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Gamers can't catch a break: The RTX 5060 Ti may launch with low stock and higher street prices

Due to potential RTX 5060 Ti unavailability, gamers might need to buy older GPUs like the MSI RTX 4060 Ti pictured here. (Image source: Notebookcheck, Unsplash, edited)
Due to potential RTX 5060 Ti unavailability, gamers might need to buy older GPUs like the MSI RTX 4060 Ti pictured here. (Image source: Notebookcheck, Unsplash, edited)
Two RTX 5060 Ti SKUs are said to go on sale starting April 16th. However, when the 8 GB and 16 GB variants of the RTX 5060 Ti do go on sale, gamers can find themselves facing low stocks and higher prices. This has been a theme with the current-gen GPU launches and the RTX 5060 Ti reportedly suffers from the same problem.

The RTX 5060 Ti is expected to be officially announced today. While we don’t yet know the official prices of the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB and RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB models at the time of writing, chances are quite high that the GPUs will come in lower than their predecessors. Coupled with the purported double-digit performance improvement over the RTX 4060 Ti, the RTX 5060 Ti can prove to be a solid upgrade.

However, Nvidia’s previous RTX 50 launches don’t inspire confidence in the general availability of the GPU. Sadly, Moore’s Law Is Dead claims that this time won’t be anything different, as the RTX 5060 Ti reportedly suffers from the same limited stock as the RTX 5070.

RTX 5060 Ti launch stock

According to information revealed by Moore’s Law Is Dead, the launch supply of the RTX 5060 Ti is pretty tight. The leaker reports that the RTX 5060 Ti could see “even less supply than the RTX 5070 launch”. The situation has been compared to the “stealth launches” of the RTX 2060 12 GB and RTX 3080 12 GB, potentially resulting in reviewers being unable to get samples.

RTX 5060 Ti street prices

Naturally, a limited launch supply will also mean higher street pricing. Per one MLID source, the street pricing of the $379 RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB and $429 RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB SKUs will “likely” be $100 more. So, gamers are potentially looking at a $479 RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB and a staggering $529 RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB.

If things were normal and we could get the Radeon RX 9070 at its official $549 MSRP, the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, which is likely much weaker than the RX 9070, would’ve botched the landing. However, as things stand now, where many users can’t even get the RX 9070/XT at reasonable prices, let alone at their official MSRPs, the RTX 5060 Ti might be the best bet for many people.

The RTX 5060 Ti supply on launch. (Image source: Moore's Law Is Dead)
The RTX 5060 Ti supply on launch. (Image source: Moore's Law Is Dead)

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Moore's Law Is Dead on YouTube, Teaser image: Sebastian Bade for Notebookcheck, Sincerely Media on Unsplash, edited

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Fawad Murtaza, 2025-04-15 (Update: 2025-04-15)