Tuesday, April 15th 2025
NVIDIA Launches GeForce RTX 5060 Series, Beginning with RTX 5060 Ti This Week
NVIDIA today announced the GeForce RTX 5060 series, with a combined announcement of the GeForce RTX 5060, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB, and the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB. The latter two will be available from tomorrow, 16th April, which is also when media reviews of the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB and 8 GB go live. The RTX 5060, meanwhile, is expected to be launched in May. The RTX 5060 Ti introduces the new 5 nm "GB206" silicon, which the SKU maxes out. This chip features 36 streaming multiprocessors (SM) across 3 GPCs. These work out to 4,608 CUDA cores, 144 Tensor cores, 36 RT cores, 144 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The chip features a 128-bit GDDR7 memory interface driving 8 GB of 16 GB of 28 Gbps (GDDR7-effective) memory for 448 GB/s of memory bandwidth, which is a 55% increase over the RTX 4060 Ti.
NVIDIA recommends the RTX 5060 Ti for maxed out 1080p gameplay, including with ray tracing, although we expect it to be unofficially capable of 1440p gameplay with fairly high settings and ray tracing. You get new features being introduced with the RTX 50-series, including Neural Rendering, and DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation. NVIDIA is pricing the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB at $375, and the 16 GB sibling about $50 higher, at $425, although these could be fairy tale pricing given the unpredictable world trade environment and scarcity profiteering by scalpers.
NVIDIA recommends the RTX 5060 Ti for maxed out 1080p gameplay, including with ray tracing, although we expect it to be unofficially capable of 1440p gameplay with fairly high settings and ray tracing. You get new features being introduced with the RTX 50-series, including Neural Rendering, and DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation. NVIDIA is pricing the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB at $375, and the 16 GB sibling about $50 higher, at $425, although these could be fairy tale pricing given the unpredictable world trade environment and scarcity profiteering by scalpers.
115 Comments on NVIDIA Launches GeForce RTX 5060 Series, Beginning with RTX 5060 Ti This Week
The 5060Ti 16GB is likely the most important card this generation, in that it's in the price segment where the highest volume of sales have traditionally been, and it's also avaiable with enough VRAM to not be a problem. To stealth launch it with this unprecedented review delay is extremely odd. Here's hoping that AMD can capitalise on this. I'd hope for Intel too, but they don't seem willing or capable to match anything in this performance tier.
We used to be able to gauge well in advance if we are getting a turd or not. It's also something that greatly contributes to the FOMO/shortages.
Also the 6800XT is a fantastic card, period. The 5060Ti might only match it in heavy raytracing, which will still be bad since both the 6800XT and 5060Ti will be too slow to really use heavy raytracing, so I don't see that as a significant loss for the 6800XT.
I'm sure this will be a good enough card for the target task, but prices might be a bit much considering other 1080P cards exist for less. These companies have built a market where there's no point spending more because the specs basically limit you to a resolution. If you can live with 60Hz at 1080P, then why spend any more than you have to?
I really don't get why you still point the finger at "scalpers" profiteering from scarcity, or unpredictable taxes. They aren't responsible for the rise in price, nor is the taxes mayhem. The 5060's price won't be inflated because of scalpers.
Nvidia's supply shortage and store price inflation are the only culprit. The rest is second hand sellers on after-markets using common sense.
Judging on availability and good pricing, even the difficulty in finding a good price on a used GPU isn't the drawback it used to be, because available, reasonably-priced new cards are nowhere to be seen. The 5070 12GB is starting to stabilise at it's MSRP in some regions now, but it's a ridiculously low-value offering that no reviewer has had kind words about, and $550 for a 12GB GPU wasn't even a great idea back in 2023.
I dunno, I think I just got unlucky all the times I've tried to buy 'refurbished' products..
It isn't hard to find used cards for good prices on places like Ebay. You can still find RDNA2 cards for good prices. 2080Ti's still go for good prices for the VRAM you get, 6700XT's too.
I think the best deal I've seen that wasn't really sus was a 2080Ti for like, 250 USD.
That leaves the 9000-series and 50-series as "new" offerings right now, both of which are low-stock, out of stock, and scalped.
It's like stocks in a sense I guess, you just gotta buy / sell where your most comfortable risk wise. Newegg (and similar stores selling refurbished products) are the least risky but usually don't have as good as deals, and the more risk = better deal. Just depends on where your comfortable. For me I land dead middle with Ebay :)
I haven't heard good things about Newegg in regards to selling refurbished mobo's and stuff though. I will probably buy a refurbished mobo from Newegg someday to see what its like though.
Jawa is apparently rising up and becoming a rather popular option but I have never tried them personally. Was gonna buy a 1650 from them sometime ago to put into a living room computer for my household.
FSR 4 and, to an extent, beefed up RT gimmick perf seem to have done the trick.
On top of 5000 series being hilariously underwhelming, yet expensive.
AMD has the groundwork now to hit NVIDIA where it seriously hurts. I am.. carefully observing. Don't wanna get too hyped obviously.FSR4 is pretty impressive (still behind DLSS) but its being held back immensely by being stuck to RDNA4 cards.. the beefed up RT and general raster performance that AMD has always delivered w/ a compelling price AT LAUNCH (really need to highlight this) is what drives this generation.
It seems the sentiment among the more savvy consumers who aren't tech enthusiasts is that the RT performance of AMD w/ RDNA4 cards is 'good enough' for everything else they're getting in return. It makes sense.
5090: 25% more power for 30% more performance, extremely roughly, but most people who are buying this card don't really mind and can probably afford it. Seems to have the most positive buzz surrounding it that is not the 5070Ti.
5080: Immediately pinned as '4080Ti' by some reviewers, worse than a 4090 seems to be the main talking point against it.
5070Ti: The most well received card seemingly besides the 5090, but its basically just a 4080 with a better MSRP (but its street price is basically the same, if not higher lol.). Its wattage, performance, everything is almost identical to a 4080. It's not super compelling outside of its supposed MSRP.
5070: Why.
So it makes sense. I have my own problems with 50 series but it seems these are some of the points reviewers are pointing out so I'm sure NVIDIA is worried that reviewers will slam the 5060Ti like they did the 5080 and 5070.
I mean they aren't inherently bad products (I personally don't believe that there is any 'bad' GPU, as its still better to have one than not at all arguably), they're just not compelling at all, and the scalping is also really not helping. I certainly am expecting the 5060Ti to be god awful.
But RDNA4 limit in this context is a positive aspect, boosting 9000 series sales.Optimistic expectations were that it would get closer to DLSS3, FSR 4 landing between DLSS 3 and 4 is a shocker with consequences: green lead was not as big as perceived, this sets different expectations of what will come in the future.