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£724.96 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
For £607.60 ex-VAT, an RTX “5060 Ti” from the ASUS TUF line has to earn its keep on value—and that’s the tricky bit. In the real world, you’re buying a middle-to-upper tier GPU where pricing swings a lot based on what the rest of the market is doing. If you’re upgrading a workstation for gaming, CUDA/AI workloads, or general creator tasks, this card could be a solid “set it and forget it” choice thanks to the TUF brand’s usual focus on cooling and reliability. But if you’re mainly gaming at 1080p/1440p and you don’t have a very specific reason you need this exact model/generation, you should be wary of overpaying versus nearby options (either from AMD or other NVIDIA tiers) that often offer better performance-per-pound.
Who should buy it: teams or IT resellers supplying builders who want a dependable, shop-friendly card line (TUF is generally easier to justify for mixed environments) and buyers who will actually benefit from NVIDIA’s ecosystem—drivers, specific apps, GPU acceleration, and any workflow that plays nicely with it. Who shouldn’t: cost-conscious buyers, or anyone whose workload is mostly light gaming and browsing where the budget can go further elsewhere. My honest take: at this price, I’d only recommend it if you can confirm pricing/availability vs the nearest alternatives in your channel—because “a good card” isn’t automatically “a good deal.” If you tell me what workloads you’re targeting (gaming resolutions, CAD/Adobe, virtualization, AI tooling), I can give a sharper yes/no.

Asus
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB - Graphics card - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti - 16 GB GDDR7 - PCI Express 5.0 - 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI

Lenovo
NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada - Graphics card - RTX 4500 Ada - 24 GB GDDR6 - PCIe 4.0 x16 - 4 x DisplayPort - for ThinkStation P3 30GS, 30GU, P5 30G9, 30GA, P7 30F2, 30F3, ThinkStation PX 30EU, 30EV

Lenovo
NVIDIA RTX A400 - Graphics card - RTX A400 - 4 GB GDDR6 - PCIe 4.0 x8 - 4 x Mini DisplayPort

Asus
ASUS ProArt - OC Edition - graphics card - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti - 16 GB GDDR7 - PCI Express 5.0 - HDMI, 2 x DisplayPort, USB-C