Nvidia Is Facing Nasty Allegations

The world's largest manufacturer of graphics processing units (GPUs) is facing allegations of review manipulation — and the claims being made are pretty egregious. According to the GamersNexus blog and others within the PC gaming review industry, Nvidia has allegedly been trading access to its new GeForce RTX 5060 GPU for friendly reviews. Those who haven't promised such positive coverage for the $300 gaming gadget, meanwhile, claim they've been left in the dust. "NVIDIA has offered certain unqualified media outlets access to drivers which actual qualified reviewers do not have access to, but allegedly only under the premise of publishing 'preview' of the RTX 5060 in advance of its launch," GamersNexus claimed in a recent vlog. "Some outlets were given access to drivers specifically to publish what we believe are puff pieces and marketing while reviewers were blocked." Another site, Videocardz.com, went on to report that the German website GamerStar Tech disclosed such an arrangemen ... Read full article.