When an intern wins RTX 5060 at a public Nvidia roadshow, you’d expect a story about good luck. Instead, it turned into a corporate cautionary tale. Held in Suzhou, the event featured a stamp-collecting contest, and one intern walked away with the top prize: a brand-new GeForce RTX 5060.

Intern wins RTX 5060, but the company calls it “work income.”

According to reports, the contest took place during the intern’s break. He wasn’t asked to join by his employer, nor was the prize tied to performance. Still, once he returned to work with the graphics card, management insisted it belonged to the company.

They argued that, since he attended the event on company time and travel was reimbursed, the prize was “earned at work.” The intern pushed back, but not without consequences. Insiders claim he was pressured heavily and warned he’d have “no future” at the company if he kept the GPU.

Pressure leads to resignation but not surrender

Eventually, the intern who won the RTX 5060 chose to resign and kept the prize. That decision quickly caught fire online, especially after it hit Reddit’s r/pcmasterrace community. Most readers slammed the employer’s response, calling it tone-deaf and unnecessary.

A widely shared comment added another angle. One colleague allegedly suggested selling the GPU and splitting the money. When the intern declined, the situation was escalated to company’s finance department. That’s when the threats reportedly began.

Intern wins RTX 5060 and the internet’s support

For a company, losing an intern over a graphics card worth ~$415 may seem small. But the backlash has been anything but. The story has resonated because it’s not just about hardware, it’s about how easily some companies undervalue people, especially junior staff.

In this case, the intern won the RTX 5060, the argument, and most importantly, his self-respect.