RAM crisis lands another blow as Nvidia could stick to 8GB with mainstream GPUs for the foreseeable future — but is that enough in 2026?

An Nvidia RTX 5060 held in a masculine hand.

• A new rumor suggests Nvidia could focus more on 8GB GPUs
• The theory is the RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti with 16GB VRAM are going to be less of a priority
• Nvidia could instead focus on the RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti with 8GB this year

Rumor has it that Nvidia could be recalibrating its production strategy for RTX 5000 GPUs, switching away from making affordable models with 16GB of video RAM (VRAM), in favor of 8GB graphics cards at these mid-to-lower tiers.