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Nvidia’s RTX 5060 review debacle should be a wake-up call for gamers and reviewers
How Nvidia broke trust.
Yes, the same GamersNexus that’s developed a staunchreputation for defending consumers from predatory behavior, and just last month published a report on “GPU shrinkflation” that accused Nvidia of misleading marketing. During that same Wednesday briefing, rather than sharing Nvidia’s benchmark charts, GeForce product management director Justin Walker claimed the new GPU would “let you play your games maxed out at over 100 frames per second,” including demanding titles as Black Myth Wukong at 130fps, Cyberpunk 2077 at 148fps, and Half-Life 2 RTX at 130fps. At CES 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang kicked off a huge debate about “fake frames” among PC gamers when he suggested they were the future of graphics — effectively, that the idea your game should draw each and every scene 60, 120, or more times per second will seem antiquated.
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