What to expect from the 5060 and RX 9060 launches?

[5ubsonic]

What are everyone's thoughts on the upcoming launches of the Nvidia 5060 and AMD 9060 (plus Ti and XT variants)?

Will the launches be within a day or two of each other again or will we see the Nvidias launching way earlier?

Which is likely to win on performance and how close will they get to the 5070 and 9070 series? How will they compare with previous generations?

Will demand massively outstrip supply again making it difficult to get one at MSRP?

What is pricing likely to look like?

Having missed out on a 9070 XT at MSRP, I'll be deciding between one of these, a used previous gen card, price drops in the future or just waiting for the next gen. I currently have an 8GB card (RX 6600) so would only be interested in one of the 16GB variants and only if they're enough of a performance upgrade.

 

[Tetras]

How will they compare with previous generations?

The rumours I've seen suggest that the target performance is around a 7700 XT on the AMD side and a bit slower than a 4070 on the nvidia side.

I'd expect their performance to be pretty close.

Will the launches be within a day or two of each other again or will we see the Nvidias launching way earlier?

I doubt they will be available way earlier. Early April for both is my guess.

Will demand massively outstrip supply again making it difficult to get one at MSRP?

What is pricing likely to look like?

If they're similar to the latest 5000/9000 cards and sold alongside the last gen, then I'd say:
- £400-£450 for a 9060 XT (£350 paper price)
- £450-£550 for a 5060 Ti (£450 paper price)

- £350-£400 for a 9060 (£300 paper price)
- £400-£450 for a 5060 (£400 paper price)

 

[Tythus]

I expect to be...

Realistically, I expect the MSRP of these cards to be roughly where it should be, though perhaps slightly higher than you'd hope—around £349 for a 9060 XT and £449 for a 5060 Ti.
However, the actual price if you want to get one will likely be closer to the MSRP of the next tier up, around £500–£550.

 

[Hotwired]

The lower you go the more these cards collide with previous cards.

It's one thing queuing up at 4am for a cutting edge card which will play modern games with bells and whistles but why get out of bed for an esports grade card that performs like many previous cards. Probably using less power but the performance will not be anything new.

 

[ForrestGrump]

Abysmal price to performance ratios.
Low availability.

 

[Game]

5060 will be next to non existent

9060 should perform around a 7800xt for less money for luck I will be £375

 

[jaybee]

I expect a standard modern day GPU launch. So bots, cloudfare, captchas, 404s, gateway timeouts, price gouging, scalpers, poor availability, terrible bang per buck and deep regret for those that do receive one.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Abysmal price to performance ratios.
Low availability.

So same as every other launch.

 

[Jono8]

Milquetoast

 

[Gray2233]

Horrendous on the 5050 5060, if the 9060 is well priced and offers 7700XT performance/vram equivalents it'll be a decent "budget" offering fingers crossed.

 

[rare]

5060Ti will be like a 10% better 4060Ti. So like a 15% better 3060Ti