With a recent unintentional leak from ZOTAC GAMING confirming that NVIDIA is on the cusp of announcing four GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards at CES 2025, from the GeForce RTX 5070 up to the flagship GeForce RTX 5090, we've now got some early info on NVIDIA's more mainstream Blackwell cards courtesy of Wccftech.

The report, citing sources, details the memory configuration and chips used in the upcoming mainstream PC gaming GeForce RTX 5060 and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti combo. According to the report, both GPUs will use the same GB206 core with a high-speed GDDR7 memory interface on a 128-bit bus. The shift to GDDR7 will increase memory bandwidth by up to 65% compared to the GeForce RTX 4060, so we can expect a decent improvement over current-gen performance.
Where it gets interesting is VRAM capacity, especially in light of NVIDIA releasing two versions of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti - an 8GB and 16GB model - and the recent launch of the mainstream Intel Arc B580 'Battlemage' GPU which includes 12GB of GDDR6 memory.
VRAM limits can impact performance for high-end ray tracing and texture quality when playing games in 4K and 1440p. The usual approach is to use more, the better, but the shift to GDDR7 could bring a massive increase in performance even with the same capacity as the RTX 40 Series. More cache and bandwidth also help improve 1% low performance for a smoother gaming experience.
According to the report, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti will ship with 16GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, and the GeForce RTX 5060 will ship with 8GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus. Both will feature more bandwidth than their current-gen equivalents. However, the RTX 5060 sticking with 8GB will undoubtedly cause controversy - even if it outperforms cards with more VRAM.
Based on this information, the GeForce RTX 5060 will most likely be aimed at high refresh-rate 1080p gaming, with the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti delivering even more performance with 1440p support.
Focusing on resolution only tells you part of the picture. Even though a card like the GeForce GTX 1060 from years ago was a 1080p gaming GPU, the GeForce RTX 5060 can handle complex ray tracing while supporting RTX technologies like DLSS and Frame Generation. This is something to remember as we head into "shine new GPU season." Still, we'd be happy if the GeForce RTX 5060 was a 12GB GPU like the original GeForce RTX 3060.
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