NVIDIA officially launched the RTX 3050 desktop graphics card at CES2022, relying on the 8nm process and Ampere architecture to build, with the help of dedicated 2nd generation RT Core, 3rd generation Tensor Core, the new SM multi-cell stream processor and high-speed G6 video memory, easily control the new game, priced at 1899 yuan, will be available on January 27.
The RTX 3050 features a GA 106 core, 2560 stream processors, a core frequency of 1550-1780MHz, 128bits of 8GB GDDR6 video memory, and a graphics card power consumption of 130W. In terms of performance, the single-precision floating-point 9T of the shading unit, the computing power of the optical chasing unit is 18T, and the computing power of the AI unit is 73T, which is about 38% higher than the comprehensive performance of the RTX 2060.
A few days ago, foreign media VideoCardz exposed the RTX 3050's 3DMark running score. In the 3DMark Time Spy test, the RTX 3050 scored about 24% higher than the Radeon RX 6500 XT, but slightly lower than the GTX1660Ti and about 30% lower than the RTX 3060.
Overall, the performance of the RTX 3050 is closer to that of the GTX 1660Ti, but the RTX 3050 has new ray tracing and DLSS technology support, which is more suitable for gamers as an entry option. NVIDIA says that with 75% of gamers still using GTX GPUs, it's time to upgrade to GeForce RTX. It should be noted that the mining performance of the RTX 3050 graphics card is limited by NVIDIA, losing about 40% to 50% of the performance, which will be helpful in controlling the price of the graphics card. In addition, NVIDIA also said that the RTX 3050 graphics card is well stocked, and the implied premium will not be too high.
However, a Peruvian retailer has already listed the RTX 3050 graphics card memory kit in advance, with a list price of $506 (about 3207 yuan). The package contains The Divid RTX 3050 DUAL OC graphics card and the Geil Orion DDR4-3200 8GB of RAM, which will sell for $453 at a retail price of $53, 82% higher than the NVIDIA's $249 suggested retail price, and the premium is still high. According to the current market environment, after the RTX 3050 graphics card is officially listed, there is little hope of buying it at the MSRP price.
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