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Nvidia's 8GB RTX 5060 will be a disaster for Nvidia - Here's why.
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Nvidia's leaked 8GB GeForce RTX 5060 GPU is a disaster
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AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
"But GDDR7 haz moar bandwhich!!!" - Nvidia
Deadtroopers
Member
The number of daft folk falling to 88% from 90% will really harm Ngreedia and I predict they will go bust before summer. /s
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Is 8GB really not enough for the performance class of this card? I think 1080p resolution doesn't really need more than that. No need to use Ultra/Extreme 4k textures at 1080p.
1440p? Yeah I could see it not being enough.
I guess it depends on where it ends up. I think it's the bare minimum but not as big a deal as others think, given current information.
1440p? Yeah I could see it not being enough.
I guess it depends on where it ends up. I think it's the bare minimum but not as big a deal as others think, given current information.
ImprovizoR
Member
The new starting point should be a GPU that can play new games at 1440p. Especially if that's what the competition offers. In that case it's really not negotiable. They're shooting themselves in the foot. I have a 3060Ti, and I am currently not looking at anything that Nvidia has to offer because they are doing their damn hardest to price me out. The 40 series was already a disaster.
If they want to release an 8gb card, they can always go lower with something like an RTX 5050. What they need is an attractive replacement, not for the 40 series, but for the 30 series and the 20 series. They need to attract people who didn't buy into the abysmal 40 series. And they are currently not doing a good job at that.
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AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Maybe that's what people are struggling with. Nvidia are the biggest company in the world and are selling the 5060 8GB as a midrange card, 5070 is high-end, 5080 is enthusiast, 5090 is professional. A midrange card in 2025 that is only just about enough for 1080p gaming in terms of VRAM when the rest of it is more than capable of 1440p? That's a frustrating feeling for consumers when in 2016 AMD released an 8GB card to the mainstream low-midrange market. It's a sad state of affairs for Nvidia's look. They make themselves look terrible.
I do understand Nvidia to a degree. They are a for-profit company as always and will do everything in their power to make the most amount of money, even if they look like plonkers in the process. If they can sell a few hundred thousand 5060 8GB cards for X amount and then later on release a 16GB version for Y amount, just a little more than X, they double their chances of getting a sale. It makes sense. But it's sad and manipulative in an ostentatious way. And I understand that Nvidia wants to use GDDR7, which is expensive. But that's their choice. It's clear to me that from the very beginning they were designing this card as an 8GB card primarily. That's is planned obsolescence and poor planning if they intend to please gamers while also making bank.
As said above, I agree that an 8GB would be fine if it were dirt cheap. A 5050 with 8GB that performs like a 4060 for $150-200, sure. There are a lot of gamers who don't care about maxing out their games and are happy to make compromises. But the 5060 8GB would be an enormous compromise for what will likely be a $300-350 GPU and will have unnecessary limitations.
ImprovizoR
Member
Planned obsolescence is precisely the problem. People who buy low-end and mid-range typically don't upgrade every year. And buying a GPU that is already mostly obsolete, all but guarantees that they will have to upgrade sooner than they would want.
People like to emphasize that Nvidia has a 90% market share. Sure, but that market share isn't made entirely of 40 series users. A lot of people are still running a 1080.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Yeah, I haven't upgraded my 1080 because the only GPU I was tempted by (RX 6700) was always slightly too expensive, even though I thought it was the best GPU in years.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
All fair points. Not defending them. Just based off current information I made that statement. You're counter arguments however do tilt my original opinion somewhat in disfavor of 8GB.
I think the 5050 idea is a strong argument to be had for an 8GB class of card, instead of the 5060.
I think the 5050 idea is a strong argument to be had for an 8GB class of card, instead of the 5060.
ImprovizoR
Member
It would become as popular as the 750 Ti was back in the day.
KingNosser
Active member
Idk why it would surprise any of you 
Still if anyone is buying the 5060 or even 5060 16gb at a later date well then don't ever complain again, cause things simply will not ever change while you all support it.
Sure for absolute top end at a high price nvidia are the one, but outside of that what are you buying and why you buying it.
Simple Intel takes a solid lowend of market will grow and build over time.
AMD keep trying to grow the midrange hold.
While Nvidia continues as if completely oblivious to reality that many of you are starting to see was it the 1200 4080s or the soon 5090 2500 prices that got you ?
For me this started long ago going from the old old 7000 series being annoyed cause they locked a feature that was completely possible so i skipped until 9000 series yes even the strongest 8800gt i skipped.
See nvidia been doing this for donkeys of years now and the final nail for me was on th 970 sli set i had cause yes i had rtx voice working fully on my cards.
