5060ti 8gb or 16gb | TheaterFire

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It sounds like you’ve already made up your mind and want the 5060 TI, but like the other people said: if you’re on a budget, you don’t really have the freedom to be brand loyal if you truly want the best bang for your buck.

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Born_Bad_1294@reddit

What about the RX 9060 XT 16GB??

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Total-Plane-5965@reddit (OP)

The cheapest option is about $400, but I’m not a fan of AMD

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DifficultWalrus8811@reddit

Do you have Intel or AMD CPU? If you have an AMD CPU (Zen 3 and up), you get some extra performance gains out of using an AMD GPU with your AMD CPU. If you have an Intel CPU, then it's less important which brand you go with.

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Born_Bad_1294@reddit

Why? Same level of performance but for cheaper

Unless and until you wanna do production or burn your money aimlessly, go with nvidia.

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Total-Plane-5965@reddit (OP)

I’ve used AMD GPUs before, and they left a bad impression on me, so I won’t use them again. I used to have a PowerColor RX 6700 XT.

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sleepytechnology@reddit

Explain the bad impression on why you will never use AMD again cause I feel like that detail matters a lot on whether people will continue or stop recommending the 9060XT 16GB to you (which is also imo a much better buy than 5060 Ti 8GB).

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DifficultWalrus8811@reddit

Sometimes people think it's the card when it's not. I bought a Powercolor RX 580 and my PC kept randomly shutting down a few minutes into gaming. After I had filled out the return paperwork and purchased a GTX1060 6GB, when I went to remove the RX 580, I noticed that one of the GPU cooling fans was rubbing against the card above it and it was keeping the fan from spinning, so the GPU was sending emergency shut off commands to the CPU. After I stopped the fan from rubbing against the other card, it was working flawlessly, but I'd already submitted the RMA paperwork and bought the other card so I swapped over to NVIDIA for that generation. The fault was with me and cramming too many cards in my case, not the Powercolor AMD GPU.

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Tlentic@reddit

If this is a “driver issue” complaint, then Nvidia is legitimately doing worse than AMD at the moment. They’ve had major issues with every second or third update for like the last year and a half. Last month’s update killed my computer and I had to reformat it/reinstall Windows.

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RemoDev@reddit

Honestly, I've never had any issue with nVidia in years, but I had a few with AMD. I totally get what OP says. Also, if you want DLSS you need nVidia.

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DifficultWalrus8811@reddit

Did you use DDU when switching between NVIDIA and AMD? The only time I've had issues with either was if I installed the drivers for a different brand without running DDU, and once I had the issues, all I had to do was run DDU and reinstall the drivers and it worked flawlessly. I went from a GTX-460SE to an HD6970 to a GTX-770, to a GTX-1060 6GB, to an RX 6600 xT over 2 CPU/MoBo combos and any and all issues flipping and flopping back and forth between Team Green and Team Red were resolved by running Display Driver Uninstaller and reinstalling the latest drivers.

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Tlentic@reddit

Lately it seems to be more an issue of how fast you need to update. They keep dropping broken updates and hot fixing them a couple days later. I’ve gotta be on the ball for security reasons for work, so I’m constantly fighting with their broken drivers.

You get FSR with AMD. Is DLSS better? Yup. Does it matter for 99% of users? Nope, they won’t even notice the difference. Is the ray tracing better on Nvidia? Yup, but you’re not using ray tracing on a 5060 ti.

The whole brand loyalty argument is just kinda bullshit. Anything under a 5080, AMD is just straight up the better price to performance pick

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PudgeMaster64@reddit

Who uses ray tracking? It tanks performance way too hard. U need flagship GPU to use it.

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ImVeryUnimaginative@reddit

You answered your own question

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Born_Bad_1294@reddit

Burn your money then

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Hawk7117@reddit

agreed entirely.

The 8gb version of the 5060ti shouldn't eve be considered, I firmly believe it was a card to package in prebuild PCs so they can say "5060ti" on the box.

If the cost of a 5060ti 16gb is $575 make the $50 jump up to the 5070. If you don't want to spend that much, the 9060xt 16gb is the better value proposition in every way outside of professional CUDA workloads.

