NVIDIA Reportedly Prefers Reviews to Publish After Sales Begin

NVIDIA might not roll out the driver for the RTX 5060 until May 19th, the day the GPU supposedly hits shelves. But really, are we surprised? Something about this feels… I don’t know, a bit sketchy. They unveiled the RTX 5060 alongside its snazzier cousin, the 5060 Ti, and now here we are, just over a week from release. And nobody seems to know what this card can actually do.

Apparently, NVIDIA wants to keep the driver for the RTX 5060 under wraps until launch day. Picture this: You’re all set to snag one on release but — bam! — no reviews to guide you. Sounds like a classic case of last-minute panic shopping.

Enter Igor’s Lab, the voice of reason — or confusion? Anyway, they’ve spilled the beans: no public driver will grace us before May 19th. Conveniently, this coincides with NVIDIA’s grand reveal at Computex. Of course, everyone who matters will be off drooling over other techy wonders in Taiwan. No one’s going to be free to run those important tests until at least May 26th.

Hardware Unboxed chimes in too, confirming the weirdly secretive strategy. They’ve got the RTX 5060 gathering dust, waiting for a proper driver to unleash its potential. But alas, NVIDIA’s throwing a wrench in the works.

Why the cloak and dagger routine? Well, lots of gamers swear by tech reviews to avoid buyer’s remorse. But nope, not this time. NVIDIA is rolling the dice with its own numbers, promising a 25% boost in raster performance over the older model. Yeah, okay, let’s see how that pans out in real terms.

The RTX 5060, with its 8 GB VRAM, echoes its predecessor. Sure, it’s supposed to be zippier, but in 2025, that memory might as well be old news for the latest games. Remember how the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB tanked? Maybe, just maybe, this is why NVIDIA prefers to keep the critics at bay. Too many glitches and not enough juice for those power-hungry beasts of games these days.

News Source: Igor’s Lab