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MSI Gaming RTX 5060 8G Gaming OC at a glance

The MSI Gaming RTX 5060 8G Gaming OC is a MSI retail card of the RTX 5060 on Blackwell 2.0. It is not marked as a factory-overclocked board ; the GPU’s reference boost is 2497 MHz.

Length is 248 mm and it occupies 2.0 slots (248 x 135 x 41 mm ). Board power is 155 W with 1 x 8-pin. Outputs: DisplayPort x 3 (v2.1b) HDMI™ x 1 (As specified in HDMI™ 2.1b: up to 4K 480Hz or 8K 120Hz with DSC, Gaming VRR, HDR) . Warranty is 36 months.

This is a short card and is a better candidate for compact cases than most RTX 5060 partners.

Best fit: Compact builds that need this GPU in a shorter board design, subject to slot-width clearance.

Inherited GPU performance

Raster scores come from the RTX 5060, not from this cooler. At 1440p that is 30.98% of the dataset’s best (budget), with 39% at 1080p and 24% at 4K. The chip uses 8 GB GDDR7.

This card’s 1440p value is excellent at 76.7 performance per dollar.

Compare other MSI and partner boards of this GPU in the RTX 5060 retail-card table.

MSI Gaming RTX 5060 8G Gaming OC