Hardware
01 June 2026
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7 min read
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Review — Good Card, Wrong VRAM
RTX 5060 at $299: +20% over RTX 4060, excellent DLSS 4, but only 8 GB VRAM. GamersNexus recommends against buying.
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MBG Editorial
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The GeForce RTX 5060 is NVIDIA's most affordable Blackwell card at $299. It offers ~20% performance improvement over its predecessor and excellent DLSS 4, but is limited to 8 GB GDDR7 and launched amid a significant controversy over withheld review samples.
NVIDIA withheld review samples. GamersNexus bought one themselves and called the result anti-consumer
Specs
GB206, 3,840 CUDA cores, 8 GB GDDR7 (128-bit), PCIe 5.0 x8, $299 MSRP. Performance: ~RTX 3070, +20% over RTX 4060. DLSS 4 — excellent.
The Problem
8 GB in 2026 creates limitations at 1440p. NVIDIA withheld review samples from press. GamersNexus bought one themselves and said: "Don't buy it."
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