So yes they cut features that work from older cards and deliberately gimp the hardware from the word go.
So thanks but no thanks cause the reality is the 5090 and 5080 will be the only two cards on offer of any intrest and if you're buying lower from nvidia you are wasting your money.
Quit complaining about silly issues on perfect drivers and fan boy nonsense cause the reality is that is an extremely old way of looking at things.
Just also part of the reason i follow less tech now cause what tech ? It's all slight upgrades on different generations outside of basic info what else you need.
Like can fully understand no real reason to make a million videos on what ? Yea some channels try to stay relevant with the best gpu deal of the month etc.
Why ? Just funds end of cause we know all the info all the gpu info needed to make a choice on any gpu.
So the stuff that ends up being far more interesting is game benchmarks at different settings showing the quality differences.
So my advise from a now old man tbh lets face it we last shorter generalised is unless you want a 5080/90 is there any point even talking about their lower offerings.
For me the 970 and 1080 were the last two cards they made of any note or intrest to me at all since then it's fluff and endless price gouging.
You can sing the praises of dlss and ai all that jazz you want but what i actually want isn't any of it tbh as useful as fsr dlss can be with frame gen.
What i actually want is pure raw performance at a good price not oh look it can downgrade everything and rescale it.
So honestly the 5090 is literally the only card they offer you that even stands a chance at doing that but nah im not paying 2500 I'll wait for the solid offerings to come around like always and thats what were all doing sitting here waiting for something that hasn't happened in a fair while now.
Even AMD are struggling too offer anything above a 6800xt at £500 for several generations and tbh the choice to use 9k series wtf you missed out on using the 8800xtx cause yea the 8800gt was a big deal back then actually a big deal.
Still i think for me it's UDNA 1 and hope it's good in a years time cause honestly rdna4 is basically a swansong now and unless UDNA gets it right well AMD then back in no mans land again otherwise.
But Intel i do hope catch up over time but nvidia nah I'm never going back to them full stop and rant done
Still if anyone is buying the 5060 or even 5060 16gb at a later date well then don't ever complain again, cause things simply will not ever change while you all support it.
Sure for absolute top end at a high price nvidia are the one, but outside of that what are you buying and why you buying it.
Simple Intel takes a solid lowend of market will grow and build over time.
AMD keep trying to grow the midrange hold.
While Nvidia continues as if completely oblivious to reality that many of you are starting to see was it the 1200 4080s or the soon 5090 2500 prices that got you ?
For me this started long ago going from the old old 7000 series being annoyed cause they locked a feature that was completely possible so i skipped until 9000 series yes even the strongest 8800gt i skipped.
See nvidia been doing this for donkeys of years now and the final nail for me was on th 970 sli set i had cause yes i had rtx voice working fully on my cards.
So yes they cut features that work from older cards and deliberately gimp the hardware from the word go.
So thanks but no thanks cause the reality is the 5090 and 5080 will be the only two cards on offer of any intrest and if you're buying lower from nvidia you are wasting your money.
Quit complaining about silly issues on perfect drivers and fan boy nonsense cause the reality is that is an extremely old way of looking at things.
Just also part of the reason i follow less tech now cause what tech ? It's all slight upgrades on different generations outside of basic info what else you need.
Like can fully understand no real reason to make a million videos on what ? Yea some channels try to stay relevant with the best gpu deal of the month etc.
Why ? Just funds end of cause we know all the info all the gpu info needed to make a choice on any gpu.
So the stuff that ends up being far more interesting is game benchmarks at different settings showing the quality differences.
So my advise from a now old man tbh lets face it we last shorter generalised is unless you want a 5080/90 is there any point even talking about their lower offerings.
For me the 970 and 1080 were the last two cards they made of any note or intrest to me at all since then it's fluff and endless price gouging.
You can sing the praises of dlss and ai all that jazz you want but what i actually want isn't any of it tbh as useful as fsr dlss can be with frame gen.
What i actually want is pure raw performance at a good price not oh look it can downgrade everything and rescale it.
So honestly the 5090 is literally the only card they offer you that even stands a chance at doing that but nah im not paying 2500 I'll wait for the solid offerings to come around like always and thats what were all doing sitting here waiting for something that hasn't happened in a fair while now.
Even AMD are struggling too offer anything above a 6800xt at £500 for several generations and tbh the choice to use 9k series wtf you missed out on using the 8800xtx cause yea the 8800gt was a big deal back then actually a big deal.
Still i think for me it's UDNA 1 and hope it's good in a years time cause honestly rdna4 is basically a swansong now and unless UDNA gets it right well AMD then back in no mans land again otherwise.
But Intel i do hope catch up over time but nvidia nah I'm never going back to them full stop and rant done
