New Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB - Instantly Obsolete, Nvidia Screws Gamers

[BoredSysAdmin]

 

[kajol]

Insane!

 

[hemiram]

Buying an 8 gig video card to play any recent games or to do photo or video editing is almost a guarantee you will be disappointed. Last one I got with 8gb was a long time ago, I don't remember what brand or chipset it was, but it was slow/choppy enough that I ended up moving it to my TV PC, it worked fine for playing BD and other media, and replaced the card in my main PC with the same basic card with 16GB on it. I have had a couple of 12gb ones along the way, and they were OK, only the last one has been expensive (not as bad as I expected), a 4080 16G card by ASUS that I got used about a week for "only" $599. Before that, I tried to order video cards over and over again without any luck, and bought a prebuilt PC just to get an ASUS 3080 16 to put into my new PC I was building. I couldn't get a card alone for what I paid for that PC. Only thing bad in it was it had one of the bad Gigabyte power supplies. They (ABS/New Egg) refused to replace it, so I bought a good 750W one online. The PC itself runs very well, and even the original SSD is pretty decent quality and has good speed.

 

[Trell]

A GPU with only 8 GB VRAM will not age well for modern games going forward, and the 16 GB version is only a little more expensive.

 

[jennifersan]

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Remember this is not planned obsolescence since the cards are already obsolete on release date, this is Nvidia trying to up sell you to their top card. The one that has all the GPU power and all the VRAM it needs.
Nvidia will never ever make the mistake that the 1000 series was. For them that was a mistake. Having affordable and good graphics cards is big no no for them. Good for us, but not for them.
They're intentionally giving us rubbish so we can give them more money for the top end model. That's the point of all the xx60, xx70 and even xx80 cards.
Since the 2000 series all those cards were gimped with either not enough GPU horsepower, or not enough VRAM or in most cases not enough of both.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Remember this is not planned obsolescence since the cards are already obsolete on release date, this is Nvidia trying to up sell you to their top card. The one that has all the GPU power and all the VRAM it needs.
Nvidia will never ever make the mistake that the 1000 series was. For them that was a mistake. Having affordable and good graphics cards is big no no for them. Good for us, but not for them.
They're intentionally giving us rubbish so we can give them more money for the top end model. That's the point of all the xx60, xx70 and even xx80 cards.
Since the 2000 series all those cards were gimped with either not enough GPU horsepower, or not enough VRAM or in most cases not enough of both.

Steve from Gamer Nexus made (not 100% original) but data-based point that Nvidia has been quietly pushing lower-end models into higher-end model names, ranges, and prices accordingly. (See below)
Ie, Modern 5060's core count vs 5xxxx top model is about the same difference as in the previous generation 4050 vs its 4xxx top model.

Also, an absolutely crazy on-stage lie that 5070 is the same as 4090. That needs so much salt - you'd get both kidney stones, high blood pressure, and likely won't survive if you try to consume it.

I am pretty happy with EVGA's RTX 3080 12 GB, which I bought used on eBay at a fraction of the original price.