MSI GeForce RTX 5060 8G GAMING OC Video Card Review

[Brent_Justice]

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 was launched on May 19th, 2025, from the Computex 2025 event, though it was announced earlier back in late April alongside the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti launch. The GeForce RTX 5060 is NVIDIA’s lowest-tier performance-segment based video card in the GeForce RTX 50 Series Blackwell lineup, positioned below the […]

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[Grimlakin]

Remember when a new gen would trounce the previous generation next model up? Now we're just happy if it's faster.

 

[Brent_Justice]

Remember when a new gen would trounce the previous generation next model up? Now we're just happy if it's faster.

It is at least way better compared to the 4060 than the 5070 was to the 4070.

 

[Marees]

With transformer model, it seems that 1080 max can be tested & viable at 1080p quality & 1440p balanced

However vram limit applies in following scenarios even then

1. PS5 ports
   1. Spiderman-2
   2. Ratchett & clank
   3. Horizon zero dawn
2. Open world games that use nanite like tech
   1. UE5 — Oblivion Remastered
   2. Resident Evil Engine — Monster Hunter Wilds
   3. Cry Engine — Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
   4. Anvil engine — assassin's creed shadows
   5. Snowdrop engine — star wars outlaws
3. Older games that are 'unoptimized' & will never be optimized in future
   1. Forza Horizon 5
4. Games with adjustable texture cache pool size
   1. ID tech — Indiana Jones
5. Games with insufficient texture
   1. Black Myth Wukong — it seems that game uses lower quality textures & sharpens blur to compensate for this

 

[DAPUNISHER]

With transformer model, it seems that 1080 max can be tested & viable at 1080p quality & 1440p balanced

However vram limit applies in following scenarios even then

1. PS5 ports
   1. Spiderman-2
   2. Ratchett & clank
   3. Horizon zero dawn
2. Open world games that use nanite like tech
   1. UE5 — Oblivion Remastered
   2. Resident Evil Engine — Monster Hunter Wilds
   3. Cry Engine — Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
   4. Anvil engine — assassin's creed shadows
   5. Snowdrop engine — star wars outlaws
3. Older games that are 'unoptimized' & will never be optimized in future
   1. Forza Horizon 5
4. Games with adjustable texture cache pool size
   1. ID tech — Indiana Jones
5. Games with insufficient texture
   1. Black Myth Wukong — it seems that game uses lower quality textures & sharpens blur to compensate for this

As we discussed elsewhere; at $229 (adjusted for inflation) or less I have no beef with 8GB cards. $300 is too much IMO. Better off eating instant ramen and making your own coffee i.e. cutting the budget elsewhere, until you have enough to buy a 9060XT 16GB.

Anecdotally: DLSS 4 TM immediately impressed me when using it on a 3050 6GB in Spidey Miles Morales. I was not expecting to get the level of playability and visuals it managed in combo with a 5600X3D.

 

[Marees]

As we discussed elsewhere; at $229 (adjusted for inflation) or less I have no beef with 8GB cards. $300 is too much IMO. Better off eating instant ramen and making your own coffee i.e. cutting the budget elsewhere, until you have enough to buy a 9060XT 16GB.

Anecdotally: DLSS 4 TM immediately impressed me when using it on a 3050 6GB in Spidey Miles Morales. I was not expecting to get the level of playability and visuals it managed in combo with a 5600X3D.

The complication is that with tariffs, TSMC monopoly & shrinking node gains entry level is now $350

AMD has 9060 xt 16gb at $350 msrp
As per RGT Nvidia will have 5060 super 12gb also at $350 msrp

Although recent super rumours have not mentioned the 5060 super, so it's launch could be around Q2 2026

But the wheels of time are slowly shifting. The 9060xt 8gb is available with "rebate coupons" for $250
AMD has also launched the 9060 non-xt at $280 but whenever it is made available for wider public, I expect msrp to be $250 (with 9060xt 8gb completely disappearing from the market)

Unfortunately the times of $200 or less GPUs has permanently passed. You can probably get the 55w 7400xt but strictly only if your PSU will not support a discrete GPU

On slight tangent, I expect the 9060xt 16gb to be a long lived card as AMD is moving to 3nm with RDNA 5 as per leaks. & if you look at the proposed bus width to CU ratio then a RDNA 5 128 bit bus card would have 48 CUs. No way AMD is selling that for less than $400. So the 9060xt 16gb will have to be the 'entry level' for a long time, I think

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The complication is that with tariffs, TSMC monopoly & shrinking node gains entry level is now $350

I am not ready to buy into that definition of entry level. <puts on tinfoil hat> Feels like gaslighting straight from the IHV's propaganda machines. IMO, entry level is the following cards - RTX 5050, but it needs a $25-$30 price drop from MSRP, then it's good. Same will go for the RX 9600, if it's over $230 it's too expensive. Even if it is almost as fast as the 5060. The B570 10GB completes the entry level round up.

AMD has 9060 xt 16gb at $350 msrp
As per RGT Nvidia will have 5060 super 12gb also at $350 msrp

5060 Super will dominate sales if there are models at that price.

Unfortunately the times of $200 or less GPUs has permanently passed. You can probably get the 55w 7400xt but strictly only if your PSU will not support a discrete GPU

As mentioned, I think $229 is the acceptable price for entry level given inflation. And the 7400XT should be popular for rehabbing the glut of used 8th/9th gen office PCs into gamers.

On slight tangent, I expect the 9060xt 16gb to be a long lived card as AMD is moving to 3nm with RDNA 5 as per leaks. & if you look at the proposed bus width to CU ratio then a RDNA 5 128 bit bus card would have 48 CUs. No way AMD is selling that for less than $400. So the 9060xt 16gb will have to be the 'entry level' for a long time, I think

I don't follow data on BoM or any of that jazz anymore, I'll take your word for it.