PC gamers are staring at a rare kind of drought: a potential gap of roughly two years before the next wave of GeForce cards arrives. A cluster of leaks and supply chain reports now points to Nvidia slowing production, cutting shipments and, most explosively, holding back new gaming GPUs until 2027. I want to unpack what is actually known, why prices could get uglier and how much of the outrage is justified.
How a leaker’s 2027 claim lit the fuse
The immediate panic traces back to reports that Nvidia is trimming gaming GPU output while also pushing back its next GeForce generation. One prominent leaker, MEGAsizeGPU, is cited as saying Nvidia will cut GPU supply by about 20 percent and has no plans to launch a fresh GeForce gaming lineup until 2027, a claim that has been repeated in coverage of Nvidia cutting back. That timeline would be unprecedented in the modern GeForce era, where new architectures or refreshes have typically landed every one to two years.
Adding to the anxiety, the same reporting notes that, according to MEGAsizeGPU, Nvidia has no new GeForce cards planned until it can fully leverage its next architecture, Rubin, for gaming. That claim is echoed in analysis that says Adding Rubin to gaming will take time, and that the company dominates the gaming market already, which gives it room to slow down. None of this is officially confirmed, but the consistency of the leaks is enough to make players who skipped the first GeForce RTX 50 wave feel like they may be stuck with current stock for a long while.
Supply cuts, memory shortages and the RTX 50 squeeze
Behind the rumored delay is a very real supply crunch. Multiple reports say Nvidia Might Cut RTX 50 GPU Supply by up to 40% in 2026, explicitly citing Memory Shortages on the GDDR side. The RTX 5070 and 5060 Ti are singled out as early victims of this squeeze, and follow up coverage repeats that Nvidia Might Cut RTX 50 GPU Supply by up to 40% as part of a broader GPU Supply crunch Due to Memory Shortages.
Separate reporting from Asian supply chain sources says NVIDIA Plans to Reduce RTX 50 production by up to 40 percent in early 2026, again tying the move to expensive high bandwidth memory and even competition for capacity with DDR5 and DDR4. A new report from China adds that NVIDIA reportedly shifts RTX 50 supply toward cheaper RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti 8 GB cards in 2026, which would leave higher end models even scarcer.
RTX 50 Super delays and a quiet CES
Gamers had been counting on a mid cycle refresh to relieve some of this pressure. Instead, reports now say NVIDIA’s RTX 50 Super delay is a direct result of supply chain issues and rising component costs, with no firm confirmation of when Super variants in the RTX 50 series will arrive. Another analysis of upcoming hardware bluntly concludes that RTX 50 Super is Delayed or even Canceled as a near term prospect, saying the early 2026 launch window for RTX RTX 50 Super had already slipped.
The messaging around Nvidia CES 2026 only deepened the sense that gaming is on the back burner. Coverage of the Nvidia CES keynote notes that Jensen Huang used the stage to talk about what is next for the AI company and explicitly told viewers not to expect new consumer GPUs, with Nvidia CES quashing RTX 50 Super rumors outright. A separate live blog of the same event reiterates that Nvidia CES 2026 with Jensen Huang was focused on AI services and data center hardware, not new GeForce cards, underlining how far gaming has slipped from the company’s public priorities in the short term and linking back to the idea that RTX 50 Series Super will be delayed as part of a broader RTX Series Super GPU slowdown.
AI Rubin, “abandoning gamers” and why prices may spike
At the same time as gaming slows, Nvidia is racing ahead in AI. The company has formally announced that NVIDIA Rubin is in full production and that Rubin based products will be available from partners in the second half of 2026, with NVIDIA Rubin chips earmarked for cloud providers like Lambda, Nebius and Nscale Among the first wave. That pivot has fed a narrative that NVIDIA Is Abandoning Gamers, with one detailed breakdown arguing that 40% Gaming GPU Production Cuts Confirmed as AI Takes Over and that the data center business now brings in several times more revenue than gaming, a claim backed by NVIDIA financial comparisons.
That sense of betrayal is echoed in consumer sentiment. One analysis of four Nvidia Graphics Card Trends That Should Worry Every Consumer notes that, As the reality of 2026 settles in, an analysis of As the Nvidia pricing and release cadence shows that buying at reasonable rates has become even harder. Another piece describes how Big AI has PC users furious, saying Nvidia and Micron are making emotional appeals to consumers while PC users express frustration at high prices and limited stock, with Nvidia and Micron urging patience even as gamers see AI customers getting priority.
What a long pause means for buyers right now
If Nvidia really holds back new GeForce cards until 2027, the practical impact will be felt in store shelves and price charts long before that date. One breakdown of Nvidia Reportedly Cuts GPU Supply And Delays New GeForce cards says a 15 to 20 percent reduction in shipments can still have a big effect, with What a Supply Cut Could Mean For Gamers including higher prices, fewer discounts and more difficulty finding real bargains, as explained in What Supply Cut Could Mean For Gamers. A separate look at Graphics Card Price Variations Over The Last Three Months shows that prices have already been volatile, and that Intel’s Arc B series, codenamed Battlemage, is emerging as a refreshing contrast on value, with Graphics Card Price highlighting Intel, Arc and Battlemage as alternatives.
For anyone sitting on an aging GPU, the uncomfortable takeaway from several analyses is that Now is not the time to wait for next gen GPUs. One detailed look at the GPUs coming in 2026 says that Although 2026 could turn out to be a decent year for GPUs, it will still be a transition period dominated by constrained RTX 50 stock and delayed refreshes, a point underscored in Although 2026 commentary. In that context, I see a strong case for buying when you find a fair price rather than holding out for a mythical launch that, based on current reporting, may not arrive until the Rubin era is ready to power gaming cards in 2027.
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