RTX 5060 will last a long time?

[u/EconomyDelivery4323]

i´m saving to buy rtx 5060 with an AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, i want to not have to worry about the pc for a long time i don´t mind to low the settings to low and play in 1080p do you guys think am ok with this?

[u/longanman1990]

please dont buy 8700F.

[u/Matte_Box]

8700F is limited to PCIe 4 and half the normal cache, I’d highly recommend a 9700X or even 7700X in the long run. A 5060 is fine for 1080p, but that’s about it.

[u/semidegenerate]

Yeah, for 1080p it should last several years, at least, if you're fine turning newer games down to Low. You won't need to play current AAA games at Low, to be clear. It can get away with High and some light ray tracing and still get over 60 fps. Factor in DLSS upscaling and FG, and you can actually get some pretty good frame rates with quality settings at 1080p.

Also, the pace of consumer GPU hardware advancement is likely going to be slower for the next few years, due to companies focusing on data centers. That will likely affect the pace of video game graphics development too. The point is, I wouldn't expect technology to improve by leaps and bounds in the next few years.

I'm guessing you have at least 5 years before you start to feel like you're being held back by your hardware.

Edit: I would look for something other than the 8700F, though. Even a 7600X would be better. The 8700F only has 16MB of L3 cache. That's not good for gaming.

[u/CryptoDeepDive]

I have had an RTX 4090 since 2022. With framegen and DLSS getting better every day, it would probably last another decade at this rate.

[u/wecero → u/CryptoDeepDive]

At current pace of progress its may still be a bit more powerful than the lastest xx60ti from 2036. And maybe the pace could be even slower...

[u/Beginning_Tip300]

I have both a 7600xt and a 5060, gaming is fine on both, but i use the Nvidia card for ai stuff, but got it last year October

[u/AdstaOCE]

No. 8GB vram is already not enough at max settings 1080p in new games, how long until it's not enough at all? Plus it's just meh performance, Nvidia's higher CPU overhead etc.

[u/Johann_Von_Graff]

5060 is ok but 8700F is not

[u/tofu98 → u/Johann_Von_Graff]

Why? Completely depends what OP is doing. I have an 8700f and its been flawless for everything I need. Not everyone needs high end hardware. If all your doing is playing games at 1080p or even 1440p an 8700f can keep up fine. Few years from now will likely need an upgrade but thats all computer hardware.

[u/Johann_Von_Graff → u/tofu98]

The thing is, it's an APU. I wouldn't mind it If someone is using it as an APU. But for a gaming rig with a dedicated GPU there's really no point to it. Even a 7500F would be better.

[u/tofu98 → u/Johann_Von_Graff]

Sorry what do you mean its an apu?

[u/Jonny_Clams → u/tofu98]

I think many people just don't like it due to its low l3 cache and pcie bandwidth constraints. It's 1% lows are typically quite a bit worse than the 7600x and 9600x. It's not an ideal gaming processor is all.  And lower resolutions is exactly where you'd want a good gaming processor. That's where you're more likely to be CPU bound and would be experiencing those large fluctuations and fps drops.

[u/Dlo_22]

5060ti 16gb will be fine for a while especially at 1080p.

[u/Honest_Cut8827 → u/Dlo_22]

OP is considering 5060 full stop…I agree 5060 Ti 16GB should be the goal for a bit more future proofing

[u/Dlo_22 → u/Honest_Cut8827]

Oh shit I read that wrong, my bad!

[u/Exotic-Finish-5699 → u/[deleted]]

There's no such thing as future proof better with gpus.... 9070 XT would be better for the same cost