For gaming the 9060xt 16gb is still the undisputed value king.

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Total-Plane-5965@reddit (OP)

Yeah, the cheapest RTX 5070 here is about $700, and it’s overkill for my needs.

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Hawk7117@reddit

9060xt 16gb then. There is no reason to halve your VRAM on a 5060ti 8gb when the 9060xt 16gb is an absolute unit for gaming.

I was running the Last of us part 1 in 4k ultra settings on that card at 70-80fps when I set my PC up on my 4k (60hz) TV and it was glorious.

It can shred 1440p games with no issues at all.

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VersaceUpholstery@reddit

If gaming only, no reason to not get the 9060 XT. that's a way better value

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Chrono_Club_Clara@reddit

You're wrong. If you do flat game to VR conversions a lot with Geo11 like I do, there is absolutely Value in the Nvidia driver setting that lets you force AA off on games that normally don't let you turn off AA. I realize that this isn't something that the majority of PC gamers do. But your assertion was that there was no reason to not get the 9600 XT, you didn't say that there was unlikely a reason to get the 9600 XT.

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VersaceUpholstery@reddit

I'm aware AMD is not suited for VR.

But like you said, it's niche. "PC Gaming" to 99% of people is flat gaming

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Chrono_Club_Clara@reddit

What makes you believe that AMD isn't suited for VR? By the way, I remember what I said.

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VersaceUpholstery@reddit

Had a Valve Index years ago, so seeing a lot of discussion about how AMD was lacking features that Nvidia had for good performance in things like virtual desktop. Which made nvidia GPUs in the same tier as an AMD GPU just run a lot better. I know nvidia had a better codec for things like the quest 3 streaming as well. Will admit it's been some time so don't know if AMD has finally worked out those kinks.

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Chrono_Club_Clara@reddit

Well the Valve Index does not even meet the system requirements for the majority of AAA VR games, so I don't see how the Index is particularly relevant here. I'm sure if you used an Nvidia card that was under the minimum requirements for a VR game, they wouldn't perform well either. I've played all of my high end native VR games on my AMD card and it performs just as well as my Nvidia card does. The hardware AV1 encoding that the RTX 4000 and higher series has is not particularly helpful for PC VR since the Meta Quest's AV1 decode latency is so poor. AMD cards work awesome for native VR games. It's only with custom modding of flat games where Nvidia pulls ahead in image quality on a very small percentage of titles that normally don't allow you to turn AA off.

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psimwork@reddit

So clearly the downvotes are hitting, but rather than attacking, I'm going to try and understand. Why do you feel this way?

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JPavMain@reddit

Don't be a fan. Buy what's best for you for your money.

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DifficultWalrus8811@reddit

Do you want to game in 1080? Get the 8GB. Do you want to game in 4K? Get the 16GB. Do you want to game in 1440 with decent/playable FPS? Get the 8GB. Do you want to game in 1440 with screaming FPS? Get the 16GB. Do you mostly play older games? Get the 8GB. Do you want to moderately "future proof" your game selection to play the latest and greatest games over the next 3-6 years? Get the 16GB.

As you can see, the choice depends on what you want to be able to do with your card. Costing almost double for the 16GB becomes "worth it" if you want to play newer AAA game titles, want higher FPS, want to play at high resolution, etc., but if none of that stuff matters to you or not getting any of those things isn't a deal-breaker, then get the cheaper card.

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aragorn18@reddit

Are you sure that the 8GB version if the 5060 Ti and not the standard 5060?

As much as I encourage people to get the 16GB version, I don't think it's worth almost double the price.

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Corvo_LeStrange@reddit

I got my 9060 xt for 473€ just last week too

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Total-Plane-5965@reddit (OP)

It’s definitely the ASUS Dual RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

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aragorn18@reddit

Between the two, I would go with the 8GB version. But, as I said, how much is the AMD GPU?

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Total-Plane-5965@reddit (OP)

The cheapest option is about $400

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coolboy856@reddit

The 5060 Ti 8gb is a pretty good deal, $20 more than a base-5060. However, since the 9060 XT 16gb is just $50 more, that's the better purchase for most people.

