A recent leak has revealed details about MSI’s upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB custom graphics card lineup, with nine unannounced models reportedly listed by I_Leak_VN, a Vietnamese insider information tracker.
The leaked list includes variants from MSI’s VANGUARD, GAMING TRIO, INSPIRE, VENTUS, and SHADOW series, with most models being factory overclocked. The lineup comprises the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G VANGUARD SOC, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC WHITE, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G INSPIRE 2X OC, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X OC, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G VENTUS 2X OC WHITE, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G VENTUS 2X OC PLUS, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G VENTUS 2X PLUS, and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G SHADOW 2X OC. MSI has opted to focus exclusively on NVIDIA graphics cards for this generation, choosing not to compete in the AMD Radeon RDNA 4 market.
MSI’s premium VANGUARD variant is expected to feature advanced cooling, as implied by its placement at the top of the leaked list. The VANGUARD series is typically associated with high-performance cooling solutions, suggesting that the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G VANGUARD SOC will be a top-of-the-line model. In contrast, the SHADOW 2X model is positioned as a more basic version, and it is unclear whether it will reuse the same enclosure as the previous RTX 5070 SHADOW 2X cards.
The leak highlights the competitive activity among graphics card manufacturers ahead of official product launches. MSI’s lineup appears to have more model variants than GIGABYTE’s, with nine models compared to GIGABYTE’s seven, particularly offering four different VENTUS options. Industry insiders anticipate that official product images will be released next week, with worldwide retail availability expected on April 16.
The RTX 5060 Ti is based on NVIDIA’s latest “Blackwell” architecture, with the GB206 GPU expected to power these cards. The variety of models and cooling solutions being offered by MSI and other manufacturers will likely be key differentiators in the market.
