It almost appears as if Nvidia wants these review sites to trash talk them not even one I found would talk nicely about their products even if they were bad. Are there any review sites that talk fondly about Nvidia anymore? Could this be the end of hardware for gaming with Nvidia? Was this done on purpose with the 4000 series cards catching on fire and now same thing with missing ROP's with a company that never faced issues in quality control on a scale like this before? Are we being pushed to use their cloud based gaming system due to low demand and now with high speed internet reaching 10GBPS we should bite the bullet and use our old systems with upgraded NIC's to play on?
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Review: Not Great, Not Terrible
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There is a very obvious and logical reason on why Nvidia doesn't send 8gb cards to reviewers. Cause reviewers are not trying to review the product but make clickbait content. Testing latest AAA games with everything ultra and then adding RT on top and pretending the cards can't play games is just stupid.
While gaming doesn't bring in the money it once did for nVidia, it still brings in billions. They're more interested on increasing the margins on their gaming products than they are on increasing revenue. Companies are canceling orders for their AI cards left and right so them going all in on AI is a really bad idea
gamerk2
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I do want to point out: I can't imagine most people buying a xx60 class card from NVIDIA plan to run 4k Ultra graphics settings. Yes, you should absolutely test said config, but I'd imagine the 1440p, or even 1080p results are what people are most interested in.
My point is basically: I'm not docking the card too hard if it faceplants at 4k.
My point is basically: I'm not docking the card too hard if it faceplants at 4k.
So basically, if you bought anything but a 5090, you'll be disappointed.
The 8GB versions of the new cards are out there for the people still playing on 1080p. While you think there aren't a lot of them, there absolutely are.
These plebeians don't have the money to buy an expensive card and then upgrade their computer to handle it - and then have to upgrade their monitor - especially if they have a good monitor that they like.
What's missing from the equation is affordable 4K, curved gaming monitors.
I thought we'd be at 8K by now.
The 8GB versions of the new cards are out there for the people still playing on 1080p. While you think there aren't a lot of them, there absolutely are.
These plebeians don't have the money to buy an expensive card and then upgrade their computer to handle it - and then have to upgrade their monitor - especially if they have a good monitor that they like.
What's missing from the equation is affordable 4K, curved gaming monitors.
I thought we'd be at 8K by now.
fadingfool
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Some 16GB 5060Ti at £400 to £429.99 - basic models. Premium and mid range are £480 - £540. A lot of money for 7700XT average performance and 4070 ray tracing (ignoring 4K - this is not a 4K card). Nothign to get excited about and the whole generation is a little meh. If AMD price the 9060 right (£300 for 7800XT performance) things could get interesting.
If I buy 5090 at a current price of 3500 dollars, I will be even more disappointed
I got mine on launch day at MSRP. My Youtube basically paid for it!
Just had a look at my local Micocenter....still have a few cards available, but didn't see a single card advertised at list price. Lowest 16GB card was $472, had a few others in the high $400's, but most were north of $500. The 8GB cards went from $419 to $539, and only 3 brands/cards to choose from. Looks like another low supply/high price launch.
StrikerRocket
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Yes, but for a lot of people, changing the display is not a priority because they don't really see the benefits and/or are happy with what they got (or have not got the money). Gaming at 4K on the other hand, is useless IMHO. Too expensive and taxing on the GPU for so so benefits I think.
A good compromise for me is a good UWQHD monitor (3440x1440).
Anyway, even for 1080p, 8GB can be problematic with AAA games I think. The bare minimum should be 16 GB now.
BogdanR
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There seems to be a decent Canadian supply of 9070XT cards (Gigabyte and Asus) selling for around CAD 950-960 (680-690 US$) and for US$100 less you could get yourself a “plain vanilla” 9070.
If AMD can maintain a healthy supply around these prices, there’s very little argument for buying Nvidia, at least for the average gamer.
Sure, there are quite a few “souped up” cards from all brands, like the white, magnetic fanned, all RGB-ized and pixie dusted XFX Mercury selling for CAD 1229 (US$ 885), but there are only a few compared to the number of reasonably priced, “entry level” 9070xt currently available.
If AMD can maintain a healthy supply around these prices, there’s very little argument for buying Nvidia, at least for the average gamer.
Sure, there are quite a few “souped up” cards from all brands, like the white, magnetic fanned, all RGB-ized and pixie dusted XFX Mercury selling for CAD 1229 (US$ 885), but there are only a few compared to the number of reasonably priced, “entry level” 9070xt currently available.
Similar situation here in Australia. The bigger suppliers seem to have various 9070 XTs available, with a larger availability of 9070s.
I'm eyeing off the XFX Quicksilver RX 9070 XT to eventually replace my current 6800 XT. I'll wait for the prices to drop from the current $1299 AUD to under $1000 AUD, the same way I waited for my 6800 XT to drop from $1250 AUD to the $899 I finally bought it at.
I should add, the currently available 5060 Ti variants range from $799 (8GB) to $999 (16GB), so for roughly an extra $200 AUD you can get a base model 9070.
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jpvalverde85
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This shows pretty much the already seen, Nvidia wants to milk us selling us a small gpu with a big name, but I'm pretty confident that the RX 9060 will be just as underwhelming or more. Could this tech wise have been resolved with an "old" HBM2 sidekick chip for RAM? Why 3 fans? Would not put more than 350 usd for this kind of stuff, and already that amount feels too much looking at the card naked.
Logged in to say just saw a meme about Nvidia featuring Steve.
Nvidia : we will release the 5060 during Computex so reviewers can't tell people how bad it is
Picture of Steve : Brings a PC to his hotel in Taiwan and reviews the 5060 anyway..
Jensen Huang looking shocked.
Brilliant work.
Nvidia : we will release the 5060 during Computex so reviewers can't tell people how bad it is
Picture of Steve : Brings a PC to his hotel in Taiwan and reviews the 5060 anyway..
Jensen Huang looking shocked.
Brilliant work.
The 5060Ti (16GB) and 5060 (8GB) absolutely will get you into 1080p gaming and 1440p gaming.
Considering these cards will be found in the cheapest gaming prebuilds off-the-shelf it's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm sure these cards will run GTA6 just fine when the day comes.
Considering these cards will be found in the cheapest gaming prebuilds off-the-shelf it's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm sure these cards will run GTA6 just fine when the day comes.
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