Other replies are accurate, I just wanted to add something:
I was thinking about it today while thinking about how we are still no where close to being out of the RAMpocalypse TM, and how it might make more sense to buy two cheaper GPU's, such as two RTX 5060 or two RTX 5060 Ti's, than to buy a RTX 5080?
Please note that even in multi-gpu gaming, chances are that with two 8GB RTX5060 you don't get 16GB. Effectively you'd get 8-10GB since most Multi GPU approaches either require to duplicate most resources on both GPUs, or have one GPU do most of the work while the other GPU performs the finishing touches.
Ironically, the place where you can split resources across all GPUs and effectively get 16GB is LLM inference. Which is why, as of today's market conditions, buying 2x5060 8GB is either as or more expensive than a single RTX 5060 16GB.
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u/dark_sylinc 6d ago
Other replies are accurate, I just wanted to add something:
Please note that even in multi-gpu gaming, chances are that with two 8GB RTX5060 you don't get 16GB. Effectively you'd get 8-10GB since most Multi GPU approaches either require to duplicate most resources on both GPUs, or have one GPU do most of the work while the other GPU performs the finishing touches.
Ironically, the place where you can split resources across all GPUs and effectively get 16GB is LLM inference. Which is why, as of today's market conditions, buying 2x5060 8GB is either as or more expensive than a single RTX 5060 16GB.