Lower price than last gen, same amount of VRAM
The GeForce RTX 5060 family of cards is about to be released, and we have a 16GB version of the RTX 5060 Ti in for review. NVIDIA partners will be offering both 16GB and 8GB variants, and the fact that any card outside of the budget realm is being offered at all with just 8GB of VRAM is something that only NVIDIA can explain. Games haven’t suddenly become less demanding, and 8GB was demonstrably inadequate (not to mention wildly unpopular) in 2023.
The pricing strategy from NVIDIA for this launch does indicate that the company is at least aware of negative feelings about 8GB cards, as $20 has been shaved from the MSRP of the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, making it start at $379 USD (theoretically), instead of the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB‘s $399 launch MSRP almost two years ago. A bigger drop comes from the 16GB version of the RTX 5060 Ti, which is (theoretically) offered for $429, down $70 from the $499 (theoretical) starting price of the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB.
Of course, pricing is all subject to change, and availability is always a painful subject these days. Really, it’s been such a long time since a graphics card review did not have to disclaim any listed MSRP or bemoan availability that I’ve largely forgotten what it was like when cards like the GTX 1070 were released at a good price, and could actually be found for that amount (not to mention that 8GB was a lot more attractive in 2016).
Here is a look at specs for the new RTX 5060 series, compared to the previous RTX 4060 series:
