But really, will we see these cards at MSRP in the wild anyway?
Normally the launch of a new graphics card would be a wholly joyous affair, especially a more affordable one like the RTX 5060 Ti—GPUs for the masses and whatnot. This time, however, despite the siren song of affordable graphics cards, the rocks we’re heading towards have ‘may or may not be actually available at MSRP’ indelibly printed on them.
This was the case even before the Trump tariffs, but the uncertainty surrounding the administration’s tariffs and whether they apply to computer parts now or in the future, certainly doesn’t help.
Nvidia has said that the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti GPU MSRPs are « not inclusive of regional VAT or any tariff. » This means should a tariff be put on PC parts, Nvidia is at least for now washing its hands of the whole pricing debacle that would surely follow.
In fact, Nvidia’s GeForce product manager Justin Walker says there’s « not a whole lot we can do about tariffs. » There’s at least an attempt at reassurance: « We can work with our partners to get these out at reasonable prices, which we are doing. »
Credit where credit’s due, I’d rather this honesty than hands-over-ears *la la la tariffs what tariffs?* But it still stings, as reality often does.
