NVIDIA Pushes GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Launch to Mid-April, RTX 5060 to May

[btarunr]

NVIDIA is reportedly pushing the launch dates of its upcoming mid-range GeForce RTX 5060-series graphics cards by a couple of weeks, each. The faster RTX 5060 Ti is now expected to launch some time in mid-April 2025, while the RTX 5060 is now slated for a month later in mid-May, just before the media gears up for the 2025 Computex later that month. The RTX 5060 Ti comes in 16 GB and 8 GB memory variants, and both are expected to launch around the same time, if not on the same day; while the RTX 5060 is expected to come in just 8 GB.

Both SKUs are expected to be based on the "GB206" silicon, which probably features 36 or 40 streaming multiprocessors, from which the RTX 5060 Ti is configured with 36, to yield 4,608 CUDA cores. The RTX 5060 is significantly cut down, enabling 30 SM for 3,840 CUDA cores. The silicon features a 128-bit GDDR7 memory interface, and both SKUs are expected to be configured with 28 Gbps memory speeds, giving them 448 GB/s memory bandwidth.



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[Chaitanya]

They will be "sold out" already.

 

[Vayra86]

Such a loss for the gaming world, indeed. I think Nvidia didn't want to unleash their 8GB monsters on the low-end market yet. They might disrupt things... /s

 

[Tek-Check]

Lovely...

 

[Klemc]

Not everybody needs 8gb+, and it's 60 series tho, this buyers play not the BIG games.

But the price yeah.

 

[Dirt Chip]

let us see the 250$ for the 8GB, 300$ for the 16GB of the TI.
5060 @200$
5050 @129$, please.

 

[Hyderz]

let us see the 250$ for the 8GB, 300$ for the 16GB of the TI.
5060 @200$
5050 @129$, please.

Not gonna happen I’m afraid

 

[Assimilator]

Hopefully this will mean the launch of these parts is less of a fustercluck than the current 5000-series has been.

 

[ixi]

let us see the 250$ for the 8GB, 300$ for the 16GB of the TI.
5060 @200$
5050 @129$, please.

Fixed prices.

5050 @69€ (nice)
5060 @120€
5060 ti @8GB 180€
5060 ti @16GB 210€


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AIB anyway will add at least 200% OTT

 

[watzupken]

I feel a lot of these lower end GPUs are headed for laptops, so less allocation to desktops for now.

 

[Sithaer]

Not everybody needs 8gb+, and it's 60 series tho, this buyers play not the BIG games.

But the price yeah.

While I agree that not everybody needs 8+ GB but the other part I would argue.
I have a 3060 Ti and I do play the so called 'BIG' games too, basically I play anything that I find interesting and enjoy. 'I have a full year worth of Gamepass Ultimate'
For example I'm playing Indiana Jones on this card with reasonably tweaked settings and I also finished Cyberpunk with tweaked high setting + RT on Ultra, Forbidden West and also tried Stalker 2 which is playable actually I just don't really like the game itself so I'm not playing it.

What the buyers of the 60 serie don't really do is using high res monitors + usually don't mind upscaling like DLSS. 'I also use it in every game where its supported with my 2560x1080 res monitor and I would say this is the highest I would go with this card in 2025'

Price yea that aint gonna be pretty, especially where I live..

 

[Philaphlous]

I foresee this providing about a 10-15% lift over previous gen 4060 laptops....not a great next gen this go around....

 

[LittleBro]

Looks like RTX 5060 performance issues need additional time to be solved.
Launching another buggy (unpolished) product would not be wise after ROPgate and blacksreen fiascos.

RTX 5060 will be just on par with RTX 4060 Ti.
RTX 5060 Ti will not beat RTX 4070.

 

[Daven]

Looks like RTX 5060 performance issues need additional time to be solved.
Launching another buggy (unpolished) product would not be wise after ROPgate and blacksreen fiascos.

RTX 5060 will be just on par with RTX 4060 Ti.
RTX 5060 Ti will not beat RTX 4070.

Just imagine the RTX 5050. It will be so paired down at high scalping prices it might as well just be a signed picture of Jensen in the box.

 

[mtosev]

This is bad news for buyers of entry level cards.

 

[The Shield]

Other non-existent GPUs incoming with fake suggested prices.

 

[bonehead123]

They will be "sold out" already.

They were "sold out" before they were even manufactured, and this was done on purpose...

I think Nvidia didn't want to unleash their 8GB monsters on the low-end market yet. They might disrupt things... /s

This is entirely nothing more than a money grab, and another reason for nGreediya to continue pushing their other hugely over-priced, partly defective p.o.s.'s on the lowly masses....

