The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC is a non-MSRP RTX 5060 Ti graphics card that is positioned as a higher-end RTX 5060 Ti offering, where it serves up a triple-fan TRI FROZR 4 cooling solution complete with a dash of RGB lighting effects.

On 16th April 2025, NVIDIA launches its latest addition to the "Blackwell" GeForce RTX 50 family of GPUs - the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. Targeted at mainstream gamers, the RTX 5060 Ti packs 4608 CUDA cores, utilises the PCIe 5.0 x8 interface, and comes with either 8GB or 16GB of GDDR7 memory.

For this article, ALKtech unboxes and tests a non-MSRP RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics card by MSI - the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC. Featuring a TRI FROZR 4 thermal design with triple STORMFORCE fans, a nickel-plated copper baseplate and a metal backplate to keep temperatures at bay, as well as a dash of RGB bling for good measure, read on to see how this card performs with a series of gaming benchmark tests at the 1440p and 1080p resolution, when paired with AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D gaming processor!

Summary of Specifications (G506T-16GTC)

• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (GB206)
  • 4608 CUDA cores
• Memory: 16GB GDDR7 RAM (128-bit, 28 Gbps)
• Core Clocks: 2647 MHz (boost clock), 2662 MHz (MSI Center)
• Bus Type: PCIe 5.0 x8
• Outputs: 3x DisplayPort 2.1b, 1x HDMI 2.1b
• External Power Required: Yes, 1x 16-pin 12VHPWR
• Recommended PSU Wattage: 600W and above
• Dimensions: 300mm x 125mm x 44mm
• Official MSI product page: https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-5060-Ti-16G-GAMING-TRIO-OC/Overview

Packaging & Accessories

As can be seen, we get a box that has an image of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC splashed across the front, with the rear of the box detailing the features and specifications for this graphics card.

In terms of accessories, MSI's included the following:

• 2x 8-pin to 1x 16-pin (12VHPWR) adapter cable
• Graphics card holder
• Quick start guide
  

Aesthetics & Physical Features

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC sports what MSI terms a "TRI FROZR 4" thermal design, which comprises three STORMFORCE fans that are designed to optimise airflow, a nickel-plated copper baseplate to improve heat dissipation, the use of core pipes to maximise contact with the baseplate, as well as the use of clay-based thermal pads. In case you're wondering, the fan shroud is made of plastic, where it has frosted translucent sections that showcase the graphics card's built-in RGB LEDs.

Over on the rear of the graphics card, we get a metal backplate that helps improve the structural rigidity of the card, where the said backplate has a large ventilation opening with MSI's dragon motif emblazoned on it for good measure.

The GAMING TRIO OC is relatively slim for a triple-fan graphics card, where it measures in at 300mm x 125mm x 44mm.

In keeping with NVIDIA's move to the 12VHPWR power connector, MSI's elected to use a single 12VHPWR connector to power the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC. - it's worth noting that there are RTX 5060 Ti cards out there that utilise the "traditional" 8-pin PCIe power connector.

Fans of RGB lighting effects rejoice, for MSI's included RGB LEDs with the GAMING TRIO OC. The said LEDs take the form of illuminated strips that are visible from beneath the translucent portions of the graphics card's fan shroud, and there's also a MSI shield motif that has a RGB "halo" effect found along the short edge of the card. Naturally, the RGB LEDs can be customised, and this is done from within the Mystic Light section of the MSI Center app, which is available to download from MSI's website.

Despite the fact that the 5060 Ti GPU utilises the PCIe 5.0 x8 bus for connectivity purposes, MSI's nonetheless included a full-length PCIe x16 connector, where only half of the gold teeth are electrically wired.

In terms of display connectivity, we get three DisplayPort 2.1b ports and a single HDMI 2.1b port.

