From PC World: Just in time for summer, Nvidia’s “Blackwell” graphics cards are coming to the masses, awesome new DLSS 4 features in tow. Today, Nvidia unveiled not one, not two, but three new GeForce RTX 5060-series GPUs, starting at $299.
That $299 offering, the vanilla 8GB GeForce RTX 5060, won’t hit the streets until sometime in May. But the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti arrives tomorrow, April 16, with your choice of memory configurations: 8GB for $379 or 16GB for $429.
While the RTX 5060 Ti has graphical prowess to play at 1440p in many titles, these GPUs will probably be better suited for 1080p gaming given their tiny 128-bit bus and mere 8GB of GDDR7 memory in all but the tippity-top offering. Check out the specs below.
Those paltry 8GB memory buffers are sure to raise some eyebrows. Gamers have been saying “8GB ain’t enough” for years now, as numerous cutting-edge games have run into performance issues caused by exceeding 8GB memory capacity. Think lowered texture details, stuttering, or even a flat-out refusal to run in some cases.
Intel’s $250 Arc B580 packs 12GB of (slower GDDR6) memory across a wider 192-bit bus to avoid capacity issues, but Nvidia decided to stick with the smaller amount, ostensibly to reduce cost.
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