Nvidia's RTX 5060 Household Will Energy Entry-Degree PC VR From $300

Nvidia is launching the RTX 5060 Ti this week, and can launch the RTX 5060 in Might.

These price range graphics playing cards are considerably much less highly effective than the RTX 5070 that Nvidia launched earlier this yr, however are additionally as much as $150 cheaper and use much less electrical energy.

RTX 5060 shall be $300, and has 8GB of VRAM. RTX 5060 Ti is obtainable in two variants, $380 with 8GB of VRAM or $430 with 16GB of VRAM.

Like the remainder of the RTX 50-series household, RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti use Nvidia’s new Blackwell structure and have GDDR7 VRAM, which gives 33% quicker reminiscence bandwidth in comparison with GDDR6X. Additionally they help DLSS 4 with Multi Body Technology, however this function is not appropriate for VR.

For standalone headsets accessing PC VR through compressed streaming, the RTX 50 sequence added help for 4:2:2 colour encoding. If future headsets help this, it will provide a extra vibrant picture in comparison with the 4:2:0 colour compression of right now’s VR streaming.

For $300, the RTX 5060 ought to provide comparable efficiency to 2018’s RTX 2080, a card that was greater than double the value, and which Half-Life: Alyx was designed to run very nicely on.

If you wish to play racing or flight simulators in VR, if you wish to push the graphics of cross-platform VR titles, or if you wish to drive a really excessive decision headset, we strongly advocate choosing up certainly one of Nvidia’s higher-end playing cards, such because the RTX 5080 or RTX 5090.

However when you’re on a really strict price range, and also you simply wish to play titles like Half-Life: Alyx and Skyrim VR in your Quest or PlayStation VR2, the RTX 5060 household may be an reasonably priced choice to make the leap into PC VR.

RTX 5060 launches in Might, whereas RTX 5060 Ti launches tomorrow.