Packaging

The Card

I really like the ASUS Prime look for the RTX 50 Series. It's a clean design with highlights that result in a clean look that doesn't appear too plasticky. On the back you get a high quality metal backplate with a large cutout for air to flow through, the front cooler shroud is made from plastic.


Dimensions of the card are 30.5 x 12.0 cm, and it weighs 899 g.


Installation requires three slots in your system. We measured the card's width to be 51 mm.


Display connectivity includes three standard DisplayPort 2.1b and one HDMI 2.1b.

Standard for all GeForce RTX 50-series Blackwell cards is a new display engine that supports three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs, each capable of UHBR20; and one HDMI 2.1a. Both interfaces support DSC (display stream compression). With DSC enabled, a single DisplayPort on this card can drive 4K 12-bit HDR at 480 Hz; or 8K 12-bit HDR at up to 165 Hz. The RTX 5060 Ti features an updated media acceleration engine with support for 4:2:2 video formats, AV1 UHQ, and MV-HEVC. Unlike the bigger RTX 50 models, which have two, there is a single NVENC and NVDEC unit each.


The card uses a single 8-pin connector, which, theoretically allows a maximum power draw of 150 W, plus 75 W from the slot. The card's power limit is set to 180 W, with up to 198 W allowed with manual increases.


There is no lighting on the ASUS RTX 5060 Ti Prime OC.


This BIOS switch lets you toggle between the default Performance BIOS and an optional "Quiet" BIOS.

Teardown

The fan assembly can be removed easily, which makes it easy to replace a broken fan in a couple of years—no need to touch the thermal paste of the card.


ASUS has installed three heatpipes on their thermal solution, the main heatsink also provides cooling for the memory chips and VRM circuitry.


The backplate protects the card against damage during installation and handling. Note the thermal pads, which provide cooling for the memory chips on the back side of the PCB.