NVIDIA is reportedly prepping a driver update to address black screen issues and it looks like there could be two RTX 5060 TI models inbound. While the cause of the black screen issues can be wide-ranging including anything from display cables, out-of-date drivers or BIOS, and even older motherboards with pre-PCIe 5.0 support, there are already VBIOS being offered by board partners to address the issue and NVIDIA is said to be rolling out an update as well. MSI has begun offering updated VBIOS and RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 users have begun posting on Reddit that it has indeed fixed this issue.
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It remains unknown what the primary cause of these issues has been for RTX 50 series owners or if the new driver will also apply to owners of RTX 30 and 40 series GPUs, some of whom have recently been reporting the same problem. Videocardz reports that NVIDIA has confirmed that the update is forthcoming and that not all GPUs will require a VBIOS update. NVIDIA has previously confirmed this issue can affect RTX 5090, 5090D, 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs.
RTX 5060 TI 8GB/16GB variants
A new rumor also suggests that NVIDIA is reportedly prepping two variants of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti featuring either 8 GB or 16 GB GDDR7 memory. Both are said to have VRAM on a 128-bit bus with 448 GB/s bandwidth. The 16 GB version is reportedly launching in late March and then will be followed by the 8 GB model sometime in April. WccfTech reports both will use the PG152 board offered in two SKUs per the memory configuration. Even if the release timeline for these potential models differs it does seem plausible that NVIDIA could offer two variants of the RTX 5060 Ti as it has often launched multiple versions for its x60 GPUs featuring different memory configurations.
Per WccfTech:
“There will be two variants, one “SKU 10” and one “SKU 15″ for the RTX 5060 Ti series. The difference is that the first model is a 16 GB variant while the second model will feature 8 GB VRAM.”
It is also claimed that both models will have a 180W TBP but not all will use the 12V-2×6 connector. Some will have an 8-pin connector. This too seems plausible since with much lower power demands 2x 8-pin connectors could suffice and NVIDIA has also priorly retained the 8-pin connector for lower-end GPUs in its product stack.