The GeForce RTX 5060 and 8 GB RTX 5060 Ti have come under the heaviest fire in Nvidia’s new RTX 50 series. Still, many customers go for them – whether by choice or budget. If you’re among them, pay attention: Gigabyte’s RTX 5060 Gaming OC doesn’t try to impress with lighting effects, but for a small extra cost, it offers excellent performance thanks to a large heatsink allowing unobstructed airflow through half of the card.
Final thoughts
Whether it still makes sense to buy a new graphics card with 8 GB of memory — and for whom — is something I addressed in a detailed section of the previous RTX 5060 review. Naturally, 8 GB isn’t enough to play all titles at maximum detail, even at lower resolutions. That doesn’t mean, however, that more demanding games can’t be configured to run well on the RTX 5060 with fairly high detail levels. On the most demanding settings, where memory runs out, the RTX 5060 often lacks the raw GPU performance anyway—meaning you’ll have to enable DLSS or lower detail settings not just because of memory constraints but also due to performance limits. If you’re not in a rush and don’t want to spend more on a GPU, it’s worth waiting to see what Nvidia brings this fall. Theoretically, all it would take is swapping in 3Gb memory chips to give the RTX 5060 12 GB of VRAM—problem solved.
Experience with the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Gaming OC 8GB
The RTX 5060 delivers enough performance at the still-most-used resolution of 1920 × 1080 for the vast majority of older and even newly released games at high, and often maximum, detail settings. For smooth gameplay, it’s advisable to use a monitor with adaptive sync to avoid screen tearing when frame rates drop below 60 Hz. On monitors with higher refresh rates, frame generation can help improve fluidity—as long as the base frame rate is high enough, ideally around 50 fps. DLSS can help with that. You won’t be playing at native resolution in ultra quality, but that kind of performance simply requires a significantly more expensive GPU with higher raw performance.
As for Gigabyte’s take on the RTX 5060, I wish more well-equipped models followed a similar approach. While the feature set is somewhat minimal—especially if you’re looking for RGB lighting to show off in a tempered-glass case—what really matters is the cooler. And in Quiet BIOS mode, it performs like a premium-class card without the hefty premium price tag.
Granted, a lower-power card like the RTX 5060 doesn’t need extravagant cooling, but with more expensive models, it’s often clear that the manufacturer is asking for more money than necessary just to keep things quieter.
Even in Performance mode, the Gaming OC keeps noise levels in check. Coil whine is better than average—though not completely inaudible in all situations.
The RTX 5060 in the Gaming OC variant offers a well-balanced mix of features and performance for a modest premium. Its only drawback is that it’s based on the 8 GB version of the RTX 5060. But if you’re set on buying an RTX 5060 and want something better than the bare minimum—without breaking the bank—I can definitely recommend this model.
English translation and edit by Jozef Dudáš
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Gaming OC, 8 GB |
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+ Excellent thermal and acoustic performance − Only 8 GB of VRAM |
| Approximate retail price including VAT: 353 EUR |
