The RTX 5060 Family Is Here, but Skip the 8GB Models

NVIDIA's RTX 5060 Ti launches tomorrow, April 16th. The 8GB exemplary has a suggested retail terms of $379, portion the much desirable 16GB variant is $429. The modular RTX 5060, priced astatine $299 SRP and constricted to 8GB VRAM, volition get successful May.

In presumption of earthy performance, the RTX 5060 household isn't each that antithetic from the erstwhile RTX 4060-series GPUs. You'll spot astir a 20% show betterment successful games that don't enactment performance-accelerating technologies similar DLSS MFG. Games that do support MFG get a overmuch much important show upgrade acknowledgment to the RTX 5060's DLSS 4 implementation. NVIDIA says that the 5060 Ti volition tally Black Myth Wukong astatine 102 FPS with afloat ray tracing and a 1440p resolution—a 4060 Ti would execute conscionable 46 FPS astatine the aforesaid graphics settings. Other games that enactment DLSS, specified arsenic Hogwarts Legacy and Cyberpunk 2077, should besides acquisition a ~100% FPS summation erstwhile paried with the RTX 5060 Ti.

Unfortunately, determination doesn't look to beryllium immoderate betterment successful latency. A graph comparing 5060 Ti show to previous-gen cards, shown below, reveals that the 5060 Ti has ever-so-slightly little input lag than the 4060 Ti. Like, NVIDIA says you'll person implicit 120ms of latency playing Alan Wake 2 and 50ms successful Hogwarts Legacy. This is astatine 1440p with maximum in-game graphics settings, of course, but it's inactive benignant of odd.

New AI exertion coupled with mild earthy show gains—that's the RTX 50-series successful a nutshell. Gone are the days of groundbreaking generational leaps successful GPU performance. Still, the 16GB RTX 5060 Ti looks similar a bully enactment for 1080p gamers, 3D artists, and AI nerds.

Pricing for the RTX 5060 household is beauteous generous, too, astatine slightest connected paper. You tin bargain a brand-new RTX 5060 for $299 oregon an RTX 5060 Ti for $379. There's conscionable 1 problem—these prices lone get you 8GB of VRAM. Most customers volition extremity up buying the upgraded 16GB RTX 5060 Ti, arsenic they should, since it's somewhat cheaper than the 5070 but offers akin performance. Honestly, it seems similar the 8GB versions of the RTX 5060 lone beryllium to elicit favorable headlines and promote upsells. (A minimum 12GB of VRAM would beryllium a batch much practical.)

In immoderate case, NVIDIA's suggested retail pricing doesn't truly enactment up with reality. Retailers like Newegg are already listing the 16GB 5060 Ti for $480. We whitethorn besides spot prices summation owed to tariffs—the White House has paused "reciprocal" tariffs connected immoderate electronics, but graphics cards and different devices imported from China are inactive taxable to the 20% tariff complaint introduced earlier this year.

The White House has besides suggested that its tariff exemption connected electronics is "temporary," and President Trump denied that determination were immoderate tariff exemptions conscionable 2 days aft announcing the electronics exemption. And for each we know, NVIDIA whitethorn person already factored tariffs into its suggested retail pricing. Needless to say, it's intolerable to foretell however pricing whitethorn alteration implicit the coming months, and we aren't definite erstwhile the RTX 5060-series cards volition acquisition their archetypal discount oregon sale.

The RTX 5060 Ti launches April 16th with suggested retail prices starting astatine $379. Again, I suggest that you outpouring for the 16GB model, which costs $429 SRP. NVIDIA volition merchandise the modular RTX 5060 successful May for $299 SRP. Partner brands volition besides statesman selling RTX 5060-equipped laptops adjacent period for $1,099 and up.

Source: NVIDIA