When the RTX 5060 Ti was launched, reviews focused mainly on the 16GB version of the card, leaving the 8GB version completely on the sidelines. Curious, our colleagues focused on this version by offering a test of the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Prime from ASUS. Their conclusion is simple: don’t buy this version!
RTX 5060 Ti 8GB: the model not to buy!
Tests have shown that although the two versions of the card share the same name and the same GPU, the results are radically different from one model to another.
For example, on Spider-Man 2 in UHD with very high graphics quality with DLSS, we literally had two different cards. In fact, the 8GB model only manages to display an average of 13 FPS, compared with 61 FPS for the 16GB version. Worse still, the frame time is blown up on the 8GB version, whereas it is stable on the 16GB version. Now, you might say “yeah, but this is 4K, gna, gna, gna”, but the result is similar in native 1080p: 59 FPS compared with 84 FPS, with, once again, a much angrier frametime on the 8GB version.
Some games, such as Indiana Jones and The Great Circle , simply crash at native 1080p in Ultra. Others like Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 have major texture loading problems in UHD, while Assassin’s Creed Shadow simply doesn’t run either.
In short, our media simply concludes that this card is a real ‘trap’ for gamers. What’s more, our report highlights the fact that NVIDIA has “gone out of its way” to prevent the card from being tested on the day of its launch. This means that potential customers will not be able to make a fully informed purchase. What’s more, this is a form of programmed obsolescence, since the memory limit has a negative impact on the card’s performance, forcing consumers to change their hardware more regularly.
Beyond that, the conclusion is self-evident: 8GB of memory on a card in this category is totally inadequate. The testers measured performance differences such that the two versions should be given different names. Once again, their test highlights the fact that 12 GB of VRAM seems to be the minimum these days.
