According to the news of January 17, according to Bopantang, the RTX 3050, which was originally scheduled to go on sale on January 27 and cost 1899 yuan, has been listed in Japan, with a price of up to 50138 yen (about 2800 yuan), a premium of nearly 50% compared with the original price of the National Bank of China.
According to Xiao Lei, the performance of the RTX 3050 is about between GTX 1660 Ti and RTX 2060, and the power consumption of the whole card is only 130W, if it can be won at a price of 1899 yuan, it is still very fragrant. However, judging from the current premium of graphics cards, it is almost impossible to buy the RTX 3050 at the original price.
The RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti currently have a premium of more than 50%, and the RTX 3050 premium is only close to 50%, because the store volume is large enough, and the initial supply is much more than the two graphics cards. However, considering that profiteers and scalpers will hoard graphics cards, it is estimated that the premium will be more exaggerated.
So the question is, is the RTX 3050 with such a serious premium still worth buying? If you are not just needing the party, then it is best not to buy, waiting for the graphics card to reduce the price. If you are just needing the party, the RTX 3050 can be considered, or you can consider buying the RX 6600. The performance of the RX 6600 is about the same echelon as the RTX 2060 Super, and the price is about 3200 yuan, which is estimated to be similar to the initial price of the RTX 3050 Bank of China.
In recent years, the price of graphics cards has soared, so that the game party has no money to upgrade the equipment, PS5, XSX/S has become the best choice for the game party. Unfortunately, console games are not popular in China, PS5 is also difficult to find, and the game party has ushered in the darkest period of time.
Regarding when the graphics card can be reduced back to the original price, Xiao Lei predicts that it will wait until the end of July this year, and at that time, the 618 insurance period has just passed, just need the party basically all bought the graphics card, the new product is also about to be listed, and the graphics card manufacturer will most likely reduce the product price. As for now, the game book seems to be more fragrant than the desktop, some RTX 3060 games have been reduced to less than 6500 yuan, the performance is stronger than the desktop RTX 3060, but also easy to carry.
The reasons for the price increase of graphics cards have been discussed countless times by netizens, and no matter how we discuss, we cannot change the status quo of graphics card price increases. If you want to completely solve the problem of scalper hoarding and price increases in the graphics card market, you can only wait until cheap and affordable domestic graphics cards are listed. Recently, Jingjiawei's graphics card has been exposed many times, the performance of the low-end version is about the same as GTX 1050, and the high-end version is close to GTX 1080, which can already meet the needs of the vast majority of users, and look forward to its early listing.