 

[R0H1T]

Not gonna happen I’m afraid

Could happen if AMD releases the Halo on desktops, or its next iteration with CAMM(2?) or anything upgradeable!

This is entirely nothing more than a money grab, and another reason for nGreediya to continue pushing their other hugely over-priced, partly defective p.o.s.'s on the lowly masses.

Hey what's the big deal with a little ROP here or ROP there missing, who cares right

 

[alwayssts]

let us see the 250$ for the 8GB, 300$ for the 16GB of the TI.

I've got a GPU for you, and it's called N44.

 

[dartuil]

5060 for 300 minimum
TI for 400 minimum , it wont beat 4070.
Dont dream for low price men.

 

[Chrispy_]

I'm reasonably excited for the 5060Ti 16GB and vanilla 5060.

Firstly, the 4060Ti was a decent GPU with enough VRAM, the only real issues were the lack of VRAM bandwidth and the insulting launch price (fixed by Nvidia chopping $50 off it very very quickly after well-deserved, unilateral, and unanimously harsh criticism). GDDR7 solves the worst of the bandwidth bottleneck that the wimply little 128-bit bus caused. Moving to GDDR7 is actually more bandwidth than just increasing the GDDR6 bus width to 192-bits, and has the advantage of allowing a 16GB configuration which is a better option than the 12GB of the 5070, IMO.

As for the 5060, it's getting a significant bump in cores which will make it meaningfully better than the 4060, but that 8GB is going to mean you're limited to medium/low settings which is a pretty big disappointment. Still, there are plenty of 2024 games where the 4060 only managed 60-70fps before raytracing is enabled at 1080p and monitors typically start at 165Hz these days, even basic 60Hz 4K TVs tend to offer 1080p120 modes these days. If you're buying a $350 graphics card, you're probably not gaming on a 15-year old 1080p office monitor.

Honestly, there's no reason for new 8GB cards to exist any more if their goal is to run AAA games at any resolution. We've had multiple titles that need 9-10GB at launch and given that this 8GB limitation has been a growing problem for even 1080p AAA gaming since early 2021, it's plain embarrassing that Nvidia are so meagre with VRAM in 2025 - it's just not that expensive. I can't see spot prices for GDDR7 yet, but Nvidia either needs the 24Gb GDDR7 modules to get 12GB of VRAM on the 5060 over it's 128-bit bus, or they need to pony up and make the 5060 a 16GB card.

 

[hsew]

The 50-series has been a disastrous launch. nVidia somehow managed to outdo the pretty lackluster 40-series.
No real perf/watt gain, no real availability, no real MSRP, no real specs, no real power delivery system.

But let's be real, they don't care. They are an AI company now, the Apple of GPUs, and anybody honestly expecting the 5060 to sell for under $300 is smoking something.

 

[docnorth]

I feel a lot of these lower end GPUs are headed for laptops, so less allocation to desktops for now.

Prebuilts too, especially the 5060.

 

[hsew]

Honestly, there's no reason for new 8GB cards to exist any more if their goal is to run AAA games at any resolution. We've had multiple titles that need 9-10GB at launch and given that this 8GB limitation has been a growing problem for even 1080p AAA gaming since early 2021,

But their goal ISN'T to run AAA games. The 50 and 60 series were always intended to play popular games like Minecraft, LoL, R6, Fortnite, COD. Anything that the majority of gamers are playing. Looking at the Steam top 100, how many of these titles actually require more than 8GB of VRAM at 1080p med settings to hit 60FPS?

Also, AAA games at launch tend to be at their least optimized and most buggy point. Give it a year or two and the dev will 9/10 times have it patched.

 

[JustBenching]

While I agree that not everybody needs 8+ GB but the other part I would argue.
I have a 3060 Ti and I do play the so called 'BIG' games too, basically I play anything that I find interesting and enjoy. 'I have a full year worth of Gamepass Ultimate'
For example I'm playing Indiana Jones on this card with reasonably tweaked settings and I also finished Cyberpunk with tweaked high setting + RT on Ultra, Forbidden West and also tried Stalker 2 which is playable actually I just don't really like the game itself so I'm not playing it.

What the buyers of the 60 serie don't really do is using high res monitors + usually don't mind upscaling like DLSS. 'I also use it in every game where its supported with my 2560x1080 res monitor and I would say this is the highest I would go with this card in 2025'

Price yea that aint gonna be pretty, especially where I live..

Usually people complaining about 8gb vram don't have these kinds of cards so they just accept the clickbait youtubers that try to run games at extreme ultra settings and lo and behold, yeah 8 gb is not enough. Thank God there are settings below ultra extreme.