Rumor mill: Can Nvidia redeem itself and the Blackwell shopper line with the RTX 5060? In all probability not, nevertheless it may not be too lengthy earlier than we discover out. In accordance with new reviews, the RTX 5060 collection, consisting of three playing cards, might be introduced subsequent week, although they won’t be available for purchase (assuming they’re truly in inventory) till a month later.
In accordance with VideoCardz, Nvidia has simply knowledgeable its board companions that the RTX 5060 collection might be introduced on March 13, which is subsequent Thursday.
The identical report claims that there might be three variants of the RTX 5060: the usual model, the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, and the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. The latter two playing cards appeared in a Eurasian Financial Union database in January, strengthening the report’s credibility.
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Whereas Nvidia has not revealed when it plans on releasing these playing cards, Zed Wang, higher generally known as his X deal with/pseudonym MEGAsizeGPU, wrote in a put up that they would not be on the cabinets till a month later. This strains up with earlier rumors pointing to an April launch, although it is unclear if Nvidia will launch all three playing cards concurrently or stagger their launch.
The RTX5060 household might be launched in about 10 days however might be on the shelf a month later.
– MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) March 7, 2025
Each time the RTX 5060 collection get right here, it will be stunning if we do not see a repeat of what occurred – and remains to be occurring – with the opposite Blackwell playing cards: low or zero inventory ranges and retailers having nearly no availability.
As for the playing cards themselves, the RTX 5060 Ti is believed to have a 180W TDP, although we do not know if that is for the 8GB or 16GB fashions, or each. For comparability, the 8GB RTX 4060 Ti has a 160W TGP whereas the 16GB model of that card has a 165W TGP.
It is potential that AMD will launch the Radeon RX 9060 is April, too. Crew Purple can be rumored to launch 8GB and 16GB variations of the RX 9060 XT, mirroring what Nvidia is doing with the RTX 5060 Ti.
In the end, although, lots of people will doubtless be apathetic concerning the RTX 5060 and its variants. Blackwell has drawn a slew of criticism for its underwhelming generational uplifts, pricing, dishonest advertising, and technical points resembling lacking ROPs. The newest entry within the collection, the RTX 5070, scored a lowly 60 in our assessment, the place we referred to as it overpromised, underdelivered, and finally pointless.
Nvidia’s xx60 collection has lengthy been a favourite amongst mainstream players: the RTX 3060 lately misplaced its long-held place on the high of the Steam survey to the RTX 4060, and the RTX 4060 Ti is in third place. Even the RTX 2060 stays within the high ten. We’ll have to attend and see if the RTX 5060 (finally) proves to be as well-liked.
