
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series production cut by 30% due to oversupply
The supply of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series is pretty stable as compared to its predecessors, and it seems that it is too stable for NVIDIA. While prices in Malaysia doesn’t seem to be budging, they are apparently on the downtrend overseas, due to an oversupply situation due to less-than-expected demand for the Blackwell GPUs. Obviously, this isn’t good for NVIDIA, so they are reportedly cutting production by up to 30% to maintain a healthier supply-demand ratio.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series production cut, prices to go up?

While this reduction in production volume should help to balance out supply to meet the actual demand of the GeForce RTX 50 series cards in the market, it may also cause prices to rise. This will happen if demand starts outpacing supply, which was what happened during the absolute chaos that was the COVID-19 lockdowns and mining craze of 2020 to 2022. However, given the relative normalcy of the times, we may not see such a huge spike in demand, so prices should remain relatively stable.
The production cut might also be to allocate more production capacity towards the China-exclusive GeForce RTX 5090D v2 and Blackwell B20, which are apparently quite in demand. Given China’s hunger for AI processing power, that’s to be expected, and NVIDIA is probably looking at a rather lucrative payday.

Cutting production numbers also ensures that NVIDIA won’t be left trying to clear out excess inventories after the next-gen GPUs are launched. Currently you can still quite easily find GeForce RTX 3050 and GeForce RTX 4050 in the market, which means less people will actually buy up the entry-level Blackwell GeForce RTX 5050 cards. That’s not a situation NVIDIA wants to be in, and these production cuts are likely to prevent a repeat in the future when the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 60 series arrive.