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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB

ZeroFM said:
*1080p is lowest of the lowest rez, *cb2077 is 5year old with 10year old engine and graphic, *ngreedy marketing rt like holy grail but can't run lowest resolution with key selling feature ... what a point having specific hardware for RT but raw power just f@ not enought to run good frames ...
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It doesnt matter if its 50 years old. Its one of the heaviest games with rt on, so the lowest of cards not running it is perfectly normal.
 
Macro Device said:
AMD: "We will make affordable GPUs affordable again!"
Also AMD: release a whole lot of nothing in sub-600 USD area.

That's why it is what it is. "Bad" "greedy" NVIDIA are at least offering something in this segment, unlike "good guys" AMD. And since it's the best price to performance card as of now it's not THAT bad. Sure, 8 GB for 300 bucks is horrible. Sure, what NVIDIA did to the reviewers is unforgivable. But the SKU exists and is available. And nothing, I repeat, NOTHING dares to compete with it.
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AMD is launching the competition next week.

I’m confused by your call to ignore all the bad things Nvidia has done because… you can buy their worst card 6 days earlier??
 
lexluthermiester said:
But that's just it, the lowest cards do. A 2060 can run CB2077 with RT on.
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Dunno, maybe with the newest updates it doesn't. In any case, a 299$ card not playing cp77 with rt on isnt really a killer argument.
 
scottsoapbox said:
next week.
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Wake me up when coming a week late to the party does something good to a runner-up.
scottsoapbox said:
ignore all the bad things Nvidia has done
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I don't ignore them. They just don't exonerate AMD in any capacity. Stealing a million dollars doesn't automatically become a non-crime if your competition murdered a puppy.

Five years ago, AMD came close to catching up with NV. They released decent RDNA2 cards right when DLSS and RT didn't matter enough for NVIDIA to win by a landslide. Two years later, they doubled down, RDNA3 is just RDNA2 but faster. That in itself could be enough considering how badly Ada cards were priced but AMD never bothered pricing their stack aggressively. Also it became apparent AMD GPUs are way too behind in RT and way too behind in upscaling quality.

Today, nVidia AGAIN offers their grand fuck-up on a silver platter. AMD are like, huh, let's continue being AMD and released their cards both LATE and EXPENSIVE. Whoever willing to buy a new GPU for a quote-unquote reasonable price will go nVidia... because AMD offered nada. And when their cards hit the shelves... let's say another one train has gone.

NV are really pushing it hard with fair play, they allow AMD chance after chance to recover. They're not at fault that AMD picked that gun and shot their own feet.
 
claylomax said:
Read the post, he doesn't play anything from 2020 onwards.
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I did read, I just didn't assume that he would only ever play games from 2020 and prior. Not playing anything newer now doesn't mean he wants to pigeonhole himself into not being able to play any newer games for the next 3-6 years as well. People don't buy PCs and declare they won't play games past a certain year, they'll buy and play whatever they find fun.

If he just wants a card that will limit his future game choices, he can get a 3060 Ti for around $250. Same amount of VRAM and 96% of the performance. 3070's are around the $280 - $300 mark as well and that's going to be faster than this card. There are better options.

Not that I'd recommend an 8GB GPU to begin with.
 
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Rover4444 said:
Thank goodness I'm an Intel shill then, no need to engage in this foolishness.
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AMD will make a point out of adding more VRAM in their cards unless it's the X600 cards. Don't understand it. :laugh:

B580 proved that the market is there and wanting but we're just not going to fight for it huh. :rolleyes:
 
I remember not too long ago, when a new 6 series card launched it was about as fast as the previous generation's 8 series card - or some ware in between the 7 and 8 series. The 1060 vs 980 for example, or the 2060 vs the 1080. Now we get a 6 series card that equals the previous generation 6 series ti!!! Good job nvidia, and good job everybody who keeps buying their cards, and good job AMD for copying their strategy and inflated prices instead of offering something better. Applause all around.
 
Part of a reason is that these companies are moving resources into AI sector. Cards were are progressing at astronomical pace. This is why Nvidia lately had all those problems with drivers, power connectors, quality control, etc. They had left only minimum staff required to release a new generation and it starts to reflect in the quality of their GPUs. AMD and Intel are doing the same thing. So, we are like way down on their priority list and it would explain Nvidia, but AMD behavior is simply incompetent. They have opportunity like no other, but consistently refuse to take it.

As for RX 9060 XT, it looks great. I would like to recommend that card to my friend. However, I'm confident that AMD is going to act as AMD and they are going to mess up this somehow. My money is on fake MSRP. This card is going to end up costing 400 dollars. At that price point it is going to be typical AMD. They will sell slightly inferior product for slightly less. Same thing had happened with RX 9070 XT.

There is huge demand for more VRAM at a low price, tech media made sure that everyone is aware of that. However, I'm afraid that it will be B580 situation. RX 9060 XT will see demand and AMD will jack up prices. At that point everyone will just buy RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB anyways, because why go with brand you don't know, but worse? Or just be upsold to RTX 5070, because RTX 5060 Ti is kinda meh in performance compared to RTX 5060.
 
