Is it worth upgrading from a 5060 to a 9060xt 16gb?

Posted by Nagio1@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 21 comments

Hi, I’m looking for some advice on a possible GPU upgrade. My current setup is a Ryzen 7 5700X, RTX 5060, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 550W Bronze PSU, and I game at 1080p.

I mostly play games like Cyberpunk 2077, Resident Evil, and Forza Horizon, and I might play games like Crimson Desert later. Overall I’m happy, but I’m wondering if an upgrade actually makes sense.

I was thinking about a 5060 Ti, but it’s kinda expensive (€560). I also thought getting a RTX 5070 (€600) but that too is expensive and I need to get a new psu for these two. So its kinda hard for my budget.

My main question is if upgrading from a 5060 to 9060xt 16gb worth it if I wanna play games at ultra + high ray tracing. I know that ray tracing is better on nvidea but I cant even enable it on a 5060 because of the vram. I also heard that the multi frame generation is coming to amd gpu's if im not mistaken so thats why Im not sure what to do.

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Creative_Raisin5702@reddit

I think with a 5060 you could wait for the new 60xx series to upgrade your graphics card, get a 5800x3d, or just wait for the new generation and live with 8GB of memory for now.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/benchmarking-nvidias-rtx-neural-texture-compression-tech-that-can-reduce-vram-usage-by-over-80-percent

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

Appreciate it, I read it and I think its awesome, if they do it, its gonna be big. The 5060 itself is a good card they just limited a good card but with this hopefully it might change.

Staying with the 5060 it is, thanks for the link.

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Creative_Raisin5702@reddit

I feel your pain of living with 8GB of video memory. I have a 4060ti 8GB, an i5 14400f, and 32GB of RAM, and I play on a 1080p 144Hz monitor, but even so, I have good gaming experiences. In RE9, with high shadows, normal textures, high ray tracing, and everything else maxed out at 60fps (frame gen off), I finished it with an experience probably better than a PS5 because the M preset of DLSS + high ray tracing delivers something the PS5 can't. So I think it's a good idea to wait for the new generation, but if you don't want to wait and are considering a trade, I would look at least at a 5070. An upgrade that's really worth it always gives you 25-40% more than you already have. I wish you luck with your future graphics card choice, and you have an incredible machine even for competitive gaming.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

Thats great to hear, i played resident evil 9 aswell but on normal textures, normal shadows I think, but with dlaa and frame gen. No stuttering at all, the 5060 really did well. Maybe my expectations were too high like to play with ray tracing and stuff. Its a budget card anyway. But u played ray tracing on with dlss performance right, doesnt the quality drop a little? I had tried dlss quality with low ray tracing but even then it did stutter sadly.

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Creative_Raisin5702@reddit

Unfortunately, our graphics cards are practically geared towards rasterization. We can experiment with ray tracing here and there, but we have to sacrifice a lot of fluidity or latency in our gameplay. However, we can extract a truly honest experience in 1080p/1440p, similar to and often superior to a PS5. Looking at your hardware setup, and considering it's relatively similar to mine, we can make a few points: 1: If possible, try the exact configuration I used (textures: Normal | Shadows: High | ray tracing: High | DLSS Quality forcing the M preset (Preset M is crucial for the DLSS Q experience in RE9 1080p) | Lock the frame rate at 60fps in 1080p, the rest at maximum. 2: Check if the xmp/expo profile of your memory is active in the BIOS.

