Just like the sun, which will rise tomorrow, NVIDIA will continue to release new RTX 50-Series GPUs as often as possible. It is just part of life, I guess, and the latest is the RTX 5060 Ti. Gigabyte sent over the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GAMING OC for me to test out, and I was actually quite keen to jump into this GPU.
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Unlike the RTX 5070, NVIDIA hasn’t stood on stage making bold claims about this RTX 5060 Ti, so I didn’t have any expectations for this card. We do know that it aims to provide a 20% uplift over the 4060 Ti, and looking at the specs, it might be the case.
Speaking of specs, the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti comes packed with 16GB of GDDR7 RAM, a 128-bit memory bus with a memory speed of 28Gbps which delivers 448 Gigabyte’s per second of bandwidth.
The card includes 4608 CUDA cores, 144 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. You’ll find 36 RT Cores, 128kb of L1 Cache and 32MB of L2 Cache. The GPU clock includes a Base Clock of 2407MHz and a Boost Clock of 2572MHz. As for the Memory Clock, it is 1750MHz. Keep in mind that this is the GAMING OC card so the boost clock is slightly overclocked out of the box at 2647MHz instead of the reference card at 2572MHz.
Putting this on paper and comparing the other 50-Series cards on the market, the RTX 5060 Ti packs a similar specification to the RTX 4070 and beats the RX 6800. NVIDIA has clearly made this card for 1440p gaming and you’ll likely have to lean quite heavily onto DLSS 4 to achieve higher frames and better visuals in most modern games. But of course, I do test this all out in the benchmarks.
Before I get to the scores, let’s cover the design of this Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GAMING OC GPU quick. The card is very similar to the other GAMING OC cards which I reviewed in the past few months. It comes in a sleek silver shell, includes the triple-fan Windforce Cooling system, the sliding mechanism for the RGB Gigabyte logo portion and in terms of the dimensions, it isn’t too bad. The card is 280mm long, 104mm wide and 34mm thick
The card does not make use of the NVIDIA 12VHPWR adapter this time around. You’ll only need a single 8-pin PCIE power connector to power the card. This is thanks to its subtle power requirement of 180W TDP. Gigabyte recommends you have at least a 650W power supply for this GPU.
The card comes with four visual connectors including one HDMI 2.1b ports and three DisplayPort 1.2b ports. The card also includes a silent and turbo BIOS switch to easily swap between the two performance modes.
There isn’t much to say about the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GAMING OC that I haven’t mentioned in past reviews. The card is clean and sleek. It gets the job done and the cooling system is effective thanks to the three 80mm fans. The GPU doesn’t include any screw holes for any motherboard mount support so you’ll need to use a kickstand bracket if you end up using something to mount the card up. I don’t think you’ll need a support bracket here because the card isn’t the biggest around. I just always have one in my case so I naturally placed it under the card anyway.
I don’t think many people buy the GAMING OC range for its design. The performance and its boosted clock count is more the selling point here. But I think if you get this card, you’ll enjoy the overall design. It doesn’t change the world in any way but again, gets the job done. I do wish fan RGB would just be a common feature on all GPUs now. Not sure why brands still keep RGB to the higher-end cards. It is 2025 and surely these lights can’t cost that much to implement into a card. It would be cool to just have RGB fans regardless of how much you want to spend on a GPU. I don’t use RGB but I need to stick up for those who do.
I jumped right into the performance and benchmarks of the card. I ran my usual tests across the usual games I have installed. I have also been keeping tally of all the cards I have reviewed this year so I have been enjoying adding new GPUs to the list. This means you can directly compare the likes of AMD and other NVIDIA GPUs to newer cards if you want.
I ran some tests. My building includes:
- AMD Ryzen 9900X3D
- 64GB DDR5 60000MTs RAM
- X870 AORUS Wi-Fi 7 Motherboard
- AORUS Waterforce X II 360 Cooler
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GAMING OC
- Gigabyte AORUS C700 GLASS Case
During my tests, the GPU thermals stayed impressively cool. The card didn’t go over 67C and fans only revved up to 1050RPM. This is a very subtle fan speed. Increasing it to 1500RPM brought the temperature down to 60C. So there’s a lot of cooling headroom here. I also need to praise the GPU’s fan noise because in the low 40dBAs, this GPU is deadly silent.
The GPU clock then reached 2815MHz and the memory clock stuck to 1759MHz. These scores are all achieved with no tweaking to the GPU at all. I didn’t touch overlocking, not even the slightest AI boost feature.
The result is a pretty decent 1440p card but there are a few caveats. This card does struggle without DLSS, especially on modern games. Assassin’s Creed Shadows hovered under 50FPS at 1440p with every setting maxed out and DLSS and Frame Gen disabled. But a quick tweak to DLSS, perhaps enabling Quality or Balanced, boosted this performance to a more respectable PC experience.
I don’t think you’ll get much 4K gaming out of this card. Not without really pushing DLSS 4 to the extremes. Either that or sacrificing a number of visual settings in-game to bring down the demand.
I do think the RTX 5060 Ti is a good card. I like that it isn’t claiming to be something it isn’t (cough cough RTX 5070 with the same performance at the RTX 4090). The power demand is humble while at the same time, its 1440p performance offers some great value for gamers who aren’t looking at 4K monster rigs.
This card is for the gamer who uses a 1440p monitor or perhaps wants to play on 4K but understands the limitations and is willing to sacrifice the visuals to reach the performance.
When looking at the price of this card, the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is expected to retail for $429 while the 8GB is going to cost you $379. This is cheaper than the original RTX 4060 Ti range back in the day. The next best card would be the RTX 5070 but then you might as well look at the RX 9070 range.
I know, this isn’t ideal but at the moment, the GPU market is a circus with hundreds of variations of cards available. Many of which are great buys if you know what you want.
Visit the Gigabyte website for more information on this RTX 5060 TI Gaming OC.
Summary
The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GAMING OC is a generally decent GPU with stellar cooling and great 1440p performance. It does rely on DLSS 4 more than all other 50-series cards to achieve the best performance and might struggle with 4K without cranking DLSS 4 to the max at times.
