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Walmart just dropped the price on a gaming PC equipped with the new Nvidia Blackwell GPU for under $1,000. As part of the Intel Gamer Days Sale, you can pick up the iBuypower Element SE GeForce RTX 5060 gaming PC for just $899 after a $300 off instant discount. Free delivery is included. This PC is sold and shipped by Walmart directly with a delivery date as early as tomorrow, depending on your location. The RTX 5060 graphics card is a good value option for playing the newest (and upcoming) games at 1080p.
Get Battlefield 6 for Free During the Intel Gamer Days Sale
From August 25 to September 14, buy a gaming PC or laptop equipped with an Intel Core 13th Gen, 14th Gen, or Core Ultra processor and get a free download voucher for Battlefield 6 when it releases on October 10. The Battlefield 6 beta ended on August 17 with hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of players signing on to try it out. The initial impressions are positive, including those from our own IGN staff.
iBuypower Element SE RTX 5060 Gaming PC for $899
The iBuypower Element SE gaming PC is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 225F processor, GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card, 16GB of DDR5-5200MHz RAM, and a 1TB M.2 SSD. The Intel Core Ultra 5 225F CPU has a max turbo frequency of 4.9GHz and 10 cores. It's cooled by a 120mm tower heatsink and fan combo along with three additional 120mm RGB fans for system airflow. The Intel Core Ultra 5 is an energy efficient chip that works well for gaming. It doesn't have as many cores as a Core Ultra 7 or 9 CPU, but most games won't be able to utilize the extra cores anyway.
The GeForce RTX 5060 GPU is a great choice for 1080p
Compared to the previous generation GPUs, the RTX 5060 performs about 15% better than the RTX 4060. It will run pretty much any game in 1080p at framerates of up to 60fps, although some games might require some settings adjustments. 1440p is a viable option too, although you will see an improvement bumping up to a 5060 Ti at that point. Like all Blackwell GPUs, the RTX 5060 supports DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation, and the performance improvement over the 4060 will be bigger with games that support it, including Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and the upcoming Borderlands 4 and Battlefield 6 games.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Review by Jacqueline Thomas
"The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 is fine. This is a 1080p graphics card that largely gets the job done. However, there are several games where you’re going to have to turn down the settings to hit 60 fps, a problem that’ll only grow over the next few years thanks to its 8GB frame buffer. However, if you’re just looking for an affordable card to play Fortnite or Marvel Rivals, the RTX 5060 will get you there, and even has DLSS 4 goodies as a bonus."
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