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The Hardware Unboxed team has unleashed some of its sarcastic Aussie wit; in response to an alleged manipulation of GeForce RTX 5060 (non-Ti) review day conditions. In an online dig—directed at Team Green leadership—the Australian media outlet's social media account parodied NVIDIA new product decision-making: "we're not hiding the RTX 5060, we're very proud of it and gamers will love it. Also, we're going to launch the RTX 5060 on May 19th during Computex, and although reviewers have cards right now, we won't be releasing the driver until they go on sale." Mid-way through April, Hardware Unboxed's Tim Schiesser voiced his displeasure regarding a complete lack of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB evaluation samples—only 16 GB variants were sent out to testers. Curious professional reviewers opted into buying these cheaper variants (out of pocket), including TechPowerUp's W1zzard. Our head honcho's reckoning—of a custom Gainward effort—pointed out far too many compromises.
In a follow-up post, Hardware Unboxed's social media rep took a more measured approach with their disapproval of "controlled conditions." Clarifying the "context" of their earlier rant, they explained: "NVIDIA are trying to hide the RTX 5060, just as they did the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB. 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 RTX 5060 and provide reviews at the time of release. So as it stands I have multiple RTX 5060 samples, and I won't be able to review any of them until about a week after they go on sale." VideoCardz, and other critics/watchers believe that a rumored "rushed" development of GeForce RTX 5060-series cards (Ti and non-Ti) resulted in an uninspiring repeat rollout of 8 GB and 16 GB VRAM configurations—albeit upgraded to GDDR7 standards.
Similarly, igor'sLAB contributed their personal dissatisfaction: "to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary waiting; I will not (be able to) publish a review of the GeForce RTX 5060 here at the official launch. Not because the sample is missing—it's already on the table—but because NVIDIA has decided not to provide any press drivers until the launch. However, a new GPU cannot be thoroughly tested without a functioning, final driver. Especially with a new architecture or a changed memory configuration—the GeForce RTX 5060 is known to come with a 'gigantic' 8 GB of VRAM—clean and reproducible measurements are simply not possible without an official software basis. In an environment that is increasingly characterized by pre-filtered PR communication anyway, I cannot and do not want to engage in pure data rate or leak recycling, even if you could get evaluation drivers that at least allow a rough performance estimate...There is also a very practical problem. I am not in the lab at the time of this upcoming driver release, but in Taipei 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. In plain language, this means: no early access, no pre-tests, no benchmarking for the sales launch."
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In a follow-up post, Hardware Unboxed's social media rep took a more measured approach with their disapproval of "controlled conditions." Clarifying the "context" of their earlier rant, they explained: "NVIDIA are trying to hide the RTX 5060, just as they did the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB. 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 RTX 5060 and provide reviews at the time of release. So as it stands I have multiple RTX 5060 samples, and I won't be able to review any of them until about a week after they go on sale." VideoCardz, and other critics/watchers believe that a rumored "rushed" development of GeForce RTX 5060-series cards (Ti and non-Ti) resulted in an uninspiring repeat rollout of 8 GB and 16 GB VRAM configurations—albeit upgraded to GDDR7 standards.
Similarly, igor'sLAB contributed their personal dissatisfaction: "to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary waiting; I will not (be able to) publish a review of the GeForce RTX 5060 here at the official launch. Not because the sample is missing—it's already on the table—but because NVIDIA has decided not to provide any press drivers until the launch. However, a new GPU cannot be thoroughly tested without a functioning, final driver. Especially with a new architecture or a changed memory configuration—the GeForce RTX 5060 is known to come with a 'gigantic' 8 GB of VRAM—clean and reproducible measurements are simply not possible without an official software basis. In an environment that is increasingly characterized by pre-filtered PR communication anyway, I cannot and do not want to engage in pure data rate or leak recycling, even if you could get evaluation drivers that at least allow a rough performance estimate...There is also a very practical problem. I am not in the lab at the time of this upcoming driver release, but in Taipei 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. In plain language, this means: no early access, no pre-tests, no benchmarking for the sales launch."
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