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More RTX 50-series supply on the way? Rumours suggest Nvidia may have started to use SK Hynix GDDR7 in potential boost to production
2025-04-15 07:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
I think it's fair to say that a defining feature of the RTX 50-series launch has been an overall lack of availability. Not a day goes by without me checking graphics card listings for new stock, only to be continually greeted with minimal available cards and some ludicrous prices as a result. However, according to known X leaker @Zed__Wang, Nvidia has begun using GDDR7 from SK Hynix for RTX 50-series cards, starting with the RTX 5070.Nvidia recently started to use SK Hynix GDDR7 for the RTX50 Graphic Card. Started with RTX5070 first.April 8, 2025Benchlife reports that SK Hynix memory modules began shipping to AIB partners for production at the end of March. Nvidia currently uses Samsung GDDR7 modules in the new cards, so it's unclear if this switch would mean using both suppliers at once for consumer GPUs, or moving over wholesale to SK Hynix memory for the foreseeable future.Should these reports turn out to be correct, however, that would mean that new graphics card stock (of the RTX... [ more ]
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