If you're looking for a graphics card that can handle current generation 1080p gaming at an affordable price, then this Nvidia deal today is as good as it gets. Right now Amazon is offering the PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Graphics Card for just $379 with free delivery. That's actually $50 less than the original launch price and only the second GPU I've seen from Nvidia with a price that's below MSRP. This is the superior 16gb variant which we strongly recommend getting (the 8GB version is clearly a worse performer). Prices on Nvidia GPUs have finally started trending downwards, and it's great to see the entry level cards finally hitting prices that are worth buying from legitimate retailers.
PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Graphics Card for $379
The RTX 5060 Ti is an excellent GPU for 1080p gaming. It outperforms the RTX 4060 Ti by about 20% and the RTX 3060 Ti by 40%. The RTX 5060 Ti also benefits from Nvidia's new DLSS 4 technology with multi-frame generation as well as newer GDDR7 video memory. There are two RTX 5060 Ti variants floating around with the only difference being the amount of VRAM, either 8GB or 16GB. This deal today is for the 16GB model. According to our RTX 5060 Ti review, the amount of VRAM makes a huge difference. We recommend the 16GB model because it can run just about any game out there comfortably at 1080p and can even handle 1440p with adjusted settings. The 8GB model, however, struggles even at 1080p and don't even think about running games at a higher resolution. For under $400, there's no better GPU right now.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GPU Review by Jacqueline Thomas
"The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti is a solid little 1080p graphics card, even compared to its last-generation counterpart. There are very few games that it can’t max out at that resolution, and even in games where it struggles – looking at you Assassins Creed Shadows – you can just turn down the ray tracing a bit to get much better performance. However, there’s a huge caveat here, and it’s the 8GB version of the card. While it’s easy to recommend the 16GB version of the card, especially if you have something older than the 3060 Ti, the 8GB card is going to run into more trouble as games get more demanding. It is a shame that both the 8GB and 16GB version share the same name, because it’s going to make shopping for a 1080p graphics card all the more confusing."
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
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