Palit Denies GALAX Factory Closure, Says GPU Production Continues
Palit said on Oct. 28 that no factory shared with GALAX has closed, answering a Spanish report that blamed a lack of NVIDIA chips. NVIDIA was not immediately available for comment.
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GALAX's GeForce RTX 5080 HOF Extreme, launched shortly before the closure rumour. The card is shown for context; it is not tied to the factory claim.
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Source · Press image from the GALAX newsroom, used for news reporting.
A statement published on GALAX's site on Oct. 28, which Tom's Hardware attributed to Palit, says no GALAX factory has been closed. Tom's Hardware linked the statement to a Spanish outlet's report that claimed the plant shut because Palit could not get enough NVIDIA chips.
Palit's statement denies a closure, but it does not say how many NVIDIA chips Palit receives, per the GALAX statement and Tom's Hardware.
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In its statement, Palit called the claims inaccurate. The company said GALAX continues to operate as usual, that no manufacturing facilities have been shut down, and that GALAX products remain available through its sales channels in domestic and international markets. Palit also said GALAX and Palit share the same factories, and that production and business operations are continuing as normal, according to Tom's Hardware.
What the Spanish Report Claimed About GALAX
The rumour came from an exclusive report by a Spanish outlet, which said Palit could no longer supply NVIDIA GPU chips to GALAX, so it could no longer build cards at that facility. A social post of the report, embedded by Tom's Hardware, read "GALAX/KFA2 abandons GPU market" and said Palit could not supply enough NVIDIA chips. Palit's denial followed the report; the embedded post is dated October 28, 2026, the same day as the denial.
The claim did not come from nowhere. GALAX had just launched its GeForce RTX 5080 HOF Extreme, and Tom's Hardware noted that a similar closure rumour surfaced earlier this year after Palit Group restructured and said it would consolidate GALAX operations at its Taiwan headquarters. The denial covers factories and sales; it does not address how many NVIDIA chips Palit receives.
Why the Palit Denial Matters for GPU Supply
Add-in-board makers such as Palit and GALAX build RTX cards around GPUs that NVIDIA supplies, so a board maker's chip allocation is a live question for gamers and for retail pricing. Tom's Hardware said the speculation was not implausible given reports that NVIDIA is ending RTX 5090 production in favour of more expensive AI data center and professional GPUs. Those reports have not been confirmed by NVIDIA, and Tom's Hardware has also carried a headline saying NVIDIA reportedly insists the RTX 5090 is not dead.
Tom's Hardware also said the denial does not ease the rise in GPU prices that it attributes to the AI-driven memory chip shortage.
What Palit and NVIDIA Have Not Confirmed
NVIDIA was not immediately available to Tom's Hardware for comment on chip availability. Palit did not give GPU volumes, and it did not say whether its NVIDIA allocation has changed. Tom's Hardware, citing the denial, says the report's sources were wrong. Until NVIDIA or Palit gives shipment figures, the supply question stays open.
