So, here’s the wild thing—NVIDIA decides to wait until May 19th to drop the driver for their new GeForce RTX 5060. That’s literally when the card is supposed to hit the shelves. People are already side-eyeing this move, wondering what’s up with the card’s performance. Suspicious, much?
Anyway—wait, no—yeah, so they unveiled this RTX 5060 alongside its sibling, the RTX 5060 Ti, a little while back. And I don’t know, something just feels…off. Like, why keep everything hush-hush? It’s like they’re trying to bury the real story before gamers get their hands on it. Or maybe it’s just me overthinking.
Igor’s Lab—this tech site I stumbled upon—mentions NVIDIA’s plan not to release the driver with the card until it officially drops. Means if you’re super pumped to snag it on launch day, you might find yourself stuck without proper reviews.
Igor even joked—well, maybe half-joked—about missing out on the release because of Computex. Yeah, that’s when everyone in tech heads to Taiwan for this big event where they drool over the latest gear. Hardware Unboxed backs this up, grumbling they can’t review their RTX 5060 samples ’cause—surprise, surprise—no driver. See? I’m not the only one who noticed this.
There’s this tweet from Hardware Unboxed, kinda hinting NVIDIA’s trying to keep the RTX 5060 under wraps, just like they did with the 8GB 5060 Ti.
Here’s the kicker—gamers usually wait for those juicy reviews before dropping their cash on new tech. But with NVIDIA calling the shots, the numbers they give might be, well, less than reliable. They boast a 25% performance boost over what came before. But, uh, who knows? The real test only happens when other folks, who don’t work for NVIDIA, get to try it.
So, RTX 5060’s coming in with 8GB VRAM—same old, same old. It’s 2025, and honestly, 8GB is feeling kinda “meh,” especially with the graphics demands these days. The RTX 5060 Ti 8GB? Yeah, that one flopped. Maybe NVIDIA’s just crossing fingers this new card doesn’t fizzle out like its predecessor.
Source: Igor’s Lab
