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Yeston gives RTX 5060 an RTX 5070 makeover
Yeston’s RTX 5060 uses an RTX 5070-class GB205 chip, a 16-pin connector, and a higher-end cooler despite its 145 W power target.
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Yeston’s GeForce RTX 5060 looks more like an RTX 5070 than a typical entry-level card. Instead of the expected GB206 GPU, it uses GB205, along with a 16-pin power connector.
The card itself still has an estimated power target of about 145 W, so it is not more power-hungry than a standard RTX 5060. The connector can deliver up to 600 W through the cable, plus 75 W through the PCIe slot, leaving a substantial reserve that the card is unlikely to need in normal use.
Yeston has also fitted the smaller card with a cooler from an older, higher-end model. Compared with MSI’s version, which uses a conventional eight-pin connector, the design appears aimed at delivering a quieter, cooler RTX 5060 with unusually generous component headroom.
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Using boards, power systems, or cooling hardware from higher-tier models is not new: manufacturers often do this to standardize product lines and reduce development costs. Still, for a card usually expected to be simple and compact, Yeston’s configuration is notably unusual.
Marta Barinova is an editor on the news desk specializing in software analysis, streaming services, and policy changes at global technology platforms. She covers Windows updates, feature changes in Spotify and Google, and antitrust regulation affecting app stores. She has written more than 140 articles.
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