Yeah my bad. Theres 3 versions of Solid; theres Solid Core, Solid, and Solid SFF (which is the SFF compliant I mentioned, its 2 slot height). Then theres the Amp Extreme.

All 3 Solids;
-Solid, Solid SFF, Solid Core

has their own OC variants, ie Solid OC, Solid SFF OC, Solid Core OC

5060 apparently wasnt so bad even if it was the card that reviewers couldnt wait to whack it, moreso with Nivida shennanigans about not providing drivers



In terms of perf uplift theres actually meaningful gains giving a jump up to previous next tier GPU (4060TI). This is actually better than 5060TI (which cant match 4070), 5070 (which cant match 4070TI), 5070TI (which cant match 4080).

Then in terms of value its also some of the best,



Im sure many will say a lot about its 8GB VRAM, but on a perf level it didnt hamper it so much as to be unplayable. As a GPU for the masses it would be a much worthy successor to 3060 rather than 4060 but that also is a sad disappointment to say that to see even slightly meaningful GPU perf gains is only coming every 2 gens.

Now lets see what AMD will reply with 9060/XT but from the start the price we know will disappoint .

Not getting into repeating the 8GB argument again, just that from my own 1st hand experience, there hasnt been the said limitation to convince yet. By the time my GPU cannot perform its time to change anyhow.

And seriously, 3060? Your gonna be disappointed



Barely able to drive, the 5060 1% lows is higher than its average says a lot how poorly it does. It will soon run out of GPU grunt to play future games faster than it hitting VRAM limit.

Sure it will display out a "better" image at 1440P Ultra gaming than the 5060, a very nice 44FPS slideshow, but a slideshow nevertheless.

Future? Lets talk future then. Using the latest & greatest of recently released game, Doom TDA, comparing 8GB 3060TI with 3060....



Oh dear, while the 8GB TI is still playable. That 3060 has drop below 60FPS, no bigger VRAM can save that. It was so bad the TI 1% lows was still higher than the average for 3060.

Once you ran out GPU horsepower, its done, its finished.

Defeat? Oh wow! Didnt know it was a contest. Wokayss hooter, heres your prize



Maybe atas people cannot comprehend but budget class GPU exist for a reason, and if mass majority cant afford a dime more than RM 1500, a 5060 is solid 1080P performer (except for atas people sneering from their 4K throne).

Here is latest steam survey to knock people back into reality



The only Top10 mid high end GPU came from 2 gens ago (3070). And that also has 8GB. Majority Top10 users are gaming perfectly fine with 8GB or less as people are more likely to game at 1080/1440 low.

This post has been edited by babylon52281: May 25 2025, 10:19 AM

Indeed price of GPU (and hardware in general) has gone up but then if you factor in inflation rates has gone up a lot the past few years and that manufacturing cost has gone up too, there is reasonable acceptance that prices cannot remain same same as before. Not in the US and moreso in Msia where our RM swings wildly. Whether the price of RM 1500 is justified level for xx60series card, its up to the market to decide.

In any case, dont buy when the price isnt agreeable. Wait until prices drop, people complain coz they have no patience to wait.

The beauty of nvidia GPUS is they do follow market trends and prices will adjust to sales acceptance levels. When 5000series launched it was overpriced due to its hot sales, now that demand has dropped prices are becoming saner, even below MSRP sometimes.

Yes Ampere was the last great GPU that had significant generational jump across all tiers (not just xx90 only). I am happy that my 3060TI had jumped 2 tiers above previous gen to fight on par with 2080 Super. After that, xx60 cannot even match previous xx70 anymore much less a tier above like the 3060TI did.

If you have a 3070 its still a very playable card at 1080P with Ultra/High settings nearly 90FPS, despite all the doom & gloom these people make out to be just coz its 8GB VRAM.

Imho performance jump for 5060/TI series was actually better than the jump from 4060 series over 3060 series. Only the higher end (5070s & 5080) are lacking the jump up vs previous gen.

This post has been edited by babylon52281: May 25 2025, 05:36 PM

Does your mobo comes with debug LEDS? If no display due to GPU it will stuck on GPU counter. Otherwise can be cable problem.

Since ITX cases usually with riser cable can you try to connect the GPU to your mobo and see again? Also can you try it on another PC just to be sure?

Your have to take the mobo out for troubleshooting then. Since your bringing it to shop, can leave it as so and let the shop find out.

Preferably you do a DDU before reinstall with fresh new driver. Sometimes old drivers may have bugs that dont get deleted when simply overwriting with new driver.

Good price, below local MSRP. Grab it while you can.

Unsurprising as SB a UE game. UE are known to have stutter issues.

Its still new, nvidia wont be dropping prices anytime soon. But 5050 is long overdue since they skipped a gen.

I 50/50 predict 5050 will come in at $249/250 unless Nvidia has plan for a 5050TI which in case it will probably drop to 220/230 (the TI will slot at 270/280).

A 96bit mem bus would kill all reason to have a bigger VRAM. Its similar back in the days where 64bit GPU has huge 512MB VRAM but still loses to 128bit GPU with smaller 256MB but faster VRAM.

Actually its the opposite where Radeons are more affected by mem architecture. Heres what TPU Wiz has to say: "Historically, it has also been the case that AMD's memory management isn't as good as NVIDIA's, which probably means that the 8 GB 9060 XT will have a harder time dealing with memory shortages than NVIDIA's card."

And as for using consumer grade GPU for AI... I would say that I will condemn such practices as much as using GPU for mining. Both incidents which had shortages in gaming GPU and hiking skyhigh prices. I curse those crypto bros and now AI bros.

Its what Wiz is talking about, between 8GB 9060XT and 5060TI, the memory limitations (VRAM size, bus width, PCIE speed) will hit that Radeon harder compared to Geforce. You can only strangle so much the bandwith just to cram in as much VRAM that it becomes detrimental instead. Bus width shouldnt g below 128bit (much like cutting PCIE lanes too).


4090 and 5090 are consumer cards yet go figure why are they constantly in shortage and where they actually end up. Even 3090TI in 2nd hand market are getting hot for that particular reason. I hate jerkwads that buys up these GPUS for other purpose than gaming.

MSRP is RM 3890 so that price is slightly under MSRP. Decent price considering how expensive it was when launched and scalping.

Geforce prices are unexpectedly dropping much faster unlike Radeon prices which are going up. LOL