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Nvidia's RTX 5060 launch and the erosion of independent GPU reviews | Why you shouldn't trust early (controlled) coverage of a product
Hardware Unboxed has found plenty of success success on YouTube and has become a trusted voice in the PC hardware community. As you may know, Steve and...
Another restriction or heavy-handed suggestion: run the RTX 5060 with 4x multi-frame generation turned on, inflating FPS results, while older GPUs that don't support MFG look considerably worse in charts. After this was made public and the tech community rallied in support of Hardware Unboxed, Nvidia issued an apology just days later, walked back its demands for tailored testing, and effectively lifted the imposed restrictions. You could maybe make that argument for ultra-budget $150 cards – but not for what is historically the most popular GPU tier in Nvidia's lineup each generation – just look at the Steam survey and you can easily conclude it's all unnecessary excuses.
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