Now is the perfect time to upgrade your gaming setup with the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 WindForce OC 8G graphics card, currently available at Best Buy for just $259.99. This limited-time deal saves you $50 off the regular $309.99 retail price—delivering over 15% in savings compared to Nvidia’s MSRP.
The RTX 5060 is a good entry-level GPU, with the Blackwell graphics card offering a 25% performance uplift over the last-generation RTX 4060. It’s $299 MSRP is also acceptable for many basic gaming rigs, but it can be hard to find at that price, especially as the memory shortage is also squeezing GPU supply. So, if you want to score a new GPU right now and avoid the worst of the memory crisis, now’s your chance to get it at a discount.
The RTX 5060 had a somewhat controversial launch, with Nvidia initially withholding pre-release drivers from reviewers. The company eventually released the driver on the GPU’s release date, but that meant reviewers couldn’t share their benchmark tests and results until the cards arrived in retailers. This meant early adopters couldn’t check independent results before making their purchase decisions, with some experts fearing that Nvidia could be doing this because the RTX 5060 will not perform as many expect.
Despite that, and even though the RTX 5060 only has 8GB of VRAM and is 15% slower than the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, it’s still good enough for gamers who play on FHD. More importantly, it can run DLSS 4.5, allowing you to squeeze more performance out of the entry-level graphics card if you don’t mind your GPU adding some fake frames into your game.
This entry-level GPU might not be powerful enough to run the latest AAA games at 4K Ultra and with frame rates above 100 FPS. But if you have a 1080p display and don’t mind gaming at 60 FPS, prefer older titles, or can accept reduced image quality, then this should be more than good enough for your needs. While it might not be worth upgrading to if you don’t use DLSS and have a relatively new GPU like the RTX 3060 or 4060, the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 WindForce OC 8G is still a worthy upgrade from RTX 2060 and older GPUs, or if you finally want to see what having a discrete GPU is like after a lifetime of playing on integrated graphics.
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