NVIDIA Reportedly Prefers Reviews to Publish After Sales Begin

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NVIDIA’s playing a bit of hide and seek with their GeForce RTX 5060, huh? The GPU’s supposed to dance onto shelves on May 19th. You know, that day when you’ve barely paid off your credit card bill? Yeah, then.

Anyway, there’s this weird vibe around the so-called performance of the 5060. It’s like a secret they’re whispering about at a library—shh, don’t let the gamers know until it’s too late. Why? Beats me. NVIDIA’s holding back the driver release until the very last second, like some kind of tech cliffhanger. Maybe they’ve got something to hide? Or maybe it’s just a sneaky marketing ploy? Who knows.

Igor’s Lab chimed in, claiming NVIDIA isn’t dropping the driver until the big day, May 19th. I guess that’s when I’ll be off doing something completely unrelated, probably misplacing my keys or something.

Now, funny thing—most of the tech crowd will be at Computex then. So, talk about a poor timing. These folks are there to ooh and ahh at shiny new toys, not babysit a tardy driver rollout.

Hardware Unboxed, they’ve got some thoughts too. They’ve been cuddling samples of the RTX 5060 like it’s a new puppy, but without the driver? They’re pretty much grounded. Can’t exactly test out a Hummer when you’ve got no gas in the tank, right? Oddly strategic of NVIDIA—dropping their secrets when everyone’s distracted by Taipei’s tech wonderland.

Gamers out there, clutching your wallets, are gonna have a tough choice without those reviews. NVIDIA’s giving us their numbers, but let’s be real here, those are… well, like believing a cat won’t jump on counters. They promise this shiny 25% performance boost over the old model, but nobody can really play Sherlock till the card’s out in the wild.

Oh, and about that whole 8 GB VRAM thing. It’s like traveling with one suitcase when you really need two. Sure, it’s faster this time, but come on, it’s 2025! That 8 GB vibe’s practically retro now. Flashback to the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB flop — remember that one? It’s like trying to run a marathon in heels. Maybe they’re having déjà vu and decided to keep mum on the Ti release reviews.

Just me rambling, but there’s probably more to this story. Or maybe I’m just overthinking while procrastinating. Who knows. Life’s little mysteries, right?

Source: Igor’s Lab (Because, of course!)