If you'replaying at 1080p, benefit from CUDA-cores, or for some reason absolutely need to go Nvidia then get the 5060 Ti 8gb.

9060 XT 8/16 and 5060 Ti 8/16 benchmarks at 1080p + 1440p: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JZHnrPhBBI

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aragorn18@reddit

I'd definitely go with the 9060 XT 16GB

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Even-Act-85@reddit

1080p, 8gb 1440p, find an alternative used or something, not worth 575

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sunny_singh88@reddit

Atleast 16 gb for future proof .

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Parking-Language5277@reddit

how much is a 9060 xt 16gb in your country

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Barb3Z-TT@reddit

Yea you should absoloutly get the 16gig version but if i was you i would honestly go with a 9060 xt if you dont wanna save up

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ndaonreddit@reddit

16gb no doubt

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ujusth8me@reddit

16gb

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deeznutz133769@reddit

At those price points just get a 5070. It crushes the 5060ti. It 'only' has 12gb but that will be more than enough for 1080p and for the vast majority of games / ultra settings at 1440p.

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Alexandarar@reddit

Get 5060 ti 16gb nothing less for some future proof. Never get 8gb vram

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Chrono_Club_Clara@reddit

Never get 8GBs of VRAM? What about a 6GB card like the Arc A380?

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Pajer0king@reddit

No, god no.

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AgreedToAPoint@reddit

Neither, get a 9070 or 16gb 9060 and if youre comfortable buying used get a 3080 it's cheaper than any of these

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RemoDev@reddit

Get the 16gb only if you plan to play at 4K with everything on ultra.

I have a 3060ti 8gb and it lets me play with zero issues at 1440p.

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Hawk7117@reddit

Really heavily depends on the game you are playing at 1440p, most newer titles are absolute VRAM hogs. My 2070s was really starting to show its age last year as I was hitting vram limits in some titles even on low settings in 1440p.

If you are playing older games you should be totally fine with 8gb, but if you are making a purchase to play games for the next 5 years I don't think 8gb should even be considered.

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RemoDev@reddit

Sure you will not play Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra with ray tracing, but 1440p is perfectly doable with everything on high-ultra. I do that on my 3060ti already, I am sure a 5060 is a lot better.

And I agree, 12 or 16gb is the best option, but if OP doesn't pretend ultra settings on everything, I think they can absolutely play with 8gb.

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Total-Plane-5965@reddit (OP)

Thank you

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prosetheus@reddit

The 5070 is a much better choice, and 12 gb is fine for gaming. You could also consider the 9070.

Consider the 16 gb 5060ti only for workload/light local AI stuff. It is quite unbalanced as a gaming GPU and it is also priced as a "low-budget" (for nvidia standards) 16 gb workstation card. The next 16 gb gpu in nvidia's product stuck as the 1000 usd 5070 ti. Then 3400 usd for the next step up to 32 gigs.

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pwnrzero@reddit

I normally don't recommend AMD (Nvidia has better support which Reddit undervalues), but almost double the price how much do 16GB Radeon cards cost in your country?

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jhaluska@reddit

8GB. If you end up hating it, upgrade and get the 16GB. It's really not that big of a deal.

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ChocolateNeat4489@reddit

Overlooking 9060xt 16gb at 400, when 5060ti 8gb costs 350 and 16gb 575 is just ... Ehh, lost for words without danger of getting moderated. Attachment to a green sticker is just unbelievable, all for what? PT and RT that you won't be able to run on 8gb ?

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Parking_Cress_5105@reddit

Instead of buying more VRAM on a slow card go up a tier.

It's rarely worth it.

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RunDatBihUp@reddit

Honestly depends on what you use your graphics card for. If you’re gaming like rdr2, GTAV then that card will be used up pretty quickly. I personally like to over kill things just because but that’s just preference. If you’re doing simulator, 10-20 gb games, browsing etc, then 8 is fine I just personally believe it’s too low with the upscaling things are today and trending upwards.

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