Best Buy has
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 WINDFORCE 8G Graphic Card (GV-N5060WF2-8GD) for
$249.99.
Shipping is free.
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Features:- Powered by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 graphics processing unit (GPU).
- 8GB GDDR7.
- PCI Express 5.0.
- NVIDIA Blackwell architecture and DLSS 4.
- HDMI x 1, DP x 3.
- NVIDIA GeForce "Blackwell" RTX 50-Series.
- 2.0 Slot Design
- Protective metal back plate.
- Features server-grade thermal conductive gel, innovative Hawk fans with alternative spinning 3D active fans.
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Ain't reading comprehension fun!
Snark aside, someone is waiting 2 gens to upgrade to a mid-range card from a (then) low/mid range card and you think they are expecting to set benchmark records in AAA games at the ultimate max settings? LOL you kids love gatekeeping and probably don't even have a 2050 in your rig. But that 5090 TI, you plan to buy....one day, sure is fast...in your day dreams!
Snark aside, someone is waiting 2 gens to upgrade to a mid-range card from a (then) low/mid range card and you think they are expecting to set benchmark records in AAA games at the ultimate max settings? LOL you kids love gatekeeping and probably don't even have a 2050 in your rig. But that 5090 TI, you plan to buy....one day, sure is fast...in your day dreams!
On the 8GB issue, I have a more moderate stance. At 1440p there will be a lot of games that will require settings tweaks to avoid hitting that wall. I just tested some 8GB cards and I hit that limit more easily than some people think. At the same time, in most cases, it wasn't that hard to get them under the limit. It generally meant dropping texture quality.
Either way, the 5060 is 100% a significant upgrade from the 3050. If someone has been using a 3050, they probably are already used to making compromises because that was never a very compelling card. Especially if you had the 4GB or 6GB versions.
On the 8GB issue, I have a more moderate stance. At 1440p there will be a lot of games that will require settings tweaks to avoid hitting that wall. I just tested some 8GB cards and I hit that limit more easily than some people think. At the same time, in most cases, it wasn't that hard to get them under the limit. It generally meant dropping texture quality.
Either way, the 5060 is 100% a significant upgrade from the 3050. If someone has been using a 3050, they probably are already used to making compromises because that was never a very compelling card. Especially if you had the 4GB or 6GB versions.
FWIW I personally still think the ram is an overblown issue for most people who plan to game. (Not benchmark) While it isn't hard to make any system struggle (only takes 2 seconds to max out settings), if you care how the game actually looks at those settings is a different conversation entirely. Many of those really punishing settings are hard to even distinguish at the higher levels. I'm personally not paying double for a card just so I can go from "high" to "max" on a random setting...just to say I did.
FWIW I personally still think the ram is an overblown issue for most people who plan to game. (Not benchmark) While it isn't hard to make any system struggle (only takes 2 seconds to max out settings), if you care how the game actually looks at those settings is a different conversation entirely. Many of those really punishing settings are hard to even distinguish at the higher levels. I'm personally not paying double for a card just so I can go from "high" to "max" on a random setting...just to say I did.
Ultimately, not everyone cares about the same things and there is nothing wrong with that. At the same time there is no doubt that games are using a lot more VRAM than they used to. We have already seen a handful of games that take significant concessions that anyone would notice to get under 8GB. I think that is more likely to get worse than to get better. It just depends what you play, what resolution you play it and how much you care about certain things.
I also think price is a big factor. The reality is that when you buy an entry level card, you have always had to make concessions. That was true for the 1060, true for 3060 and it is still true for the 5060. But what we have here is a card for $250 and there are few alternatives at that price that are better. You are basically choosing between the 5060 and B580 and both those cards have challenges. Also, we shouldn't forget that both those cards have x8 interfaces which definitely matters if you don't have a PCIe 4.0 slot. But other than buying used, there is really nothing better out there. AMD doesn't even have an option at that price point.
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the only other way to do it is spend the money once on a mid/high (not high, cause they're stupid) once, then flip every 2 or so gens... normally knocks my prices down to ~400$ to upgrade (last few were RTX2070 AMP Extreme, 6900XT Red Devil, 5080OC).
i do the same with CPU/mobo/RAM, but i do have the luxury of several Microcenter stores within an hour drive... so that's not really a fair comparison
but flipping can be annoying, i understand why people wouldn't want to be bothered.
It's not quite good enough to replace my 2080 Ti in my PC, and I can't really use the 2080 in the security server.
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