The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 Ti OC Edition is a 16GB Blackwell-generation graphics card with a compact 2.5-slot design. Two Axial-tech fans keep the card cool in most mid-tower and small case builds without hanging over adjacent PCIe slots. Under the hood are 4,608 CUDA cores, 16GB of GDDR7 memory running at 28 Gbps, and a 2,632MHz boost clock in OC mode. The back of the card carries one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs, with PCIe 5.0 handling the motherboard connection.
A worthy graphics card update for your gaming rig at a great discount
Blackwell is NVIDIA’s current GPU architecture, released across the RTX 50 Series to succeed the Ada Lovelace chips in the RTX 40 Series. The RTX 5060 Ti uses a GB206 chip with 4,608 CUDA cores, 4th-generation ray tracing cores, and 5th-generation Tensor cores. Real-world performance beats the RTX 4060 Ti in games that use DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation, which are exclusive to the RTX 50 Series through hardware acceleration on the new Tensor cores in your card.
GDDR7 is the new memory standard on the RTX 50 Series, replacing GDDR6X from the previous generation. The 5060 Ti’s 16GB of GDDR7 runs at 28 Gbps, which is faster than the 21 Gbps GDDR6 used in most previous mid-range NVIDIA cards. More memory bandwidth also means less texture streaming stutter in current AAA games with high-resolution asset packs, especially at 1440p and 4K resolutions on your monitor.
ASUS’s Dual design uses two Axial-tech fans mounted above a full-length heatsink with metal backplate reinforcement. The fans use dual ball bearings that ASUS rates for twice the lifespan of sleeve bearings on lower-tier cards. Dual BIOS lets you toggle between Quiet and Performance profiles in ASUS GPU Tweak III.
Display outputs include one HDMI 2.1b port and three DisplayPort 2.1b ports, supporting up to four displays connected simultaneously at resolutions up to 8K. The card draws power through a single 8-pin PCIe connector, and ASUS recommends a 550-watt power supply as the minimum for a system with a standard CPU in your build. PCIe 5.0 support also enables the card to connect to newer motherboards for maximum bandwidth.
ASUS’s Dual series has been the go-to compact card lineup in the company’s graphics card catalog for several generations, positioned below the ROG Strix and TUF Gaming series in price and features. At $385, down from $438, the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB drops into the range where a solid current-generation card becomes an easier upgrade decision. If you’re building a mid-range gaming PC, upgrading from an RTX 20-series or 30-series card, or looking for GDDR7 memory and DLSS 4 support in a compact design, this is one of the easier picks in the current generation.