MSI Announces Six GeForce RTX 3050 Series Graphics Cards

[Peter_Brosdahl]

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MSI has announced six standard and overclocked GeForce RTX 3050 graphics cards in its Gaming, Ventus, and Aero series. Their common specifications include PCIe Gen 4x 8, 8 GB GDDR6 14 Gbps memory on a 128-bit bus, 2560 cores, x3 DP 1.4 and 1x HDMI 2.1 ports (maximum resolution of 7680 x 4320), and a single 8-pin power connector. Pricing has not been revealed, but the cards are expected to launch on January 27.




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[MadMummy76]

I know it's old joke, but six pieces of inventory that actually makes it to retail sounds about right.

 

[Dogsofjune]

Isn't this more or a 1660 super rebranding?

Kinda like the RX 6500 is a neutered RX 480?

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Isn't this more or a 1660 super rebranding?

Kinda like the RX 6500 is a neutered RX 480?

Give or take. I was reading in another 3050 thread about someone asking a similar question but I think there they were comparing to a 1660. Memory is larger, faster, and clocks will probably be faster. Plus it'll have some tensor cores to help with DLSS or RT. For someone with a 1650/1660 it'll be a slight upgrade but kind of sideways too. It could also be more power efficient as well.

 

[Burticus]

To me this smells like the new 1050ti, and I don't like that smell.

I'll be shocked if these are able to be found and purchased for under 400. And this reads like a ~$200 card, back in the normal times anyway.

I hope they cripple the hell out of the mining potential, so people who actually want this thing can buy one.

*Pats 1080ti gently.... you're not going anywhere good buddy! Who's a good GPU? You are!*

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

To me this smells like the new 1050ti, and I don't like that smell.

I'll be shocked if these are able to be found and purchased for under 400. And this reads like a ~$200 card, back in the normal times anyway.

I hope they cripple the hell out of the mining potential, so people who actually want this thing can buy one.

*Pats 1080ti gently.... you're not going anywhere good buddy! Who's a good GPU? You are!*

Founders MSRP is supposed to be $250

Yep, I've still got my 1080 Ti. They are awesome cards!

 

[Dogsofjune]

To me this smells like the new 1050ti, and I don't like that smell.

I'll be shocked if these are able to be found and purchased for under 400. And this reads like a ~$200 card, back in the normal times anyway.

I hope they cripple the hell out of the mining potential, so people who actually want this thing can buy one.

*Pats 1080ti gently.... you're not going anywhere good buddy! Who's a good GPU? You are!*

You know Nvidia isn't going to cripple the mining abilities. If they do, it'll be like a screen door on a sub kind of attempt. Got to keep those record profits up.

This seems like the decade of reboots. movies, music, tech..... I think I will get my old computer stuff out of storage, and fix it up, so it at least feels new to me again.

 

[LeRoy_Blanchard]

To me this smells like the new 1050ti, and I don't like that smell.

I'll be shocked if these are able to be found and purchased for under 400. And this reads like a ~$200 card, back in the normal times anyway.

I hope they cripple the hell out of the mining potential, so people who actually want this thing can buy one.

*Pats 1080ti gently.... you're not going anywhere good buddy! Who's a good GPU? You are!*

If they wanted to deter miners from using this card then they wouldn't have put 8GB VRAM on it. Period.

 

[Dogsofjune]

If they wanted to deter miners from using this card then they wouldn't have put 8GB VRAM on it. Period.

Exactly!

 

[Endgame]

You know Nvidia isn't going to cripple the mining abilities. If they do, it'll be like a screen door on a sub kind of attempt. Got to keep those record profits up.

This seems like the decade of reboots. movies, music, tech..... I think I will get my old computer stuff out of storage, and fix it up, so it at least feels new to me again.

Last week i opened up the junk bin and built:

Antec 300
a10-5800k
4x 4gb Gskill DDR 3
Seasonic (S12?) 600 platinum
4x Wd raptor 150gb with the windows on top
2x Samsung 850 pro 256gb
R7 250X

I don’t really know what I’m going to do with it, but honestly the new 6500 would be a solid video card upgrade for it.

 

[Dogsofjune]

Last week i opened up the junk bin and built:

Antec 300
a10-5800k
4x 4gb Gskill DDR 3
Seasonic (S12?) 600 platinum
4x Wd raptor 150gb with the windows on top
2x Samsung 850 pro 256gb
R7 250X

I don’t really know what I’m going to do with it, but honestly the new 6500 would be a solid video card upgrade for it.

Curious to see that build. I'd be lookin at a Intel Prescott with a AIW 9700 Pro running XP on a Soyo board, or an Abit BP6 with a Ti 4200.
My last box I put together with the 2400G and Rx 480 I call Regression...... Now I'm gonna have to go very retro. Especially if I find my old 386 DX 40 board.

 

[Endgame]

Curious to see that build. I'd be lookin at a Intel Prescott with a AIW 9700 Pro running XP on a Soyo board, or an Abit BP6 with a Ti 4200.
My last box I put together with the 2400G and Rx 480 I call Regression...... Now I'm gonna have to go very retro. Especially if I find my old 386 DX 40 board.

The build itself isn’t that exciting to look at, but I could snap a pic or two. It is as snappy as you would expect with SSD OS drive.

More interesting build wise is my left over water cooling parts build, a slightly newer APU with classic 2003 era rads.

I’ve got a functional core 2 quad 9650 that isn’t doing much (a raspberry pi 4 is close enough performance wise I’ll probably never use it again) and then even older gear.