NVIDIA Allegedly Prefers Reviews to Be Delayed Until After Sales Start

NVIDIA, so they say, isn’t dropping the driver for the RTX 5060 ‘til… what was it? Oh yeah, the 19th. Right when the thing hits shelves. Hmmm. Okay, here’s the spiel: we’re inching towards the big day—11 days, if anyone’s counting—when the GeForce RTX 5060 8GB is supposed to strut into stores. You know, after that whole “ta-da” moment last month alongside the snazzier 5060 Ti. But here’s the kicker: something feels weird, like they’re playing coy with us about what this GPU can actually do. Like it’s hiding something? Maybe. Or maybe I’m just overthinking it. Who knows.

Anyway—wait, no—back to the point. The driver? It’s a no-show ‘til the darn thing is out there on the shelves, which is, what, the 19th of May? Yeah, that’s the date. A bit odd, right? Like, think about it. If you’re all jazzed up and ready to snag it on launch day, and hoping to catch some reviews to see if it’s worth your cash, well, good luck with that. NVIDIA’s keeping the driver under wraps ‘til the last minute. I mean, really? It’s almost like they’re saying, “Surprise, hope you like mysteries!” Meanwhile, folks from Igor’s Lab mentioned they’d be out of action on test day. Just perfect timing, am I right? I might laugh or cry, maybe both.

Thing is, pretty much every techie and their cat will be at Computex around then. Seems like NVIDIA’s playing a clever (or sneaky) game by debuting the RTX 5060 when most reviewers are busy rubbernecking at the latest shiny gadgets. Officially, Hardware Unboxed chimed in too, saying they’ve got the cards but… can’t show squat without a driver. It’s like wanting to race a car without gas. Meh, classic.

And the gamers out there? The ones who want the lowdown before dropping the dough? They’ll have to wait for actual review numbers. NVIDIA’s got their own stats, sure, claiming a 25% bump in performance over what came before. But are those numbers real or just… optimistic? Like my new year resolutions? We’ll know once the honest reviews roll out.

This card’s rocking the same old 8GB VRAM. Fast as it is, in 2025, 8GB is kinda like showing up to a potluck with forks but no food, especially for the heavy-hitting, graphics-blasting games everyone’s into. Maybe that’s why the previous RTX 5060 Ti 8GB didn’t quite wow anyone. Could be there’s more to why they’re being all cloak-and-dagger with reviews. Just some food for thought—or not. Who knows.

Source: Igor’s Lab, somewhere amidst the tech chaos. Fun times!