Nvidia RTX 5060 Out: Hold Off on Purchase

Nvidia unveiled the RTX 5060 alongside the RTX 5060 Ti in April 2025, and the budget-friendly GPU finally hits shelves after its Computex debut.

Priced from $299, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 packs 3,840 CUDA cores across 30 Streaming Multiprocessors – enough horsepower for smooth 1080p gaming. Nvidia boasts impressive benchmarks for this card at Full HD, including 223 fps in Doom: The Dark Ages with max settings (using 4x multi-frame generation).

Multi-Frame Generation represents Nvidia's flagship tech for this generation, and while the RTX 5060 sits at the entry-level, it fully supports DLSS 4's complete feature set. Just remember: with only 30 SMs, there's a ceiling to what DLSS can achieve.

That $299 price tag marks just the baseline. While some models will stick to this MSRP, expect premium variants with factory overclocking and RGB lighting to command significantly higher prices.

Review Coverage: Coming Soon

Though positioned as an affordable option (if the $299 MSRP holds), we recommend waiting for performance validation before purchasing. Nvidia's performance claims rely heavily on Multi-Frame Generation, and real-world testing remains pending.

Unlike prior Blackwell launches (including the RTX 5090), Nvidia isn't providing early review drivers this time. This means comprehensive reviews won't surface during the GPU's first week of availability. While likely competent for 1080p gaming, the RTX 5060 might face the same modest generational improvements as its Blackwell siblings.

The RTX 5060 could mirror the RTX 5070's performance gains over its predecessor – particularly in native rendering without frame generation. Nvidia projects up to 2x improvement with frame generation enabled versus the RTX 4060, but only about 20% faster in traditional rasterized games (likely under optimal conditions).

As with any premium tech purchase, we strongly advise waiting for independent reviews to validate performance before buying. Those evaluations are en route – they just need a few more days.