Rumor mill: Nvidia hasn't been more specific about the RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti cards' launch dates beyond them arriving sometime in February. While the Ti version is still on track to land in the next few weeks, the vanilla card has reportedly been delayed until early March, and for several possible reasons.
The claim comes from prolific leaker MEGAsizeGPU, who writes that the RTX 5070 "will be delayed. Instead of February, it will be on the shelf in early March."
The RTX5070 will be delayed. Instead of February, it will be on the shelf in early March.
– MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) February 12, 2025
Leakers' claims should always be taken with a grain of salt, but there are plenty of reasons to believe this one. Firstly, the RTX 5070 Ti review and launch embargoes are set for February 19 and 20, respectively. But Nvidia has released no embargo details for the RTX 5070.
The other issue is the supply nightmare that has been plaguing the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 launch. The cards were sold out everywhere on launch day, with most retailers allocated units in low double-digit or even single-digit figures, leading to many labeling it a paper launch.
If Nvidia does delay the RTX 5070 until March, one would hope the company will be able to build up more stock to supply to retailers.
There's also AMD to consider. Team Red has confirmed that the mainstream RX 9070 series will also launch in early March.
While Nvidia may be hoping to steal headlines from AMD by releasing the RTX 5070 around the same time as the RDNA 4 cards, there's always the slight chance it could adjust the pricing of the Blackwell GPU based on what AMD does, thereby making it more competitive.
It was recently reported that AMD may price its RDNA 4 cards to undercut Nvidia's mid-range equivalents – $599 MSRP for the RX 9070 XT, $150 less than the $749 RTX 5070 Ti, while the RX 9070 will likely be cheaper than the $549 RTX 5070.
Nvidia has already announced the price of the RTX 5070, so a sudden change seems unlikely. However, the company did "unlaunch" the $899 RTX 4080 12GB in October 2022, later relaunching it as the RTX 4070 Ti, which was $100 cheaper.
In other AMD news, the company is rumored to be developing a 32GB version of the upcoming RX 9070 XT, though it is designed with AI applications in mind.
Nvidia may delay RTX 5070 to March to boost stock and compete with AMD
