Quick Answer
An anti-cheat or EAC error in Spider-Man 2 on a RTX 5060 is a service and permissions problem, not a GPU fault — the card runs the game fine at 55-70 fps. Repair or reinstall Easy Anti-Cheat from the game's EasyAntiCheat folder, run the launcher as administrator, allow it through your firewall, and verify game files. That clears the launch-blocking anti-cheat error for almost every SA player on this card.
Repair Easy Anti-Cheat the right way
Spider-Man 2's PC port uses Easy Anti-Cheat, and a broken EAC install is the number-one cause of this error on a RTX 5060. Open the game's install folder, go into EasyAntiCheat, run EasyAntiCheat_Setup.exe, and choose Repair (or uninstall then reinstall the service). Reboot afterwards so the service registers. This is unrelated to the RTX 5060 and fixes the error far more reliably than reinstalling the whole game.
Permissions, firewall and a clean driver
EAC needs to talk to its servers, so allow both the game and EasyAntiCheat through Windows Defender Firewall, and run the launcher as administrator once to grant it the rights it needs. Then do a clean NVIDIA Game Ready driver install — a corrupt driver can make EAC misreport a problem. Verify game files in your launcher to repair any damaged anti-cheat files. On a RTX 5060 (55-70 fps) these steps resolve the remaining anti-cheat errors without touching hardware.
FAQ
Is the RTX 5060 causing the Spider-Man 2 anti-cheat error?
No. Anti-cheat errors are a service or permissions issue, never a GPU problem. The RTX 5060 runs Spider-Man 2 comfortably; the fix is repairing EAC and granting firewall and admin access.
Will repairing Easy Anti-Cheat delete my Spider-Man 2 save?
No. Repairing or reinstalling the EAC service only touches the anti-cheat files, not your save data, which lives separately. Your story progress and unlocks stay intact.
Do I need to disable my antivirus to fix this on a RTX 5060?
Not fully — add an exception for the game and EasyAntiCheat instead. Overzealous scanning can quarantine EAC files, so whitelisting them is safer than turning off protection entirely on a RTX 5060 system.
.exe and choose Repair, allow the game and EAC through the firewall, then verify game files — that sequence clears the Spider-Man 2 anti-cheat error on a RTX 5060.