GPU-Z Screenshot

Benchmarks & Test Setup

To get a sensing of the card's gaming performance, the following gaming benchmarks were run:

• Assassin's Creed Mirage in-game benchmark
• Black Myth Wukong Benchmark Tool
• Cyberpunk 2077 v2.21 in-game benchmark
• F1 23 in-game benchmark
• Far Cry 6 in-game benchmark
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider in-game benchmark

The benchmark tests above were run at both the 1440p and 1080p resolution. Upscaling technologies such as DLSS, as well as Frame Generation were also disabled for the test runs.

Test Setup

A test bench with the specifications as listed below was used, where MSI also loaned me a unit of their new-and-upcoming MAG A750GLS PCIE5 750W power supply unit, which is ATX 3.1 and 80 PLUS Gold compliant.

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (stock settings, PBO & Curve Optimiser disabled)
• CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB
• CPU Thermal Paste: Thermalright TF7
• Motherboard: Gigabyte X670E AORUS MASTER (F34 BIOS)
• Memory: 32GB (2x16GB) KingBank DDR5 Dark Heatsink UDIMM 6000MHz (DDR5 6000 CL28-35-35-76 1.45V)
• Storage: Lexar NM790 1TB NVMe SSD
• Graphics Card: MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC
• PSU: MSI MAG A750GLS PCIE5 750W
• Case: Open-air test bench
• Monitor: Gigabyte M27U 27" LCD monitor (4K, 160Hz)
• OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro (24H2 with all latest drivers and updates installed, "Balanced" power profile)
• Graphics Driver: GeForce Game Ready Driver 575.94
• Resizable BAR: Enabled

The test results shown below were taken from benchmark runs that did not have any screen capture software running in the background.

Assassin's Creed Mirage In-game Benchmark

Kicking things off in the benchmark section is Assassin's Creed Mirage's in-game benchmark test, where on the 1440p resolution, the test bench achieves a very playable average FPS of 98, with a minimum FPS of 57 and a maximum FPS of 136. These results were obtained on the "Ultra High" preset with Adaptive Quality set to "60 FPS", and all forms of upscaling (e.g. DLSS) disabled.

Bumping the resolution down to 1080p with the same quality settings as above, the test bench pumps out an average FPS of 122, a minimum FPS of 52 and a maximum FPS of 186.

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark Tool

With the Black Myth Wukong Benchmark Tool, the test bench achieves an average FPS of 53, with a minimum FPS of 46 and a maximum FPS of 60. These results were obtained on the "High" preset with ray tracing switched off, and Super Resolution set to "100" with TSR as the sampling mode (i.e. DLSS was disabled). Frame Generation was also disabled for the duration of the benchmark.

On the 1080p resolution with the same graphics quality settings as the 1440p benchmark run, the test system achieves an average FPS of 77, a minimum FPS of 65 and a maximum FPS of 89.

Cyberpunk 2077 v2.21 In-game Benchmark

Next up is Cyberpunk 2077 v2.21's in-game benchmark, where on the 1440p resolution, we see that the test bench achieves an average FPS of 71.84, a minimum FPS of 61.02 and a maximum FPS of 87.80. These results were obtained on the "Ray Tracing Low" preset with DLSS and Frame Generation disabled.

Switching down the resolution to 1080p with the same quality settings, the test bench attains an average FPS of 111.78, a minimum FPS of 96.12 and a maximum FPS of 133.74.

F1 23 In-game Benchmark

Moving on to F1 23's in-game benchmark tool, the test system achieves an average FPS of 59, a minimum FPS of 51 and a maximum FPS of 73 at 1440p. These results were obtained on the "Ultra High" detail preset with all forms of upscaling technologies (e.g. DLSS) disabled. Anisotropic Filtering was set to the "16x" setting.

At the 1080p resolution, the test system achieves an average FPS of 84, a minimum FPS of 71 and a maximum FPS of 103.

Far Cry 6 In-game Benchmark

With Far Cry 6's in-game benchmark, the test bench achieves an average FPS of 110, a minimum FPS of 98 and a maximum FPS of 127 at 1440p. These results were obtained on the "Ultra" quality preset with all forms of upscaling disabled. DXR reflections and shadows were enabled for the duration of testing.

