As CES 2025 approaches, we are hearing more and more about Nvidia's RTX 50 series GPUs and the performance upgrades they offer. Now, new leaked information has finally revealed the actual RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards.

According to Wccftech, sources say that Nvidia's upcoming RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti will feature GDDR7 memory, making them faster and more power efficient GPUs. This is good news for PC gamers and a raise from the RTX 40 series' GDDR6X.

Not only that, the RTX 5060 Ti comes standard with 16GB of VRAM. This is twice as much video memory as the 8GB VRAM of the earlier RTX 4060 (later graphics cards came with 16GB). This 16GB of GDDR7 memory allows the RTX 5060 Ti to meet the recommended requirements of many demanding PC titles, such as The Last of Us Part 1, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Cyberpunk 2077.

As for the base RTX 5060 card, it has the same 8GB VRAM as the RTX 4060, although it uses GDDR7 memory instead of GDDR6. With current GPUs like the Intel Arc B580 “Battlemage” offering 12GB of VRAM at an affordable price, it is surprising to see the RTX 5060 with only 8GB of GDDR7 RAM.

If this is the case, many will be more inclined to get the RTX 5060 Ti than the base RTX 5060, and this difference in video memory is large enough that many will be eager to get the latter. Ultimately, it is safe to say that as more and more high-end PC games require more VRAM, gamers will look to their setups for future-proofing.

Not many PC games require more than 8GB of VRAM (as you can see in this HardwareCorner article), but many of them are the most sought after. In addition, to achieve the recommended settings, or even High or Ultra settings, and to ensure that the game runs as smoothly as possible (at resolutions higher than 1080p), a graphics card with at least 8GB of VRAM is required.

Like previous graphics cards, Nvidia's RTX 5060 is aimed at mainstream and entry-level gaming PCs. There is no doubt that many gamers want to play the latest titles at their highest potential, but if many games scheduled to appear in 2025 and beyond require more than 8GB of GDDR7 memory to run smoothly, the RTX 5060 may not be up to the task. It's a little disappointing, but it's not a bad thing. While this is a bit disappointing, it does not mean that the RTX 5060 cannot adequately play demanding PC titles, and it may even be superior to the performance of the RTX 4060.

However, the RTX 5060 Ti's 16GB of VRAM means that many gamers can play their favorite modern PC games on the more affordable RTX 50 series GPUs, which is exciting. At least, more affordable than the RTX 5090.

Of course, Nvidia has yet to announce its lineup of Nvidia RTX 50 series graphics cards, teasing a debut at CES 2025; whether the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti will offer these rumored memory capacities remains unknowns, but if they do, I know which graphics card I would lean toward.