Gamers and reviewers should learn from the mess with the Nvidia RTX 5060

a year ago

Nvidia reportedly manipulated reviews for its RTX 5060 GPU by delaying driver access and cherry-picking reviewers.
Reviewers were pressured to test only specific games and settings, skewing benchmarks in Nvidia's favor.
The RTX 5060 underperforms, often failing to beat older GPUs like the RTX 3060 Ti or Intel's cheaper B580.
Nvidia allegedly threatened GamersNexus with loss of access unless they used misleading benchmark comparisons.
Nvidia's tactics included launching the GPU during Computex to limit reviewer availability and control early reviews.
The company's claims about DLSS 4 adoption and performance were exaggerated, with only 29 games natively supporting it.
Nvidia's focus on AI and declining gaming revenue may explain its aggressive marketing tactics.
Reviewers and gamers are questioning Nvidia's integrity, potentially shifting demand to AMD or Intel alternatives.

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