Nvidia enthusiasts mark your calendars, as the RTX 5060 will be available at 9:00 AM PT on May 19 and for $299 will be the most accessible desktop and laptop 50-series GPU. It is still relatively cheaper than the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB, which is priced at $70 more, and the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB which is priced at $130 more. Further rumors suggest the RTX 5050 could surface in documents and will likely be cheaper, resulting in the RTX 5060 becoming the most affordable priced 50-series GPU offered by the company.
RTX 5060 equipped laptops will go for $1099, and Nvidia’s mainstream offering will go live a day before Computex alongside the rumored AMD RX 9060 XT. The laptop will exceed the price of Intel Arc B580 which has 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM but offered at a cheaper $50, although speculation suggests the Arc will not be readily available at MSRP. There have been better-priced options among the RTX 50-series GPUs but their accessibility at the MSRP is still a mystery, leaving the question of why the series would be any different.
The company says that the GeForce RTX 5060 will have “double the performance of the previous generation GeForce RTX 4060 with DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation” in games. However, this will only most accurately be reflected in the newest titles that can utilize this technology. If your favorite game is a little older or doesn’t support the latest version of DLSS, the performance improvements you see will be, at best, somewhat modest.
But if you’re someone looking to buy a new GPU for your build, especially one meant for mainstream gaming, consider waiting for trusted reviewers to drop their reviews first. That ensures that you get an entire scope of the information surrounding the GPU, and might even get some comparison tests with other GPUs from competitors. In the current market, it’s important to do thorough research before purchasing any products.
There are many aspects consumers need to take into account to ensure their needs are met and money not wasted, such as needing a graphics card that works seamlessly with the rest of the PC build. A point of concern for the RTX 506 Ti 8 GB serves as an example: It experiences severe performance drops when connected using PCIe 4.0 on some titles. This is reliable information prospective buyers should pay close attention to so they know what pitfalls to avoid.
