The RTX 5060 Ti is an excellent GPU for 1080p gaming. It outperforms the RTX 4060 Ti by about 20% and the RTX 3060 Ti by 40%. The RTX 5060 Ti also benefits from Nvidia's new DLSS 4 technology with multi-frame generation as well as newer GDDR7 video memory. There are two RTX 5060 Ti variants floating around with the only difference being the amount of VRAM, either 8GB or 16GB. Today's deal is for the 16GB model. According to our RTX 5060 Ti review, the amount of VRAM makes a huge difference. We recommend the 16GB model because it can run just about any game out there comfortably at 1080p and can even handle 1440p with adjusted settings. The 8GB model, however, struggles even at 1080p and don't even think about running games at a higher resolution. For under $400, there's no better GPU right now.
Why are some people disappointed by Nvidia's Blackwell cards?
A lot of people have beef with Nvidia's new graphics cards, but it's not specifically about the product itself. The problem is with the rather lackluster generational improvement over the 40 series cards and the fact that these cards used to be tremendously marked up. If you're coming from an RTX 30 series card or older, or you're upgrading from a lower end GPU to a higher end one, then an RTX 50 series card is still one of your best options. RTX 40 series cards, however close in performance to the RTX 50 series they may be, are not readily sourceable, unless you want to take a risk buying a used one off without warranty on eBay or Facebook Marketplace. AMD cards, although a better value on paper, are still marked up in price (i.e. the $599 RTX 9070 XT is about $700 on Amazon).
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