating scarce modules to higher-margin products that require far more memory.
Only a handful of suppliers produce GDDR7 at scale, and analysts say ramping consumer GPU output without pushing costs higher may be difficult. The shortage could delay a Super release into 2026 or lift retail prices for existing RTX 50 models if component costs filter through the supply chain. Nvidia has not commented on the reports.