At 1080p with the same quality settings as the earlier 1440p run, the test bench achieves an average FPS of 142, a minimum FPS of 125 and a maximum FPS of 163.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider In-game Benchmark

Rounding things up in the benchmarks section is Shadow of the Tomb Raider's built-in benchmark test, where on the 1440p resolution, the test bench achieves an average FPS of 69. The results above were obtained on maxed out graphics settings, where Ray Tracing Shadow Quality was set to "Ultra" and all forms of upscaling technologies such as DLSS were disabled.

Once again, when turning down the resolution to 1080p and retaining the same graphics settings as the 1440p test run, the test system achieves an average FPS of 108.

Power Consumption, Thermals & Acoustics

Power Consumption

Under Load (F1 23 In-game Benchmark, 1440p, Ultra High Detail Preset, TAA, 16x AF, DLSS Off, Singapore Circuit, Two Laps)
• Avg. GPU Power: 174.5W
• Min. GPU Power: 151.1W
• Max. GPU Power: 178.8W

Idle
• Avg. GPU Power: 14.9W
• Min. GPU Power: 9.4W
• Max. GPU Power: 17.5W

The figures above were obtained from "GPU Power" readouts from HWiNFO64.

Thermals

Under Load (F1 23 In-game Benchmark, 1440p, Ultra High Detail Preset, TAA, 16x AF, DLSS Off, Singapore Circuit, Two Laps)
• Avg. GPU Temperature: 65.9°C
• Min. GPU Temperature: 43.9°C
• Max. GPU Temperature: 68.5°C
• Avg. GPU Memory Junction Temperature: 61.9°C
• Min. GPU Memory Junction Temperature: 52.0°C
• Max. GPU Memory Junction Temperature: 64.0°C

Idle
• Avg. GPU Temperature: 40.6°C
• Min. GPU Temperature: 39.0°C
• Max. GPU Temperature: 41.3°C
• Avg. GPU Memory Junction Temperature: 51.0°C
• Min. GPU Memory Junction Temperature: 48.0°C
• Max. GPU Memory Junction Temperature: 52.0°C

The figures above were obtained from "GPU Temperature" & "GPU Memory Junction Temperature" readouts from HWiNFO64.

Ambient Temperature of Surroundings: ~29°C

While under gaming workloads with default fan curve settings, I found the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC's fans to be pretty quiet. That said, I was unfortunately able to detect quite a fair bit of coil whine, which presented itself in the form of an audible whine interspersed with a buzzing noise at times. The said noise should be masked somewhat when the graphics card is installed inside of an enclosed PC case.

Conclusion & Pricing

To sum up, the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC is a "premiumised" take on a mainstream non-MSRP GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card, where it comes with a gamer-oriented aesthetic coupled with a dash of RGB lighting effects, and decent cooler performance to boot. Given the RTX 5060 Ti GPU's performance (at least from the small sample of gaming benchmarks that I've run), the RTX 5060 Ti will do well in PC builds destined for 1440p and 1080p gaming - if you're willing to get on board NVIDIA's DLSS and Frame Generation bandwagon, you could probably also get by gaming on the 4K resolution at lowered quality settings as well when propped up by NVIDIA's AI-powered upscaling and frame-generation wizardry, though this could come at the expense of some graphical fidelity.

In terms of pricing, NVIDIA has a MSRP of US$429 for the RTX 5060 Ti, though given the fact that the RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC is being positioned as a premium non-MSRP offering, end-users can expect to pay a premium over "entry-level" MSRP models. How much more exactly remains to be seen, especially given the tumultuous state of the GPU market courtesy of supply shortages and the spectre of tariffs looming overhead (if you're based in the United States).

For the Singapore market, the RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC is expected to carry a sticker price of $812 Singapore dollars.

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The graphics card and power supply featured in this article were review units provided on loan from MSI.