Save $50 on Our Favorite Budget Graphics Card

If you're building a caller gaming PC, I've sewage a saccharine woody for you connected a graphics card. The PNY Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti OC (7/10, WIRED Review) is presently marked down to conscionable $379 astatine Walmart. While prices person been successful flux since launch, this is anyplace from $50 to $100 disconnected nan accustomed price, a discount that makes it a overmuch much appealing acquisition for gaming astatine 1080p.

This is nan astir humble introduction from Nvidia's 50 Series that I deliberation is worthy your time, but that doesn't mean that you'll beryllium disappointed. The 16-GB paper tin chug correct on successful astir modern games astatine 1080p, beating 60 fps successful each crippled successful our trial suite pinch nan settings cranked up and nan ray tracing turned on. It struggled to support up astatine 1440p, astatine slightest pinch everything group to ultra, but a small tinkering, aliases Nvidia's latest tech, tin thief pinch that. Common games for illustration Minecraft, Helldivers 2, and Marvel Rivals each ran complete 90 fps, which is awesome news for weeknight Squirrel Girl enjoyers for illustration myself.

As an RTX 50 Series card, nan 5060 TI supports nan latest type of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) which includes Multi-Frame Generation. For each traditionally rendered framework of gameplay, nan GPU tin usage instrumentality learning to dress up to 3 other frames pinch debased overhead. The consequence is simply a overmuch smoother experience, pinch large fps jumps each clip you move up nan setting. The tradeoffs are a flimsy summation successful input lag, arsenic good arsenic nan occasional mini artifact, which I consciousness makes this a awesome action for slower, cinematic games, but little optimal for twitchy shooters.

This PNY illustration isn't nan flashiest, pinch a integrative lodging and only 2 fans, but I deliberation a batch of gamers will beryllium satisfied pinch it. It does characteristic nan classical 8-pin PCIe powerfulness plug, truthful it could beryllium an upgrade for an older strategy too, but I don't deliberation nan capacity jump would beryllium that noticeable from nan higher-end 30 aliases moreover 20 Series cards. If you want to cheque retired your different options, I've sewage a full GPU buying guide that covers nan latest from some AMD and Nvidia, from this paper each nan measurement up to nan $2,000 RTX 5090.

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