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Pemalite said:

Geforce 5060 with 8GB is a colossal mistake... And shows nVidia has learned nothing.
Reserve the 6GB/8GB cards for a theoretical budget 5030 or 5040.

nVidia needed to go with a 96bit memory bus and have 12GB of memory at a minimum with 336GB/s of GDDR7 bandwidth, still more than the 4060Ti but on a narrower bus to keep costs low. (And make up for the larger memory pool.)

I guess we wait to see how AMD counters with the 9070GRE and 9060 lineup, I won't be surprised if they also release 8GB parts.

Oh NVidia has learned alright, why do you think they're hiding the 8GB version from the reviews?

They know fully well that it's not enough but produce them anyway because less knowledgeable people WILL buy them simply because it's an NVidia GPU, who then in turn will upgrade early because they run out of VRAM.

In short, they are skimping on the memory to prey on the masses.

Edit: AMD has already confirmed that there will be 8GB versions of the 9060. The 9070GRE however will probably be a 12GB or 16GB card, not just 8GB.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 14 April 2025