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Calicifer said:
RX 9060 XT will see demand and AMD will jack up prices. At that point everyone will just buy RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB anyways, because why go with brand you don't know, but worse? Or just be upsold to RTX 5070, because RTX 5060 Ti is kinda meh in performance compared to RTX 5060.
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And then why not just go for a 9070, and then at that point you might as well spend extra for the 9070 XT, but a little bit more and you can get the DLSS feature set on the 5070 Ti, and at that point you might as well treat yourself to the 5080. Oh what the heck, the 5090 is basically there, might as well. :ohwell:

Throw Away Make It Rain GIF
 
NSR said:
AMD will make a point out of adding more VRAM in their cards unless it's the X600 cards. Don't understand it. :laugh:

B580 proved that the market is there and wanting but we're just not going to fight for it huh. :rolleyes:
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Well I do what I can but the billion dollar defenders are certainly more vocal. Now that the B50's coming out at $300 and the B60 is rumored to come out around $500 I can't help but gloat, gloat, gloat. :peace:

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And then why not just go for a 9070, and then at that point you might as well spend extra for the 9070 XT, but a little bit more and you can get the DLSS feature set on the 5070 Ti, and at that point you might as well treat yourself to the 5080. Oh what the heck, the 5090 is basically there, might as well. :ohwell:

Throw Away Make It Rain GIF
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5070 Ti's gonna be the point of diminishing returns, not really getting anything extra with the 5080 unless you like encoders.
 
Lately we are seeing a lot of refreshes to fix bad products. Another Super series incoming? This time RTX 5060 Super and RTX 5060 Ti Super would benefit the most from 3 GB modules. It will take 4 years, but this generation is going to turn out great. After every card except 90 series sucked on release and had to be remastered with Super models or refreshes until it got good.

I was considering buying RTX 5080 or RTX 5070 Ti this generation. However, RTX 5080 proved underwhelming and I passed on RTX 5070 which seemed as a solid value option, because Nvidia canceled PhysX 32 bit support. So, I had to get RTX 3080 for retro gaming. My PC is now a retro gaming machine. Sounds odd saying that. :laugh:
 
Thunderslat said:
The competition I mentioned coming in 8 days has a full x16 link. That would be ideal for PCIe 3.
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If performance is comparable, no doubt the better solution for older systems. The $350 16GB model looks solid, most likely the more desired option but i bet its gonna get shafted with retail pricing. Usually, by now AMD is seen discounting previous Gen cards with next Gen drops. I'm not seeing this sort of thing with 9000-series which sucks.
 
MatthewGTX said:
I am strongly considering upgrading to this from a 1060 I have had for 7+ years now.
1. I bought a 4k gaming monitor but this coincided with frequent crashes and BSODs on windows, even after reinstalling and playing games at 1080p still (might just be the new nvidia drivers but idk). I have just avoided windows and only used linux for the past week which isn't ideal. Hopefully upgrading GPUs does something about this but idk.
2. I don't play anything newer than Doom Eternal so the 8gb concern isn't as relevant to me. The main use case for me is playing older games (hopefully at 4k) and software development where I can use a 4k monitor without Windows crashing every hour. I could buy used but I would like a more power efficient card.
3. I know that the 9060 xt is coming out soon. I kinda prefer AMD as a brand (better on linux, but nvidia is fine these days as well), but even if it is 20% faster, I am afraid its going to be more expensive than advertised.
Would like to know reasons why I shouldn't upgrade right now. Also microcenter has an open box deal for 270 near me.
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Since you mentioned micro center, I'm assuming you live in the USA. You don't need to care about power efficiency other than if you want your room to be a little cooler while you game. More importantly, the 50 series doesn't support PhysX meaning older games that use it will run horribly.

Example:
 
dlgh7 said:
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Did not expect to say this but wow, that was a decent review from jayz. Not like your usual clickbaiting. He doesn't like the card and that's fine but at least his reasons were a lot more valid than 4k ultra PT 8gb bad.
 
Macro Device said:
AMD: "We will make affordable GPUs affordable again!"
Also AMD: release a whole lot of nothing in sub-600 USD area.

That's why it is what it is. "Bad" "greedy" NVIDIA are at least offering something in this segment, unlike "good guys" AMD. And since it's the best price to performance card as of now it's not THAT bad. Sure, 8 GB for 300 bucks is horrible. Sure, what NVIDIA did to the reviewers is unforgivable. But the SKU exists and is available. And nothing, I repeat, NOTHING dares to compete with it.
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The RX 9060XT?
 
I really think most people are disappointed in the price of this card not just the fact that it's 8gbs, should be like $150 to $180.
It's anywhere from -2% to 5% faster than a 2080 ti. that doesn't feel like enough considering it's the 4th RTX card.
What do older cards come to when looking at 4th generation card?
 
JustBenching said:
In any case, a 299$ card not playing cp77 with rt on isnt really a killer argument.
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It definitely is when Nvidia advertises the card for RT, that is a weird double standard for Nvidia.
scottsoapbox said:
AMD is launching the competition next week.

I’m confused by your call to ignore all the bad things Nvidia has done because… you can buy their worst card 6 days earlier??
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The past few generations of GPU launches have shown that most enthusiasts have no patience in buying a card even when the retailers are price gouging.
And fans ignoring anything bad Nvidia does is expected as this point, interesting how some only criticize one brand for fake MSRP or limited supply.
 
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