2: Check if your memory's XMP/Expo profile is active in the BIOS. You need to guarantee at least 3200MHz if your memory is capable. Resizable bar: ON = direct CPU access to memory, not 256MB at a time when it's OFF. You ran with DLAA and without ray tracing, which generates an excellent and very fluid image with Frame Gen, but both of these technologies occupy a good portion of the memory, and probably in my configuration I would replace the VRAM used by DLAA + Frame Gen with RT + DLSS. It's a swap that I don't know if it changes the final experience much, but I'll test your configuration here. Note: I play with a controller, so 60 fps "away" from the monitor is very comfortable for me. I use my monitor's 144Hz more in competitive games, or games that have enough memory to activate Frame Gen to hit 120fps; otherwise, I'm comfortable at 60 and DLSS 4.5 = preset M is truly amazing even in 1080p.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

big thanks, I noted all of them and will try them now. I mostly try to play with keyboard but if I can enable ray tracing and it doesnt stutter and I can play on 60fps even then I would be grateful and I can use controller anyway, I didnt try that M preset thing, its updated but I set it to recommended so maybe thats why I had a little vram problem with dlss quality and RT on.

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Creative_Raisin5702@reddit

I'm running at full memory here; the game shows it in red, but locked at 60fps, there's no high latency, and I don't notice any VRAM swapping in RAM. Note: make sure your Windows virtual memory is manually configured to 8192 in both initial and final sizes.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

Noted, I will try it now, hope it will help atleast, really appreciate for all the help!!

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Nebyl_@reddit

The RTX 5060's 8GB is genuinely the problem here, not the GPU itself. Cyberpunk with ray tracing will chew through that fast, so the frustration makes sense.

The 9060 XT 16GB fixes both issues. RDNA 4 ray tracing is much improved over previous AMD gens, and the VRAM headroom covers Cyberpunk, Forza and whatever Crimson Desert needs.

Your 550W Bronze handles it fine too, so no extra spend there.

At 1080p the rasterization jump won't blow you away, you're really paying for RT capability and future-proofing. If you play with RT off most of the time, the upgrade is harder to justify.

I'd run both cards through https://best-gpu.com/upgrade/ to see if the perf gain matches what you'd be spending.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

true, if they didnt limit the 5060 with 8gb vram, it would have been the best budget card right now, ofc the prices could be different but still the performance is there, just the vram problem sadly,

I mostly try to play with on but it doesnt even let me use it on medium RT, so the 9060 might be a good choice I checked and it says 28% more performance but im not really sure if its worth, lets says I sold my 5060 for 250-270 euros I still gotta add around 150 to 170 euros.

Ik its a really good card but im not sure if I should hurry or not, the prices change fast in today's market

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Huge-Attitude9892@reddit

I don't know to be honest.

Regular RT is good on AMD cards too. Except PT. I had a 5060 too because the 5070 have disappeared at the time and i needed a GPU.

However is it worth a shot if you are happy with the 5060's performance,but need more VRAM.

But sadly PT is not supported in certain games for AMD cards.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

Yeah that makes sense, I saw alot of videos where you could enable PT on a 5060ti 16gb with fg and dlss so I wanted that first but 560 euros is too expensive you know, and 9060xt 16gb PT is unplayable I think like you said not supported but im just looking for high ray tracing. Thats enough for now I guess

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Huge-Attitude9892@reddit

IMO watch a lot of benchmarks.

I don't know how good the 9060xt for Ultra+High RT settings. Maybe it got enough VRAM,but too slow.

If you can save money then you should tho.

Even if you need a new PSU,but the RX9070 would may be better for long term. That card would have a noticeable difference for you.

And even tho i got an RTX5070 i can't recommend it over the RX9070 for regular gaming.

I do play VR(for some reason it loves Nvidia) and in my country the RX9070 is more expensive.

Some games will run better on different brands of cards. Keep that in mind. STALKER 2 loves Nvidia. While Call of Duty loves AMD more for example.

I'm not fan of upscalling,but my concern with the 9060xt 16GB was in STALKER 2. Even on the 1080p Epic my 5060 had ran out of VRAM while the 9060xt can't push above 60fps in certain areas of the game.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

True that, I watched so many benchmarks but its kinda hard to decide. I also wanna know how good the 9060xt looks with everything ultra, on youtube its not that clear so I wanted to ask someone with experience. ( I also heard like meh things about fsr)

I heard alot of great things about the 9070, like its better than the 5070 and stuff. In my country they are the same price. 600€

My main concern is not like the fps I know that on 1080p 9060xt would be good but the quality and like wow graphics, I played cyberpunk on ps5 so when I replay it again I wanna have a complete different experience and I think yeah maybe I gotta save it up to be able to enable PT or like u said high ray tracing with a 9070.

