8GB is still alive in 2025 – but the RTX 5060 Ti cards cost less than last gen
Is there anything more subject to enthusiast scorn and ridicule than a perceived shortage of VRAM? Based on the reaction to last generation’s GeForce RTX 4060 Ti launch, the safe answer is no. And NVIDIA is at it again, with the new RTX 5060 Ti available with just 8GB of VRAM, though a 16GB version should theoretically cost you less than the 16GB variants of the RTX 4060 Ti did. Or not. Who knows what things actually cost from day to day anymore.
As the RTX 5060 family is based on the current Blackwell architecture, you can enjoy all of the same features of previous RTX 50 Series cards, including 4x Frame Generation. Another interesting aspect of the RTX 5060 family is the use of high bandwidth GDDR7 memory for all versions, even the $299 RTX 5060. Here’s NVIDIA’s table with some basic specs:
