NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Poised for Mid-May Debut; DLSS 4 Expands
NVIDIA seems poised to shake up the mainstream graphics card market. Word is that their GeForce RTX 5060 will debut in mid-May, hot on the heels of Jensen's highly anticipated Computex keynote.
What's Cooking with the RTX 5060? Taking on the Competition
It seems NVIDIA is dead serious about offering a solid alternative for gamers who don't want to take out a second mortgage. The RTX 5060 should directly compete with whatever AMD has cooking with their purported RX 9060 series. Following the fairly disappointing showing of the 8GB RTX 5060 Ti, most are interested to know how NVIDIA will handle the VRAM dynamic with this latest card. In the meantime, the grand reveal is planned for Computex 2025, with the real cards reaching store shelves on or around May 19th.
Starting May 19 at 9 a.m. Pacific Time, GeForce RTX 5060 graphics cards, desktops, and GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPUs will be available from our partners and retailers worldwide.#GeForceRTX50 pic.twitter.com/VLA9bZUWRW
— NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce) May 6, 2025
Notably, this schedule overlaps with past gossip, and some retail channels, like PNY, are already listing models, suggesting preparations are already underway in full swing. So what can we anticipate?
- It will have 8GB of quick GDDR7 VRAM.
- The memory will likely be at 28 Gbps speed on a 128-bit memory bus.
- Expect a dramatic increase in CUDA cores – the rumors indicate about 3840 cores, up by 25%!
- Power consumption can also see a big jump too, perhaps at 145W, which is a 35W increase over the RTX 4060.
Compared to its previous iteration, the RTX 5060 seems to be offering:
- More processing power (CUDA Cores).
- The same amount of VRAM, but faster (GDDR7).
- A huge memory bandwidth boost (around +64%).
- More power consumption (around 30% more).
Price-wise, the early show on Best Buy's listings of an RTX 5060 8GB SKU by PNY at $299 is highly indicative that we are witnessing here the MSRP. Now, we need to know whether 8GB of VRAM would be enough in 2025 and the years that follow? The RTX 5060 Ti took a ribbing about that, so let us be curious to find out the plans from NVIDIA. Maybe at Computex, we shall be brought into confidence about all answers.
DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation Strikes More Games
Along with new hardware, NVIDIA is also pushing its software technologies further. The latest and greatest, DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, is arriving in even more games with the promise of smoother frame rates for GeForce RTX 50 series card owners.
MechWarrior 5: Clans Gets an Update
The Unreal Engine 5-powered MechWarrior 5: Clans, which launched with DLSS 3, is also getting the DLSS 4 makeover as part of its "Ghost Bear: Flash Storm" DLC. That should mean even faster performance. And NVIDIA is also bringing its app up to date so that users can manually update the DLSS Super Resolution model for possibly better image quality.
New World: Aeternum Welcomes DLSS 4
Amazon Games' MMORPG, New World: Aeternum, is also gaining from its Season 8 update. Apart from new content like maps and events, the game will automatically run on DirectX 12 on Steam and will have improved visuals and performance on NVIDIA GPUs thanks to DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation.
Spirit of the North 2 Releases with DLSS 4
The highly anticipated third-person adventure game Spirit of the North 2 will enable players to explore its breathtaking world with DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation supported from launch.
Other DLSS Updates
It is not just DLSS 4. Other titles are benefiting from NVIDIA's upscaling tech too. The realistic multiplayer shooter Bodycam now has DLSS Super Resolution (SR) support, with Frame Generation on the way soon. Bossa's co-op survival game, Lost Skies, launched on Steam Early Access with DLSS SR. Even action RPG Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree and the horror adventure Necrophosis (whose demo is available right now) launched with DLSS SR support.
It's an exciting time to be a PC gamer, with new hardware in the works and constant software optimizations continuously making our beloved games look and play better.
