Okay, so here’s the deal—NVIDIA’s playing this weird game with the RTX 5060, right? Word on the street is they’re not letting the driver out of the bag until, like, May 19. Yeah, that’s when the graphics card is officially out there on shelves. Talk about last-minute, huh?
So get this, we’re just under two weeks from the big day. NVIDIA showed off this GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB GPU thing along with its cousin, the RTX 5060 Ti, sometime last month. But there’s this uneasy vibe. Like, they’re scared folks might see its real potential, or lack thereof, too soon.
And here’s the kicker—Igor’s Lab spills the tea, saying we won’t see any driver till the card’s chilling on store counters. Great, right? Imagine wanting that new shiny GPU only to go, “Wait, where are the reviews?” Oh, right, no driver. Whoops.
Now, picture this: tech media all packed up and off to Computex. It’s like this massive tech fest in Taiwan where everyone’s gonna be ogling new gadgets. So, they’re kinda busy, right? Like, real busy. Hardware Unboxed backed this up. They’ve got their hands on RTX 5060 samples already, but without the driver, all they can do is twiddle their thumbs. Frustrating much?
Wonder who thought this was a genius plan—release the thing when everyone who’d normally review it is distracted. Perfect timing, NVIDIA. No reviews, just the company’s own stats. You know, the ones that might be a bit, um, on the sunny side?
And, oh man, there’s this promise of a 25% raster performance boost. Hmm, can we trust it? Gotta wait for those independent reviewers once they’re back from, well, gushing over other tech at Computex.
To top it off, it’s still got 8 GB VRAM. Sure, it’s faster, but we’re in 2025. Eight gigs for hardcore gaming? Maybe not. Not after that flop of an 8 GB 5060 Ti. Could this be why they’re all hush-hush about reviews? Yeah, probably.
Anyway…whaddya think? Are you snagging one, or nah?
