NVIDIA’s not rolling out the RTX 5060 driver till May 19th, right when the thing’s hitting shelves. Typical. I mean, the card was waved around last month, alongside its bigger sibling, the RTX 5060 Ti. But something’s fishy. Feels like they’re hiding performance ghosts in the machine — like when you find out your coffee’s decaf after the fifth cup doesn’t wake you up.
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Driver and the RTX 5060 8GB
So, we’re 11 days out from the launch of GeForce RTX 5060 8GB, right? But NVIDIA seems like they’re guarding a secret. It’s like when you hide the last cookie in the back of the cupboard. Drivers are MIA till May 19th — not so great if you’re planning to jump the gun and snag one early. Igor’s Lab dropped that info bomb. Thanks, Igor! Not.
“Public driver won’t drop till May 19. And, I’ll be, like, MIA till May 26. How convenient.”
– Igor’s Lab
Ah, and that same week is Computex. If you’re in tech media, good luck finding time to dig into it, since you’re likely in Taiwan swamped with shiny new gadgets. It’s a deliberate dance; reviewers can’t do their usual deep dive. Even Hardware Unboxed’s scratching their heads over this timing — and they’ve got the RTX 5060 sitting on their desks, probably gathering dust.
“Nvidia’s hiding the RTX 5060 like a magician with the disappearing rabbit act. Why? Computex chaos!”
— Hardware Unboxed (@HardwareUnboxed) May 8, 2025
Gotta feel for the gamers — they rely on reviews more than ever to dodge buyer’s remorse. Now, you’ll get NVIDIA’s numbers, which… well, let’s just say, can be as mysterious as the Bermuda Triangle. They claim a 25% performance bump compared to its older sibling, but it’s one of those “see-it-to-believe-it” scenarios. And with 8GB VRAM, it’s almost like bringing a rubber knife to a sword fight in 2025’s gaming scene, but hey, promise of speed, right? Same deal with the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, which didn’t go over well — not nearly enough firepower for today’s games.
News Source: Igor’s Lab
