Nvidia yesterday introduced the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti in 16GB and 8GB versions, along with the more affordable 8GB GeForce RTX 5060. Today the embargo lifts, and here’s our first review of the RTX 5060 Ti—the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Gaming OC 16GB. This 180W card is fairly efficient and only needs a dual-fan cooler to deliver excellent thermals and acoustics. The price, however, is less appealing due to the current market situation.
A detailed description of the new technologies brought by Nvidia’s new graphics cards has been compiled by Jan Olšan in the article Blackwell: GeForce RTX 5000 architecture and innovations. It introduces the individual graphics chips Nvidia is using in the new cards, the new GDDR7 memory type, and also covers changes in cache memory, GPU compute units, updates to shaders and tensor cores, as well as improved compute units for ray tracing. The new generation of GeForce also brings support for new standards such as DisplayPort 2.1b and PCI Express 5.0.
With the new generation of cards, DLSS capabilities are evolving as well. It now supports Multi Frame Generation, which allows the generation of up to three intermediate frames, and introduces Nvidia Reflex 2, the second generation of its latency-reduction technology. This includes Frame Warp, which adjusts object and camera motion in rendered frames based on the player’s most recent input device movement data received just before the already rendered frame is displayed. A more detailed explanation can be found in the aforementioned article.
The cards were already introduced in a standalone news piece. The first to hit the market are the 16GB variants of the RTX 5060 Ti, while the trimmed-down 8GB version is expected to follow a few days later. It’s not hard to guess why Nvidia prefers testing the 16GB version—everyone’s been freaking out over the fact that other models still only have 8GB of memory, because there are a couple of games where you already have to lower detail settings to avoid frame drops caused by the lack of VRAM.
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Gaming OC
In this review, we’ll take a look at one of the more affordable air-cooled models from MSI’s lineup – the GeForce RTX 5060 16G Gaming OC.
The card comes factory overclocked. The updated GPU-Z version 2.65.1 already recognizes the card and its specifications.
The listed typical boost clock is increased from the reference 2570 MHz to 2647 MHz, while actual clocks are usually higher, depending on GPU load and power consumption. Detailed clock performance is covered in the sections on operating characteristics.
Only one fan is monitored this time. The default power limit is 180 W, which can be adjusted in a range of 180–220 W, or -17% to +22%.
The current beta version of HWiNFO can extract significantly more data from the card:
On the back of the packaging, the manufacturer highlights key technologies the card employs. It uses a Twin Frozr cooler with Storm Force fans, a nickel-plated copper base, and heat pipes with a square cross-section at the base for better contact with the vapor chamber and with each other. MSI also promotes its software utilities – MSI Center for controlling MSI components and ARGB lighting, and the popular MSI Afterburner for overclocking.
The accessories include only a basic installation guide and a power adapter.
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