NVIDIA is reportedly not going to roll out the driver for the RTX 5060 before 19th May, the day when the GPU goes on shelves officially.
NVIDIA's Driver Delay for the GeForce RTX 5060 8GB Raises Eyebrows Over the Card's Performance
So, we are almost 11 days away from the retail launch of the GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB GPU, which NVIDIA unveiled alongside the RTX 5060 Ti last month. However, something about the GPU's performance feels off-putting since NVIDIA is trying hard not to let gamers know its true capability before it gets into their hands.
NVIDIA has reportedly decided not to release the driver for the GeForce RTX 5060 until the GPU hits the shelves on 19th May. Meaning, it might be a little too late to check out the reviews if you are in a hurry for the GPU and order it on the launch date itself. Igor's Lab reports that NVIDIA is not going to release the public driver before 19th May, the day NVIDIA is going to unveil the RTX 5060 at Computex.
According to NVIDIA, the public driver will not be released together with the card until May 19, which is exactly the day I will be away and unable to return to the test environment until May 26.
- Igor's Lab
A lot of tech media at that time will be attending the Computex event and won't possibly be coming back the same day, since a lot of vendors will be showing off their newer hardware in the following days. Hardware Unboxed has confirmed the same, and even though it already has several samples of RTX 5060 for review, they won't be able to publish the reviews due to the absence of the latest driver.
Context, Nvidia are trying to hide the RTX 5060, just as they did the 8GB 5060 Ti. The strategy here is to release it the week of Computex when most of the tech media are in Taiwan attending the show. They're also blocking reviewers from accessing the driver early to evaluate the…
— Hardware Unboxed (@HardwareUnboxed) May 8, 2025
Since a lot of gamers rely on tech reviews before making a purchasing decision, this is going to be one of the rare instances when the GPU will be launched with NVIDIA's own numbers, which tend to be quite misleading. Even though NVIDIA has promised a 25% raster performance uplift over its predecessor, that's something which can only be confirmed after independent outlets get their hands on the GPU and the driver before the launch.
The GeForce RTX 5060 will carry the same 8 GB VRAM capacity as the predecessor, and even though it is a much faster one, 8 GB GPUs have become obsolete in 2025 in many modern titles, which is why the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB flopped hard. Perhaps this is the reason why NVIDIA didn't want reviewers to test the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB card at the time of launch, as it simply can't keep up with the demands of intensive games.
News Source: Igor's Lab
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