• Nvidia has revealed that the RTX 5070 Ti goes on sale on February 20
• It’ll be adopted by the RTX 5070 on March 5, regardless of Nvidia initially saying this GPU would arrive in February in addition to the Ti
• The RTX 5070 Ti launch date, and delay to early March for the RTX 5070, have been predicted by the rumor mill

Nvidia has confirmed the launch dates of its RTX 5070 graphics playing cards, with the RTX 5070 Ti arriving as deliberate in February, however with the vanilla RTX 5070 having been pushed out a bit to March, as rumors had already insisted was the case.

Nvidia up to date its official internet web page for the RTX 5070 fashions with the precise dates, that are February 20 for the RTX 5070 Ti, and March 5 for the RTX 5070.

Workforce Inexperienced additionally posted on X to disclose the details about the RTX 5070 Ti, and the way the graphics card is coming from third-party board makers and PC builders – keep in mind, this variant received’t have a Founders Version from Nvidia itself.

The RTX 5070, however, could have a Founders Version, however you’ll be ready a pair extra weeks to try to order that, or to attempt to seize a third-party graphics card.

Attempt being the operative phrase right here, because it stays to be seen what sort of inventory ranges that the RTX 5070 fashions will launch with.

Evaluation: The rumors have been proper

It doesn’t bode significantly properly that again when all the brand new Blackwell graphics playing cards have been revealed at CES 2025, Nvidia stated that each of those RTX 5070 variants have been resulting from arrive in February sooner or later (with out giving any particular dates). Fairly quickly after, there have been early rumors suggesting the RTX 5070 non-Ti model could be delayed to early March, and that’s precisely what has occurred.

Why the (slight) delay, then? May this be about working interference with AMD’s RX 9070 launch by some means, which can be in March? I doubt that, and a extra seemingly flip of occasions is to be present in contemplating the newest growth with chatter from the grapevine. Particularly, the story spun earlier as we speak about inventory of the RTX 5070 presumably being severely skinny on the bottom – doubtlessly the same scenario to the one we’ve seen with the RTX 5090 and 5080.

Now, that’s only a rumor, and I’m not saying it’s proper, however it actually makes some sense once you put the whole lot collectively within the chilly gentle of day. Given Nvidia’s inventory woes have been fairly disastrous to date, if the RTX 5070 have been to reach in wholesome portions, it’d be a shock. It’s actually a plausible idea that the vanilla 5070 wanted to be pushed again a bit to make sure one thing like a half-decent quantity of those graphics playing cards find yourself on cabinets.

The opposite drawback with the RTX 5070 is that given its extra inexpensive price ticket, this GPU goes to be in far better demand than any of the Blackwell graphics playing cards we’ve seen to date – making a tighter provide a doubtlessly a lot worse state of affairs.

Moreover, keep in mind that the identical rumor peddler who was proper concerning the RTX 5070 delay, additionally recommended the RTX 5060 has been pushed again as properly (from March to April).

Naturally, keep skeptical on that individual RTX 5060 nugget, however the different extensively unfold rumor, the one concerning the RTX 5070 Ti launching on February 20, has additionally turned out to be appropriate. Briefly, the rumor mill seems to have nailed what’s occurring with incoming Blackwell GPUs fairly properly to date, so at this level, I’m positively not betting in opposition to it.