Early RTX 5060 Ti benchmarks reveal why Nvidia withheld the 8GB version from reviewers

In brief: Nvidia's marketing for the RTX 5060 Ti has so far focused exclusively on the 16GB model, raising eyebrows as the company has refused to provide reviewers with access to the 8GB version. This decision suggests an effort to downplay the cheaper variant's underwhelming performance, and an early review appears to confirm those suspicions – at least, in certain scenarios. A review on Bilibili offers an early look at the 8GB version of Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti, which has not been made available to Western media. The video reveals that halving the VRAM significantly affects performance in several notable games and hampers the effectiveness of multi-frame generation, the RTX 50 series' standout feature. To be fair, the 8GB RTX 5060 Ti holds its own against the 16GB model in synthetic benchmarks and many titles, including Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (at reasonable settings), Counter-Strike 2, Resident Evil 4, Forza Horizon 5, F1 24, Call of Duty, and even Alan Wake 2. However, perfo ... Read full article.