Final Thoughts on the ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5060 Ti OC Edition 16GB
It seems with each RTX 50 Series release I’ve been a bit disappointed, but with the RTX 5060 Ti I actually think NVIDIA did the right thing, especially when it comes to pricing (more on that in just a second). First let’s get into performance. In our testing just looking at raw performance this card is going to be a very formidable 1080p card that gets over 100 FPS in your favorite titles and can easily handle 1440p at over 60 FPS. Sadly the only RTX 4060 Ti we have on hand is an 8GB model so this is not a direct comparison, but the RTX 5060 Ti is 23% faster at 1080p and 25% faster at 1440p. I can assume if we had the 16GB model of the RTX 4060 Ti we would see around a 15% increase in performance. Looking up the product stack to the RTX 5070, the RTX 5060 Ti is about 15% slower at 1080p and about 21% slower at 1440p.
If you do want to push into the 4K realm it is definitely possible with DLSS4 and multi-frame generation. Previously with DLSS3 you would essentially get double the frame rate as it would generate a single new frame. With DLSS4 you can now generate 2 or even 3 frames which really improves performance significantly! In our testing with Cyberpunk 2077 this card only gets 34.45 FPS at 4K resolution without DLSS, but turn it on and we get 138.83. Turn on multi-frame generation and we get a staggering 221.57 FPS!
When it comes to ASUS’s Prime RTX 5070 OC Edition you have a very solid card overall. The triple fan cooling solution is great and kept our temperatures in check. It also is not that loud at all. This card fits into NVIDIA’s SFF-ready requirements as it is only a 2.5-slot card, so many people will appreciate that. The factory overclock is present and will give you a few more frames in games. The interesting question about this card from ASUS will be the price. ASUS has a normal Prime card, which is this exact card without the factory overclock. So how much of a premium is ASUS going to charge for an overclock? Unfortunately ASUS has not shared the price of this card with us. We will of course update this review if that does change.
I think that one of the biggest mistakes NVIDIA made last generation was pricing the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB $100 more than the 8GB variant. This time around the difference is only $50. On top of that these cards are releasing for less than what the previous generation did. The RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is $379, which makes it $20 cheaper than the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB launched at. The RTX 5060 Ti 16GB sees an even larger price drop with it being $429 compared to the $499 that the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB launched at. So you are getting anywhere from 15-20% better performance as well as DLSS4 for $70 cheaper, you really can’t complain about that!
UPDATE: It seems like the $429 “MSRP” is sort of a phantom MSRP. Remember, while NVIDIA sets this MSRP they are not actually selling the card as there is no Founder’s Edition. We only found a single RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at the $429 price point (and it was sold out), literally every other brand had their baseline RTX 5060 Ti 16GB set at $479. The Prime OC Edition that we took a look at here is priced at $529, ASUS does have a non-OC Prime at the $479 price point.
I honestly think this is a big disconnect between AIBs and NVIDIA. NVIDIA sets this MSRP to look good in the eyes of gamers, but this MSRP makes it pretty much impossible for the AIBs to make any money off the MSRP cards. So when every AIB sets the price of their card at $479 they are the ones who look bad, yet they need to set this price to even break even on the card.
Now this brings us to the big IF that we’ve seen with graphics card launches this year and this is going to be ACTUAL pricing and availability. Yes NVIDIA has set the MSRP of the card at $429, but will you be able to get it at that price? There is no Founders Edition for this card so it is up to the AIBs and how many of their cards will be at MSRP, and once those MSRP cards run out will they be replenished or will you be forced to buy a non-MSRP card? We also have looming tariffs and the uncertainty of that. I think that if you can pick up a RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at MSRP it is actually a solid deal at the price.
