Asus Dual GeForce RTX™ 5060 OC (8GB, GDDR7)

Description

Blackwell Gaming, Compact Form Factor

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 OC brings NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture to a 2.5-slot dual-fan platform sized for broad chassis compatibility, including smaller mid-towers and mini-ITX cases that couldn’t accommodate larger cards. The compact 228 × 123 × 50 mm footprint uses ASUS’s Axial-tech fan design with longer blades and barrier rings for strong airflow despite the card’s slim profile, and 0dB technology stops the fans entirely during light workloads for silent desktop and media use. Dual ball bearing fans last significantly longer than sleeve bearing designs under sustained gaming loads.

The headline feature of the RTX 5060’s Blackwell generation is DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation — NVIDIA’s latest AI-powered frame rate booster which can generate up to three additional frames for each rendered frame, dramatically increasing effective frame rates in supported titles. Combined with Blackwell’s 5th-generation Tensor cores at 614 AI TOPs, this card punches well above what its raw rasterisation spec suggests in DLSS 4-supported games. The dual BIOS switch lets builders toggle between Quiet and Performance BIOS profiles without software, and ASUS GPU Tweak III with MuseTree provides monitoring, tuning, and AI-enhanced performance management.

⚠️ The RTX 5060 uses a PCIe 5.0 x8 electrical interface (8 lanes). On PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 4.0 platforms this has no meaningful real-world gaming performance impact. On older PCIe 3.0 platforms the effective bandwidth is equivalent to PCIe 3.0 x4 — verify motherboard compatibility for legacy platform builds.

⚠️ The 128-bit memory bus and 8 GB GDDR7 frame buffer are well-suited to 1080p high and 1440p with DLSS. At native 1440p or 4K maximum quality settings without DLSS, bandwidth and VRAM constraints will be a factor in demanding titles — DLSS 4 Quality or Balanced mode is the recommended approach for those resolutions.

💡 DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation is the most significant upgrade over RTX 40 and RTX 30 series cards at equivalent price points. In supported titles with DLSS 4 enabled, effective frame rates can more than double compared to native rendering — making this card highly competitive despite its 128-bit bus.

Technical Specifications

The RTX 5060 uses NVIDIA’s GB206 Blackwell GPU with 3840 CUDA cores and 614 AI TOPs from 5th-generation Tensor cores. The 8 GB GDDR7 frame buffer runs at 28 Gbps on a 128-bit bus. Clocks are 2565 MHz boost in OC mode and 2535 MHz in default mode. Outputs are 3× DisplayPort 2.1b and 1× HDMI 2.1b with HDCP 2.3, supporting up to four simultaneous displays at up to 7680×4320@60Hz. The card connects via PCIe 5.0 x8. Based on the RTX 5060’s 145W TDP and ASUS’s Dual series power recommendations, a single 8-pin PCIe power connector and a 550W system PSU are the expected requirements.

Key Highlights

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 — Blackwell architecture (GB206), TSMC 4nm
• 3840 CUDA cores
• 5th-gen Tensor cores — 614 AI TOPs
• 4th-gen RT cores — hardware ray tracing
• 8 GB GDDR7, 128-bit bus, 28 Gbps, ~448 GB/s bandwidth
• OC mode: 2565 MHz boost / Default mode: 2535 MHz boost
• Factory overclocked — dual BIOS (Quiet / Performance)
• ~145W TDP — 1× 8-pin PCIe power connector
• 550W system PSU recommended
• PCIe 5.0 x8 (note: 8 lanes, not x16)
• 3× DisplayPort 2.1b + 1× HDMI 2.1b, HDCP 2.3
• Up to 4 simultaneous displays, max resolution 7680×4320
• 2.5-slot design — 228 × 123 × 50 mm (SFF-compatible)
• Dual Axial-tech fans — barrier ring design, dual ball bearings
• 0dB Technology — fans stop at low temperatures
• DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation — up to 3 AI-generated frames per rendered frame
• NVIDIA Reflex 2, Ansel, ShadowPlay, Broadcast
• NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible
• Real-time ray tracing with RTX
• VR Ready
• DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan
• ASUS GPU Tweak III + MuseTree AI performance management

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