MSI’s Cyclone RTX GPUs are actually again, beginning with the RTX 5060

We acquired a sneak preview of them at Computex, however it appears like MSI’s retro-inspired Cyclone collection of RTX GPUs is coming again for actual, starting with the RTX 5060. The minimalist, open-air, single-fan card returns with out huge coolers or further RGB bling. It doesn’t even have the (pointless, for my part) LCD display screen seen on the present flooring.

MSI’s promotional web page calls the RTX 5060 8GB Cyclone OC a “legacy reborn for a brand new period”—which appears somewhat grandiose to me, however hey, I’ll take any design that’s specializing in the fundamentals lately. The open-air cooler makes use of a single fan over one beefy heatsink with twin pipes and a round configuration, however like among the earlier open-air Cyclone playing cards, it’s on the smaller aspect at simply 161mm lengthy and 42mm large (twin slot). Ports are triple DisplayPort 2.1b and a single HDMI 2.1b. I’d think about that the uncovered heatsink requires a bit extra cautious routing of cables and a few first rate exhaust in your case, however in any other case appears improbable.

VideoCardz noticed the brand new itemizing on MSI’s international web site, however there’s additionally a non-OC model of the RTX 5060 and two flavors of the 5060 Ti, additionally in commonplace and OC. (That’s “overclock,” which suggests MSI tweaked the manufacturing unit core clock speeds to justify an exorbitant upcharge.) Sadly, the 16GB model of the Ti card doesn’t look like on provide in the intervening time.

How a lot will MSI cost for these retro-inspired playing cards once they hit cabinets? No concept. To date, the Cyclone designs have solely proven up on MSI’s worldwide web site, and I don’t see them at any retailers or on the US model of the MSI web site but.