Last October, we shared with you a special dedicated to the GeForce RTX 5060, in which we evaluated the possible specifications of this graphics card, the release date and the possible selling price. I told you then there were two big optionsNVIDIA launched this model with 8 GB of graphics memory and decided to increase this number to 12 GB.

Now a new rumor claims it It will only have 8GB of graphics memorya configuration that is definitely not ideal considering the increasing pressure for games that need more than 8GB to run smoothly in ultra quality even at 1080p resolution. NVIDIA could even opt for a 10GB configuration to avoid this problem, using a 160-bit bus.

The good news is that according to the same rumor The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti will have 16 GB of memory graphics and a 128-bit bus. The graphics memory will be of the GDDR7 type in both cases, and in the case of the Ti model it will work at 28 Gbps. This setting will make a significant difference and make this graphics card work much more freely than the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti at 1440p.

It’s important to keep in mind that nothing is confirmed at this point, so we’ll have to wait and see what NVIDIA decides to do when the time comes to introduce these two graphics cards. These configurations make sense, but there are also​​​​​​other options that we cannot rule out that would be much more reasonable considering the weight of graphics memory in games that is increasing, especially when we use ray tracing.

As I told you at the time, NVIDIA could shape the GeForce RTX 5060 with 10 GB of graphics memory using a 160-bit bus, and could also configure it with 12 GB of VRAM and a 128-bit bus. using Samsung 3GB GDDR7 chips. A GeForce RTX 5060 Ti could be configured with 12GB of graphics memory and a 128-bit bus, and a GeForce RTX 5070 with a 192-bit bus and 12GB of graphics memory would fit right in.

What will AMD do to compete with the GeForce RTX 5060?

Rumor has it that Sunnyvale is about to launch a Radeon RX 8600and that it will also be configured with 8 GB of graphics memory to reduce costs and place it in the most competitive price range possible. This would be different from the Radeon RX 8600 XT, which could have more graphics memory and which would be more in the league of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti.

It seems that 8 GB of graphics memory They will be with us for a while, and that we won’t see a real transition to higher configurations until two generations later, i.e. with GeForce RTX 60 and Radeon RX 9000.

GeForce RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti are expected to be introduced between February and March next year, and that it will be launched a few weeks after said presentation.

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