Its just that 5060 is an awesome card, like I played all the resident evil games (not re9) with high settings but no ray tracing. It just sucks that when I enabled low ray tracing even then it stutters. Thats why I thinking about the upgrade.

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Huge-Attitude9892@reddit

I tried CyberPunk with the 5070. Its not my game,but so far games like Wukong/Cyberpunk 2077 looked pretty decent with DLSS Quality and everything maxed out at 1080p. You need DLSS Balanced at least for 1440p,but its not that bad of an upscalling tech i just love native more than PT.

FSR4.1 is close to DLSS4 however i don't know if they are implementing it to every game as well.

For me the difference between the 5060/5070 is the performance headroom. Especially in VR thus why i bought it and not the 9060xt personally.

Except CyberPunk because with this card i can utilize RT or PT if i turn on DLSS as well.

I prefer performance,but you should aim for both. 60+ FPS and decent graphics are the best.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

Yeah, my friend has the rtx 5070 and like being able to see it in person, 1440p oled with PT I was just kinda shocked how good it looked, even with upscaling, if ur coming from no ray tracing 1080p 5060 its alright either way for me.

Yeah fsr 4.1 is not implemented on like kinda older cards and I heard amd is like kinda slow with updating their drivers like they are just bringing multi fg I heard. On older games dlss is used more I think.

Yeah performance and quality if its balanced for me like 60 fps with rt or pt then its enough

Appreciate for the info you gave about your experience, I might just save more and buy a 5070 with a new psu.

Its just that the cheapest gpu I can afford is the 9060xt 16gb, but I think its not worth to spend like 150 euros if I sell my gpu and stuff. I think the 16gb vram messed up with my thinking

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Huge-Attitude9892@reddit

To be honest if i wouldn't have hooked up on VR,then i wouldn't have upgraded.

I don't max out games anyways i'm fine with Medium settings (even with the 5070 lol).

However Into The Radius 2 had some issues with the 5060. Last map which is a half city with a bunch of buildings/vegetation/shadows had put a massive stress on that GPU. SSW kicks in(Cuts your fps in half to sync your PC with your headset) i can feel it always.

5070 with the same settings have no issues and i still got a lot of performance headroom left.

I played ITR2 for 45 hours with the 5060 anyways.

Ohh and i forgot. Switching to an another card(except the 5060ti) could solve the card's PCIe slot issue if you have an older system.

This card uses half of the PCIe slot and its really noticeable in older systems with a PCIe 3.0 X16 slot.

Check a test about the 5060 with different PCIe slots. Spiderman 2 will takes a massive hit on 3.0. So take that into consideration as well.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

Never tought of playing with VR but it might be fun, maybe I would try it sometime. And that pcie issue maybe I gotta change the motherboard and cpu or smth because like u said on spiderman 2 I had to enable all that upscaling and fg because it was literally stuttering crazy I got annoyed and deleted the game.

And for the psu thing, appreciate it, I will note that. When I save enough I will buy it together in 1 go, hopefully the prices won't go up by then.

If a game is optimized like resident evil or smth then the 5060 is really goodm but never played radius 2 hopefully that won't happen with other games.

Im kinda like a few months in with pc gaming so im sometimes playing the newer games sometimes kinda older. Its great.

I heard they be developping a new vram tech that reduces the usage by 80%, hopefully thats true.

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BrandonXYX@reddit

9060xt is not a decent uptick with worse RT not worth it

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RiVaL_GaMeR_5567@reddit

Unless the games you are playing stutter a shit ton, nope.

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Nagio1@reddit (OP)

Not much, it runs fine overall. But i was kinda thinking ahead for newer games cuz like for the newer games I gotta tweak the settings alot to find the perfect settings and that makes it kinda annoying sometimes