For the RTX 5060, Nvidia solely provided to ship out the cardboard if we agreed to stipulations round which video games we might benchmark, which options we might allow, and which different GPUs we would examine it to. That may’ve seemed lots higher for Nvidia than the fact of the scenario, placing an emphasis on multiframe-generation options solely out there on the most recent playing cards, reasonably than immediately evaluating conventional rendering benchmarks.
All this to say, I personally went out and purchased the RTX 5060 for this evaluate, which wasn’t as powerful as it’s with the higher-end choices. I’ve expressed in earlier opinions that offer can be a difficulty, and having now lived it first-hand, it wasn’t nice, nevertheless it was doable. Playing cards can be found, however you’ll have to leap via some hoops to get them into your cart, particularly if there are reductions concerned.
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None of this impacts the efficiency or my evaluate, however I do suppose it is a sign of how assured Nvidia is about what would traditionally be its hottest providing. The GPU makers might not need to admit it, however the benchmarks do not lie: PC gaming is formally getting dearer, and $300 simply will not purchase you an identical efficiency it will have even a number of years in the past.
Efficiency right here is missing, nevertheless it’s solely going to worsen as time goes on and extra builders begin taking 16 GB with no consideration. Whereas most players nonetheless play at 1080p, that quantity is at all times dropping, and I’ve stated a number of occasions that you must a minimum of goal 1440p for a brand new construct.
In any other case, each the RTX 5060 Ti and RX 9060 XT supply a lot better worth, and as I write this there are OC fashions for the latter at simply over $300. The one causes you must go for the RTX 5060 as an alternative is that if yow will discover an distinctive deal, you actually solely play Curler Coaster Tycoon 2 (2002), otherwise you occur to have a 550W PSU you possibly can’t or will not improve.
