- The NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders publishing card will not be available today
- Nvidia confirmed that he will arrive at one point in March 2025
- Availability should be incredibly limited, as with other Blackwell cards
It is the launching day of the RTX 5070 with the highly anticipated mid-range graphics card now (hopefully) available in the hands of players in the United States, in the United Kingdom and beyond. However, it’s just AIB on sale for the moment, because Nvidia has said that, while a founding editing model arrives, there is still some way to go.
While the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 Founders Edition models were shipped alongside partner variants (such as Gigabyte, Zotac, MSI, Asrock, Asus), the same cannot be said for the Midrange Blackwell offer; NVIDIA confirmed that the RTX 5070 Founders Edition model will be available “later in March” with an exact date to determine (via Andreas Schilling on X).
According to this source, Nvidia told Schilling the lack of availability of the edition of the founders two and a half hours before the raising of the journal’s embargo. This leaves in question the availability of the card made in Nvidia. Historically, while the Founders Edition Edition models of RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 were technically available, they were even more ephemeral than their AIB counterparts (especially in the United States and the United Kingdom).
Traditionally, the Founders Edition Edition of GPU Nvidia are most often found in the United States through hybrid retailers (online and brick and mortar) such as Micro Center and Best Buy. While in the United Kingdom, it is generally only the Nvidia website (and in an incredibly limited offer). We have seen the rest of the Blackwell range disappear from the shelves nearby, and the same is likely of it; Despite (apparently) a reduction in demand against the other three GPUs.
A lack of confidence for a product in difficulty
According to all the accounts, the RTX 5070 failed to browse how its predecessors (the RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070) did it respectively in 2024 and 2023. We gave the last Blackwell GPU a article less than 3 -star stellar in our review, citing generational performances almost identical compared to the RTX 4070 Super despite the PCIE 5.0 video memory And GDDR7, which was made (effectively) unnecessary by reducing compute units and transistors overall.
The fact that Nvidia has decided to delay its founding edition of the cheapest card in the Blackwell range could be somewhat revealing. It is possible that he is preparing for greater availability than what has been seen from the other three GPUs. However, this could be a strategic decision taking into account the launch of Tomorrow of RX 9070 and 9070 XT of AMD, none will include a reference version (MADGE AMD). Could Nvidia hold back to sniper its competition with the cheapest variants available? It is a possibility.
With all the directives, the RTX 5070 could be a valid investment if you go from an old Ampère (RTX 30 Series) or Turing (RTX 20 series 20) class card for a huge generational boost of two / three. Some partner cards can hover around the promised bar of $ 549, while others will inevitably be evaluated more than $ 600 depending on the cooler size, overclocking potential, RGB, etc.
