RTX 5070 Ti gets tentative release date in new leak from EU retailer

This year's Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 series launch saw the GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti all get announced at the same event, with the RTX 5090 being the first to hit store shelves (although the January 30 retail availability has recently been called into question). The more affordable, mainstream GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, however, appears to be arriving later than its high-end counterparts. 

If a leak from popular European hardware retailer, Proshop, who has prematurely listed a number of RTX 5070 Ti variants, the 5070 Ti will launch on February 20. This is three weeks after the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 are expected to be available via retail channels but at least a month before the launch of AMD's RX 9070 and 9070 XT GPUs, which are now slated to launch in March. 

At the launch of Nvidia's RTX 5000 series GPUs, the company was seemingly deliberately vague about the exact release date, simply citing “January” as the start of retail availability. With the RTX 5070 Ti, seemingly the closest direct competition to AMD's RX 9070 XT, launching closer to the new March AMD RDNA 4 launch, it seems like AMD and Nvidia are playing things more strategically than ever before when it comes to pricing, launch dates, and news cycles. 

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