Review RTX 5060Ti 8GB performs worse than the Arc B580 - Techspot

[AnitaPeterson]

A really merciless and detailed takedown.

Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is Even Slower than the Intel Arc B580

We test Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti to reveal why the 8GB version struggles badly in modern games–and how it stacks up against Intel's much cheaper Arc B580...

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"Intel's GPU is a great product at the $250 MSRP. If you can find one at that price, we won't regret the purchase. The 5060 Ti 8GB, however, is a steaming pile – even at $380 – so it should be avoided. What makes this comparison interesting is that the 5060 Ti 8GB should be much faster than the B580."

 

[Jaskalas]

A really merciless and detailed takedown.

Yeah, as the 8gb thread has demonstrated. Lack of VRAM is an absolute dumpster fire in 2025.
That choice alone makes Intel highly relevant for entry level GPUs.

 

[jpiniero]

That choice alone makes Intel highly relevant for entry level GPUs.

Until they finally get some sense in themselves that lighting money on fire is a bad idea.

 

[Keysplayr]

Yeah, as the 8gb thread has demonstrated. Lack of VRAM is an absolute dumpster fire in 2025.
That choice alone makes Intel highly relevant for entry level GPUs.

You guys have to know by now that modern games do not really require this much memory to run well. Games YEARS ago had way better textures and look than today's games. It's just that, in order to continue to sell more graphics cards in perpetuity, game developers are likely charged with gobbling up as much memory as possible. Essentially rendering older cards with smaller amounts of memory, obsolete or suffer from dropped framerates due to the smaller memory footprint. Games today don't look good enough to account for this much memory to be needed. The diminishing returns point happened a long time ago.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

You guys have to know by now that modern games do not really require this much memory to run well. Games YEARS ago had way better textures and look than today's games.

You are not basing this on first hand experience using an aging 8GB card are you? "RTX 3060TI-8GB "

It's just that, in order to continue to sell more graphics cards in perpetuity, game developers are likely charged with gobbling up as much memory as possible.

Who is charging them with doing it?

Essentially rendering older cards with smaller amounts of memory, obsolete or suffer from dropped framerates due to the smaller memory footprint. Games today don't look good enough to account for this much memory to be needed.

Again, how are you making this evaluation?

The diminishing returns point happened a long time ago.

I think most of us here are like minded on the topic.