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- NVIDIA EXTERNAL GRAPHICS CARD FOR DESKTOP WINDOWS 10
Here are my results at 1080p with the highest graphics preset:
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To eliminate the CPU, I ran my tests on the latest build of Windows 10 with a Ryzen 9 5950X and 32GB of memory. It’s an older GPU, but the benchmarks I’ve seen show that it performs around the level of an RX 6500 XT.
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I don’t have an RX 6500 XT to test right now - though, I will update this review with benchmarks once my unit arrives - but I still wanted to get an idea about how Nvidia’s latest budget attempt stacks up. The main competitor to the RTX 3050 is AMD’s RX 6500 XT. Gaming performance Jacob Roach / Digital Trends That should give systems locked to PCIe 3.0 - every platform below 12th-gen Intel and AMD Ryzen 5000 - uninterrupted bandwidth. The RTX 3050 supports 16 lanes - unlike the recently released RX 6500 XT, though. Like most current-gen GPUs, the RTX 3050 supports PCIe 4.0.
Jacob Roach / Digital TrendsĬompared to AMD, the RTX 3050 stands out thanks to its PCIe interface. The EVGA RTX 3050 XC Black includes three DisplayPort connections and a single HDMI. Power limits continue to climb, and for the first time, we have an RTX 30-series graphics card that runs below 100W. 90W is all you need for the base spec, meaning you can get buy with a 250W power supply. In addition, the RTX 3050 drops about 36% of the CUDA cores of the RTX 3060.įor that, the card runs at a much lower wattage. The RTX 3050 squeezes that memory through a smaller 128-bit bus, cutting the memory bandwidth down to 224GB/s. Unlike some recent GPU releases I’ve seen, though, the RTX 3050 doesn’t have problems based on the spec sheet.Ĭompared to RTX 3060, the most striking change is the 8GB of GDDR6 memory. Sitting at the bottom of Nvidia’s current lineup, the card shaves a number of cores off of the RTX 3060, cuts the power draw by nearly half, and limits the amount of video memory. The RTX 3050 is a true budget graphics card, and it comes with the specs to match. Even as nothing but a vessel for DLSS and ray tracing, it’s still more impressive than AMD’s competing graphics card. The performance of the RTX 3050 isn’t nearly as important as the fact that it’s a 30-series GPU. Still, the RTX 3050 is a better value in my eyes. If that’s the case, the RX 6500 XT will sell for around $100 to $150 less. The RTX 3060, for example, sells for around $750 on the secondhand market.įor the RTX 3050, I anticipate secondhand prices around $500. Once the initial stock has made its way into the hands of scalpers, you can expect to pay double the list price. If you can get an RTX 3050 for $250, you should - there isn’t a better value in today’s GPU market. The RTX 3050 is a better value than the RX 6500 XT. The extra $50 buys you not only a more powerful GPU but also Nvidia Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and ray tracing that isn’t terrible. I haven’t had a chance to test AMD’s card yet, but the swath of benchmarks I’ve seen show that the RTX 3050 earns its higher price. On paper, the RTX 3050 is $50 more expensive than the recently released AMD RX 6500 XT. That’s cheaper than you can buy almost any graphics card right now, including options that are several years old.
The saving grace is that there are models available on launch day for list price. Like all graphics cards in 2022, you should expect the RTX 3050 to sell out immediately. It’s a difference, but not more than 3% at the most extreme, and you can easily make it up by manually overclocking. This BIOS comes with a 68MHz boost to the clock speed. My card arrived with the incorrect BIOS, the one meant for the slightly more expensive EVGA RTX 3050 XC. I got my hands on the EVGA RTX 3050 XC Black, which is available now for $249. There is a swath of options from board partners, including graphics cards from EVGA, PNY, Colorful, and Asus. Nvidia didn’t release a reference design for the RTX 3050, but the company still set a list price of $249. Pricing and availability Jacob Roach / Digital Trends With rumors of increased supply and an attractive list price, the RTX 3050 may be an antidote to the GPU shortage that budget gamers have been waiting for. I’ve had the chance to test the card, and although it holds up compared to the rest of Nvidia’s lineup and the competition from AMD, its features are what make the RTX 3050 stand apart.
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