- A rumor popped up exhibiting the RTX 5060 with a 16GB variant
- This turned out to be a pretend, sadly
- Debunkers have doubled down on current hypothesis: simply the RTX 5060 Ti will supply 16GB and 8GB, with the RTX 5060 solely having 8GB
Nvidia’s RTX 5060 GPU isn’t going to come back in a variant that has 16GB of video RAM (sadly, however not surprisingly), or that’s the most recent from the rumor mill, following a TikTok video that raised the hopes of some PC players.
That video clip featured what was claimed to be Zotac RTX 5060 (and 5060 Ti) bins that each confirmed 16GB on them, suggesting that each of those RTX 5060 flavors will supply a alternative of 16GB (in addition to 8GB).
Nevertheless, this was clearly faked, as each Chinese language tech web site Benchlife and leaker MEGAsizeGPU on X identified.
That is pretend. There isn’t a plan for 5060 16G, and the field is photoshopped from the last-gen Zotac field. You possibly can see this from the DLSS3 mark and the cooler design. https://t.co/LQ2IhOm4K6February 8, 2025
In precise truth, these are bins of last-gen RTX 4000 GPUs which have been altered, however with no look after element, because the packaging nonetheless says ‘DLSS 3’ when Nvidia has moved on to DLSS 4 with its new Blackwell graphics playing cards. As MEGAsizeGPU additional notes, the cooler design is similar because the last-gen merchandise with these GPUs, too.
The present idea stays the identical as earlier than, that the RTX 5060 Ti could have a 16GB spin, plus an 8GB model, whereas the vanilla RTX 5060 will solely run with 8GB.
Benchlife asserts that it has confirmed with sources at graphics card makers over in China that the RTX 5060 will certainly simply have an 8GB model.
Evaluation: A posh VRAM balancing act – with a definite hazard of going too lean
After all, earlier than we get carried away with the pouring-freezing-water-on-fake-video fervor right here, we must always keep in mind that even the prevailing rumor – which has been in place for some time – of the RTX 5060 solely having 8GB is simply that: a rumor. This will not turn into the case, however for me, it’s actually a plausible sufficient transfer from Nvidia.
In spite of everything, it might mirror the video RAM configurations of the prevailing RTX 4060 fashions. On prime of that, with the RTX 5070 having 12GB of VRAM, it is sensible to maintain the RTX 5060 under that (if not the RTX 5060 Ti – however that occurred with the 4060 Ti and 4070, too).
What’s additionally wanted to be taken into consideration right here is that the brand new GDDR7 video RAM on RTX 5060 fashions is an enormous improve by way of reminiscence pace, too. Plus Nvidia has its VRAM secret sauce (neural texture compression) to assist decrease capability graphics playing cards with the Blackwell era, though help for that’s going to be restricted, actually in these preliminary levels of the lifespan of RTX 5000 GPUs.
All of which provides as much as a definite probability of Nvidia sticking with the RTX 4060 VRAM loadouts, because the rumors up till now have insisted – and we are able to actually torpedo the pretend RTX 5060 16GB hypothesis that popped up on TikTok.
Solely having 8GB with the RTX 4060 was controversial sufficient, again on the launch of this GPU, so you possibly can guess will probably be much more so with the RTX 5060, if that’s how this performs out. There are particular, and, for my part, legitimate issues that this isn’t sufficient uncooked capability for something above 1080p gaming, regardless of the methods Nvidia has up its sleeve like neural texture compression.
Need some extra constructive fodder from the rumor mill concerning the RTX 5060? It seems that on the ability connector entrance, we’re a a lot simpler improve with these graphics playing cards than we beforehand believed.
We must always know the reality behind these GPUs quickly sufficient, given {that a} March 2025 launch appears a robust risk going by the burden of hypothesis now behind that date.
Through Tom’s {Hardware}
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