NVIDIA RTX 5060 could go on sale May 19, and we'll see how well an 8GB GPU sells at $299

Rumor has it the launch date is May 19, and a lot of eyes will be keenly watching this GPU given what's happened with the 8GB flavor of the RTX 5060 Ti.

NVIDIA RTX 5060 could go on sale May 19, and we'll see how well an 8GB GPU sells at $299
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TL;DR: NVIDIA's inbound RTX 5060 GPU is rumored to hit shelves on May 19, with reviews appearing on the same day, we're told. The 8GB of video RAM is likely to be a sticking point despite the $299 price, and we could well see inflation above the MSRP (again), of course.

NVIDIA has supposedly set a launch date for the RTX 5060 vanilla version, and the GPU is apparently going to debut on May 19.

NVIDIA could expand the RTX 5060 range in just a few weeks time (Image Credit: NVIDIA)
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NVIDIA could expand the RTX 5060 range in just a few weeks time (Image Credit: NVIDIA)

That's according to VideoCardz, which tapped its sources to discover that this is the intended release timeframe which is being communicated by NVIDIA to its third-party graphics card making partners.

If this speculation is correct, it means that the RTX 5060 is only just over three weeks away.

We're also reminded that this GPU will arrive with a $299 MSRP.

VideoCardz further informs us that review embargoes will lift on the same day as the release, so there won't be any chance to get a sneak peek at the performance levels of the RTX 5060 before it arrives (aside from first-party benchmarks, of course).

As you've no doubt seen, the RTX 5060 will have 8GB of VRAM, which has not been a popular decision. While it will be markedly faster than the RTX 4060's video memory, due to the use of GDDR7 modules, this capacity is still seen as woefully short on future-proofing.

Indeed, it's not even capably equipped for contemporary gaming based on recent testing of the 8GB flavor of the RTX 5060 Ti, which performed poorly with a good few games, and markedly worse than its 16GB sibling.

While a $299 MSRP sounds attractive on the face of it - for much faster VRAM, and a 25% increase on cores over the RTX 4060 - that memory capacity could prove a serious sticking point. Not to mention the inevitable price inflation for third-party models of the RTX 5060 which push the clock speeds a bit and add in fancy coolers for a generally sizeable premium.