After announcement of a new line of mid-range GeForce RTX 5060 graphics cards NVIDIA’s marketing efforts have focused on the RTX 5060 Ti version with 16 GB of memory The company banned the 8 GB model from being available for reviewand the base RTX 5060 with 8GB of memory has no independent review sessions scheduled at all. This behavior has raised suspicions about the poor performance of the 8GB models. And one of the early reviews confirms these fears — at least in some games.
On the Bilibili platform published the first review of the RTX 5060 Ti video card with 8 GB of memory. It shows that reducing the amount of video memory significantly affects performance in several games and also reduces the efficiency of multi-frame generation, the main feature of the RTX 50 line.
To be fair, in synthetic benchmarks and in many games such as Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (with adequate settings), Counter-Strike 2, Resident Evil 4, Forza Horizon 5, F1 24, Call of Duty, and Alan Wake 2, the 8GB version of the RTX 5060 Ti performs as well as the older 16GB model. But in heavier usage scenarios, the difference still appears.
RTX 5060 Ti "8GB" performance
Yes, 8GB is worse even with MFG. https://t.co/yvfG38LFdh pic.twitter.com/iVaNonAuAX— 포시포시 (@harukaze5719) April 16, 2025
For example, in Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, the difference is about 10%, but in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered — is already 23% for 1080p resolution, and «dropouts» reach 30%. Surprisingly, when the resolution is increased to 1440p, the gap slightly decreases.
Even multiframe generation doesn’t help the situation. A small amount of memory is not enough, and the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB graphics card simply does not pull out even «artificial» frames. In Cyberpunk 2077, at maximum settings, the performance of the 16 GB version drops to 18 fps, while the 8 GB model drops to a miserable 9. When 2x generation is activated, the performance levels out, but at 4x, the gap reappears. This means that in future games, 8 GB may not be enough even with new features from NVIDIA.
Releasing a video card (even two) with 8 GB of memory for the mid-range segment in 2025 is a strange move, to put it mildly. And while the RTX 5060 Ti still holds its own in some games with 8 GB, the overall picture shows that this is no longer enough. Games are getting more complex and technology is getting more demanding. В RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB review There was an opinion that this was the only model that should see the light of day. It seems to be true.
Source: techspot
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