- Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti is once more rumored to have 16GB and 8GB variations
- It’s now claimed the 16GB model will arrive first, later in March, and the 8GB mannequin within the first half of April
- There’ll be worries about that 8GB loadout, however we mustn’t neglect the opposite VRAM specs which might be pertinent right here
Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti is seemingly the subsequent Blackwell graphics card to go on sale – properly, following the approaching RTX 5070 which arrives early in March – and it’ll be produced in 16GB and 8GB flavors.
Wccftech brings phrase – seize the saltshaker and use liberally – from unnamed sources that Nvidia reportedly intends to launch the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB model first, within the latter half of March. The 8GB mannequin will supposedly then arrive the next month, although it needs to be within the first half of April.
Core spec particulars will not be supplied right here, notably, save for a guess that these graphics playing cards can be constructed on the GB206 chip as beforehand rumored (the Blackwell silicon which is a tier beneath GB205, the engine of the RTX 5070).
What we do study, although, is that Nvidia is alleged to be sticking with a 128-bit reminiscence bus, which is identical because the RTX 4060 Ti fashions.
In the event you suppose it’s disappointing that the VRAM (video RAM) capability and bus specs are unchanged, properly, don’t neglect that the rumor mill believes Nvidia is utilizing GDDR7 with its RTX 5060 fashions, the quicker video reminiscence current within the present Blackwell line-up.
As a result of it’s loads faster – operating at 28Gbps, quite than 18Gbps with the RTX 4060 Ti – the general bandwidth can be significantly beefier with the RTX 5060 Ti, over 50% quicker in idea. So, don’t fear a couple of lack of efficiency oomph on the VRAM entrance, in brief.
Lastly, we’re advised that the RTX 5060 Ti can have an influence utilization of 180W, which is a step up from its predecessor, however solely by 20W or so. It’ll nonetheless be a GPU that may be run with a comparatively modest PSU, in different phrases, and apparently, the RTX 5060 Ti may also have boards that use a conventional 8-pin energy connector to make for a comparatively hassle-free improve. (That is regardless of some earlier hypothesis indicating that Nvidia would mandate the newer 12V-2×6 connector for all Blackwell GPUs, though it is going to be current on some 5060 Ti playing cards, we’re advised).
Evaluation: But extra VRAM controversy, probably
This isn’t the primary time we’ve heard rumors concerning the RTX 5060 Ti mirroring the RTX 4060 Ti with 16GB and 8GB variants. And identical to the previous-gen Lovelace boards, this implies the xx60 Ti graphics card can have extra VRAM than the xx70 class mannequin – 16GB versus 12GB – in case you fork out for the costlier RTX 5060 Ti.
That brings us to the subject of value, the place Wccftech tells us that nothing concrete has been heard on the grapevine but. The RTX 5060 Ti will clearly have to start out at an MSRP of significantly lower than the RTX 5070, which is $549 / £539, and Wccftech’s guess of $400 to $500 (the latter for top-end 16GB playing cards) appears about proper.
I’m guessing Nvidia received’t have made that closing choice but, although, and is sort of probably ready to see how the RX 9070 fashions, or certainly RX 9060 – that are rumored to be getting an airing at AMD’s GPU occasion later this week – pan out for his or her MSRPs.
Pricing for the 8GB variant of the RTX 5060 Ti may very well be a difficult matter, as there have been loads of complaints concerning the RTX 4060 Ti being underpowered for video reminiscence with that pool of VRAM. Now, we’re a complete technology on, so Nvidia sticking to the identical loadout goes to go down like a lead balloon with fairly a number of PC players, I can assure that.
After all, the general improve in VRAM velocity introduced in by the introduction of GDDR7 (in idea) needs to be thought-about, as I already noticed – and the identical goes for Nvidia’s new tips to get extra out of video reminiscence with the Blackwell technology. However I’m guessing some players are going to be tough to steer away from the notion that merely on a uncooked capability entrance, 8GB is simply trying too skinny for any actual future-proofing right here (even at 1080p gaming).
I’m getting forward of myself right here, although – we have to see what Nvidia reveals first, after all, even when the grapevine appears fairly in keeping with its rumors right here (which tends to be an indication they’re on the cash, although it’s no assure by any means).
What’s additionally fascinating right here is that there’s no point out of the RTX 5060, and when that may arrive. If the 8GB taste of the RTX 5060 Ti isn’t turning up till possibly mid-April, that will imply the vanilla RTX 5060 may very well be pushed again to Could, maybe? These different rumors about delays for Nvidia’s RTX 5060 fashions look like backed up by this newest piece of hypothesis, at any price.
