Gigabyte accidentally ships RTX 5060 Ti with Radeon branding

Gigabyte appears to have made a strange factory mistake, with at least two graphics cards reportedly shipping with the wrong brand markings on their coolers.

One Reddit user said they bought a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti from Canada Computers, but the card looked unusual after opening the box. The backplate correctly said GeForce RTX, and the card itself was confirmed to be an RTX 5060 Ti, but the side of the cooler had Radeon branding.

The buyer said store staff were also confused because they had not seen anything like it before.

This does not appear to be a fake GPU or a mislabeled box. The card reportedly works normally and checks out as the correct NVIDIA model. The issue seems to be the shroud part used during assembly.

Gigabyte appears to use similar cooler chassis parts across some Radeon and GeForce cards. That means a Radeon branded side piece may have ended up on a GeForce card at the factory.

A second case makes the situation even stranger. Another Reddit user previously reported receiving a Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT with GeForce branding on the cooler. That card also appeared to be the correct GPU and showed no signs of tampering.

Here is what was reported:

Both reports point to a likely assembly mix up rather than a scam. If the same or similar cooler parts are used across product lines, one wrong side piece could create this kind of mismatch.

The good news is that the cards seem to work correctly. The bad news is that this kind of mistake can make buyers worry about whether they received the right product, especially when GPU prices are high and fake or tampered cards are a real concern.

Anyone who receives a graphics card with mismatched branding should check the GPU through software, compare the model number, inspect the box and serial details, and contact the retailer or manufacturer if anything looks wrong.

This is a rare mistake, but it is also a funny one. An RTX card wearing Radeon branding, and a Radeon card wearing GeForce branding, is not something most PC builders expect to see from a major board partner.