NVIDIA Reportedly Delays Reviews Until After Sales Launch

Alright, so here’s the thing – NVIDIA, the tech giant with a penchant for making our wallets weep, is apparently holding off on letting us fiddle with the driver for its GeForce RTX 5060. And no, it’s not because they love a good cliffhanger. The big day, the 19th of May, is when you can feast your eyes on this new GPU, but don’t expect to have the driver any sooner. Madness, right?

I mean, what’s with the cloak and dagger, NVIDIA? Sounds like they’re playing keep-away with the truth about how this baby performs. Anyway, someone at Igor’s Lab spilled the beans that the driver’s MIA until the retail launch date – the same day our buddy over there at Computex is apparently chilling in Taiwan, checking out other shiny things.

Yeah, imagine being ready to test this new tech marvel and then bam! No driver. So, the tech crowd will be geeking out at Computex instead of crunching numbers on the RTX 5060’s capabilities. Even Hardware Unboxed, those diligent folks who already snagged a few units, won’t be rolling out reviews. It’s like giving us cake but holding back the spoon.

Now, you know how we depend on reviews like a fish needs water, right? These reviews help us decide if we’re spending cash on something worth bragging about or just another “meh” purchase. And NVIDIA has this history of painting their performance stats with the optimism of a kid saying, “I swear I’ll clean my room.”

So, NVIDIA claims a 25% boost over its older sibling, which sounds fab. But really, who knows? It’s not like that 8 GB VRAM hasn’t seen better days in 2025. I mean, figure this: Bumping into a game expecting a brawny GPU only to find you’ve armed yourself with something that just can’t hack it. Ring any bells with that 5060 Ti? Yup, I thought so.

In the end, we’re left hanging. Waiting for the real, nitty-gritty of how the RTX 5060 performs once it’s unleashed and out there for the techies to sink their teeth into. Till then, I guess we’re stuck twiddling thumbs and wondering if NVIDIA’s playing chess while we’re stuck in line for checkers.