Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is Even Slower than the Intel Arc B580

We recently looked at Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards in both 8GB and 16GB variants. The 16GB model performs quite well, especially in the current market if it was available for the $430 MSRP. The 8GB model, on the other hand, is a terrible trap for gamers. Even at the $380 MSRP, it is a heavily compromised GPU that will age poorly.

Granted, 8GB is still enough VRAM to play the vast majority of games out there. In fact, you can play any and all games with the right quality settings. However, that doesn't mean those settings are the most appropriate for a brand new $400 GPU.

This inadequacy of new "mid-range" 8GB GPUs is what we explored in our recent review. We demonstrated how compromised the 8GB RTX 5060 Ti is in modern games when using what would otherwise be reasonable quality settings – if ...