Not everyone’s going to find the RTX 5060 riveting, especially from a specs point of view. But, as someone who was born in the fires of entry-level PC gaming, I’m always keen to see what the most affordable graphics cards can actually do for under $300. It’d be an understatement to say that budget GPUs are hard to find in 2025, so when Nvidia asked if I wanted to try out the cheaper Blackwell GPU ahead of its official launch, I was extremely keen to dive in.
Naturally, I won’t be able to share any RTX 5060 benchmarks or figures ahead of the launch with you. You’ll have to wait for my full review for those vital performance bits, and they will ultimately dictate whether the GeForce card deserves a place at the best graphics card table. I like to spend at least a week testing GPUs across a variety of demanding games to get a proper feel for whether they provide real value. But before I get to that, I want to chat about the few hours I’ve spent with the Blackwell card playing DOOM: The Dark Ages.
