Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 launch is a trash fire that takes PC gamers for granted

For the first time in its history of making gaming GPUs, Nvidia hasn’t just dropped the ball, but embarrassingly fumbled it, watched it roll into a drain, and then trodden on a rake for an encore. If there’s one word you could use to describe Nvidia’s approach to gaming GPUs over the last 25 years, it’s “relentless,” but in 2025 you could replace that with “complacent.” Until this year, Nvidia rarely rested on its laurels, and even when it made mistakes (I’m looking at you, GeForce FX and Fermi) they were at least made as a result of big architectural changes to GPUs, rather than complacency. But Nvidia's latest gaming GPUs look like the result of a company that thinks it can coast along without shaking up its formula. Of course, I understand why gaming isn’t a top priority for Nvidia right now. Jensen Huang is the businessman of the moment in his fancy leather jackets, the company is literally worth trillions, and the AI revolution is basically an industrial-scale money printer for Nvidia’s shareholders. The upshot of this laser focus on AI, though, is that Nvidia has taken its foot off the gas in the gaming world, not just in terms of the core tech for the RTX 5000 GPUs, but also in terms of quality control, manufacturing, and supply. Continue reading Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 launch is a trash fire that takes PC gamers for granted MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia RTX 5090 review, Nvidia RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards

Mar 11, 2025 - 18:30

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 launch is a trash fire that takes PC gamers for granted

For the first time in its history of making gaming GPUs, Nvidia hasn’t just dropped the ball, but embarrassingly fumbled it, watched it roll into a drain, and then trodden on a rake for an encore. If there’s one word you could use to describe Nvidia’s approach to gaming GPUs over the last 25 years, it’s “relentless,” but in 2025 you could replace that with “complacent.”

Until this year, Nvidia rarely rested on its laurels, and even when it made mistakes (I’m looking at you, GeForce FX and Fermi) they were at least made as a result of big architectural changes to GPUs, rather than complacency. But Nvidia's latest gaming GPUs look like the result of a company that thinks it can coast along without shaking up its formula.

Of course, I understand why gaming isn’t a top priority for Nvidia right now. Jensen Huang is the businessman of the moment in his fancy leather jackets, the company is literally worth trillions, and the AI revolution is basically an industrial-scale money printer for Nvidia’s shareholders. The upshot of this laser focus on AI, though, is that Nvidia has taken its foot off the gas in the gaming world, not just in terms of the core tech for the RTX 5000 GPUs, but also in terms of quality control, manufacturing, and supply.

Continue reading Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 launch is a trash fire that takes PC gamers for granted

MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia RTX 5090 review, Nvidia RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards