NVIDIA RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti GPU VRAM rumor has some gamers worried but there's no need to panic

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NVIDIA's RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti models are apparently set to use GDDR7 video RAM and a 128-bit memory bus, or that's the latest from the GPU grapevine.

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The 8GB capacity is likely to be the real sticking point with the RTX 5060, just as it was with the RTX 4060 (plus the lower tier 4060 Ti) - and perceptions around that VRAM loadout haven't improved over time (Image Credit: NVIDIA)

VideoCardz, often a source of graphics card rumors, got the scoop on this, noticing the mentions of these specs on NBD (a shipping data platform).

The site discovered GPU shipping manifests that show NVIDIA's graphics cards, albeit not named explicitly, but referred to as PG152 boards with GB206 chips (which is what the rumor mill believes the RTX 5060 models are - the vanilla version will be a cutdown GB206, as you might guess).

Not much in the way of spec details are aired, but we do see a mention of GDDR7 and 128-bit, which reinforces the line that the rumor mill has been peddling for a while now. We shouldn't treat this as any kind of confirmation, but the evidence is certainly pointing in this direction.

This revelation has caused some level of consternation among gamers who feel that this sounds underpowered for these mid-range (to lower-mid-range) Blackwell models.

That said, we can't forget that GDDR7 is a big upgrade on GDDR6, and it'll definitely be a major boon for NVIDIA's RTX 5060 models. As VideoCardz makes clear, the expected total bandwidth for both these RTX 5060 flavors is 448GB/s, which is in excess of a 50% uplift compared to their predecessors - not too shabby.

Sadly, sticking with 8GB of VRAM (if that's correct) is the true weakness here that casts doubt on the future-proofing of RTX 5060 models. Of course, the RTX 5060 Ti supposedly has a 16GB option as well (as did the RTX 4060 Ti before it), but the problem that's likely to hold this GPU back is the extra cost NVIDIA will doubtless heap on the MSRP for this version.

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