NVIDIA’s RTX 5060 Ti launches tomorrow, April sixteenth. The 8GB mannequin has a recommended retail worth of $379, whereas the extra fascinating 16GB variant is $429. The usual RTX 5060, priced at $299 SRP and restricted to 8GB VRAM, will arrive in Could.

When it comes to uncooked efficiency, the RTX 5060 household is not all that completely different from the earlier RTX 4060-series GPUs. You will see a few 20% efficiency enchancment in video games that do not help performance-accelerating applied sciences like DLSS MFG. Video games that do help MFG get a way more substantial efficiency improve because of the RTX 5060’s DLSS 4 implementation. NVIDIA says that the 5060 Ti will run Black Fable Wukong at 102 FPS with full ray tracing and a 1440p decision—a 4060 Ti would obtain simply 46 FPS on the similar graphics settings. Different video games that help DLSS, comparable to Hogwarts Legacy and Cyberpunk 2077, also needs to expertise a ~100% FPS improve when paried with the RTX 5060 Ti.

Sadly, there would not look like any enchancment in latency. A graph evaluating 5060 Ti efficiency to previous-gen playing cards, proven under, reveals that the 5060 Ti has ever-so-slightly much less enter lag than the 4060 Ti. Like, NVIDIA says you may have over 120ms of latency enjoying Alan Wake 2 and 50ms in Hogwarts Legacy. That is at 1440p with most in-game graphics settings, after all, nevertheless it’s nonetheless sort of odd.

New AI know-how coupled with delicate uncooked efficiency positive aspects—that is the RTX 50-series in a nutshell. Gone are the times of groundbreaking generational leaps in GPU efficiency. Nonetheless, the 16GB RTX 5060 Ti seems like a great possibility for 1080p avid gamers, 3D artists, and AI nerds.

Pricing for the RTX 5060 household is fairly beneficiant, too, at the very least on paper. You should purchase a brand-new RTX 5060 for $299 or an RTX 5060 Ti for $379. There’s only one downside—these costs solely get you 8GB of VRAM. Most prospects will find yourself shopping for the upgraded 16GB RTX 5060 Ti, as they need to, because it’s barely cheaper than the 5070 however provides comparable efficiency. Truthfully, it looks like the 8GB variations of the RTX 5060 solely exist to elicit favorable headlines and encourage upsells. (A minimal 12GB of VRAM could be much more sensible.)

In any case, NVIDIA’s recommended retail pricing would not actually line up with actuality. Retailers like Newegg are already itemizing the 16GB 5060 Ti for $480. We may see costs improve because of tariffs—the White Home has paused “reciprocal” tariffs on some electronics, however graphics playing cards and different gadgets imported from China are nonetheless topic to the 20% tariff price launched earlier this 12 months.

The White Home has additionally recommended that its tariff exemption on electronics is “short-term,” and President Trump denied that there were any tariff exemptions simply two days after asserting the electronics exemption. And for all we all know, NVIDIA might have already factored tariffs into its recommended retail pricing. For sure, it is inconceivable to foretell how pricing might change over the approaching months, and we aren’t certain when the RTX 5060-series playing cards will expertise their first low cost or sale.

The RTX 5060 Ti launches April sixteenth with recommended retail costs beginning at $379. Once more, I counsel that you simply spring for the 16GB mannequin, which prices $429 SRP. NVIDIA will launch the usual RTX 5060 in Could for $299 SRP. Associate manufacturers may also start promoting RTX 5060-equipped laptops subsequent month for $1,099 and up.

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