Gameplay Performance – Ray Tracing
In the gaming performance below, we are comparing performance at 1080p with Ray Tracing enabled to represent a more reasonable and attainable gameplay experience goal with these graphics cards. At 1080p, we can see, without bottlenecks, how performance compares and the kind of gameplay experience one can achieve with higher playable framerates. With Ray Tracing, we sometimes will be using lower Ray Tracing quality settings for these comparisons today, due to the performance tier of the GPUs.
For the video card comparisons, we are including an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB FE model, this is the 8GB model, not 16GB. We are also including a GeForce RTX 4070 12GB FE video card, for comparison’s sake. On the AMD side, we are including a factory-overclocked XFX Speedster QICK 319 Radeon RX 7700 XT Black Edition 12GB, and a factory-overclocked SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB video card.
Alan Wake 2
In Alan Wake 2, we are running at 1080p with the “High” quality Ray Tracing preset enabled, not the new Ultra quality; this is one setting down from Ultra. This was required because the new Ultra RT mode is not available on AMD Radeon GPUs; to make a comparison, we must use the High RT preset.
Enabling Ray Tracing is quite demanding, even at 1080p. The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is not playable at 1080p with High Ray Tracing, offering only around 40FPS average. However, if we enable Quality DLSS Upscaling, the game is playable at over 60FPS, so Upscaling is needed with Ray Tracing here to make it playable. The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is 18% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, but by the numbers the difference is smaller. The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is 14% slower than the GeForce RTX 4070.
Overclocking the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition improves performance by 8%, but this mainly helps the DLSS Upscaling playability. Overclocked, it is closer to GeForce RTX 4070 performance, a difference of 7%.
Black Myth: Wukong
In Black Myth: Wukong, we absolutely had to drop the Ray Tracing quality down to just the “Medium” quality preset, as well as the Graphics Quality itself at just “High”. Therefore, the main graphic quality is at “High” and RT is at “Medium”. Even with this lowered RT state, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is not playable without DLSS Upscaling, which allows 75FPS, and the game is playable. The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is 16% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and 14% slower than the GeForce RTX 4070.
When overclocked, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition gains 9% in performance, and this smooths out the DLSS Upscaled performance. When overclocked, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is only 4% behind the GeForce RTX 4070.
Cyberpunk 2077
In Cyberpunk 2077, we are running at 1080p and the “Ultra” RT preset here, which actually worked out. The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is riding on the line of playability at near 60FPS, with DLSS Upscaling, it’s very playable at 90FPS. The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is 15% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and 12% slower than the GeForce RTX 4070. When overclocked, performance rises by 7% and closes the gap with the GeForce RTX 4070 to 5%.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
In order to run the path tracing mode in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, only the 16GB VRAM graphics cards would work; anything less, even the 12GB models, would crash with out-of-VRAM error messages at 1080p. Therefore, the only two cards we could even compare are the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB and the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition. We are using the ‘lowest’ RT setting in this game, which is “Medium” RT (Path Tracing) setting, and the “Supreme” main graphics settings.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition allows a very playable experience even at Native AA with Medium Path Tracing in this game at 1080p, it has the proper VRAM to allow it, and it has the engine performance to provide it. Overclocking the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition improves performance by 8%.
Star Wars Outlaws
In Star Wars Outlaws, we are running at 1080p and the RT Ultra Quality mode here. This game is completely not playable on Ultra RT, even with DLSS Upscaling, it’s borderline at 52FPS in the game. In practice, we’d recommend turning down the RT option much lower, or even off, for the best performance. The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC Edition is only 7% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti in these settings, bottlenecked by the Ray Tracing. Overclocking improves performance by 16%, and with DLSS Upscaling is actually playable at near 60FPS.