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[Draugoth]

Nvidia has announced GeForce RTX 5050 GPUs for both desktops and laptops with support for ray tracing and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation.

On the desktop side, the RTX 5050 will start at $249, draw up to 130W of power, and feature 8GB of last-gen GDDR6 video memory (VRAM) and 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores. The cards will be made by third-party partners like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Zotac, and others, with expected shipments in the second half of July. Nvidia's Game Ready Drivers are expected to receive an update for compatibility with the new cards in early July.

The RTX 5050 laptop GPU will draw 35W to 100W of power and use 8GB of GDDR7 VRAM and 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores. Laptops running a 5050 GPU are expected to start at $999, with availability of some models beginning today. Early models launching before Nvidia's Game Ready Drivers are released will have drivers for the 5050 GPU pre-installed. GDDR7 VRAM is more power efficient than GDDR6, allowing the laptop version of the 5050 to fit into slimmer notebooks without getting quite as hot.

 

[tkscz]

Wow, I never thought I'd see a new GPU release under $280 again. Yeah the xx50s aren't something to right home about but they aren't bad little intro cards.

What sucks is that I know for a fact that in like two days after launch it'll be around $350 or more

 

[Mr Moose]

 

[Magic Carpet]

The kind of thing you see on the shelf near the check out lanes while you stand in line. Sure Ill grab a coke, candybar and a 5050.

 

[Clear]

130w is a pretty weird load. Not sure what sort of device that's aimed at.

The mobile version seems more reasonable but still 100w at the high end is a lot of draw.

 

[Audiophile]

...

Random sidenote: is the PC case I keep seeing in these Nvidia product shots/videos some bespoke in house thing that only they have (or render?) or is it an actual case you can buy?

Looks really slick.

 

[simpatico]

Sounds like a straight up HDMI port situation where it exists to give you a video output and nothing more.

 

[TintoConCasera]

DLSS4 sounds like a nice way of making those shit ass cards feel a bit less worthless.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

8GB??

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

it performs like the 3070!!!

 

[ReBurn]

I can't wait to read the reviews.

 

[Gaiff]

8GB??

It's fine for an entry-level GPU. $250 is a fucking scam. Should be $150-175.

 

[Solrac]

Back in the day, these models were at $100/$150...

 

[64gigabyteram]

E waste. 5060 8gb already struggles to justify its existence and now they're making this.

why did they even bother?

 

[Spyxos]

So much trash for so much money. Should be below 100 bucks.

 

[VolticArchangel]

So the $160 1050Ti/1650, got bumped up to $250 from the RTX 3050 onwards and the tradition continues with this without being called out by the Nvidiots online who eat everything Jensen shits on a silver platter.

The AMDrones are next, when AMD drops a card in the same price segment, soon.

No card with 8 GB VRAM should sell for more than $200, in 2025, period.

 

[MikeM]

Whats the legit use case for these?

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Whats the legit use case for these?

$500 pc that can beat consoles.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Whats the legit use case for these?

IGP killer for OEMs.

 

[winjer]

As if the 5060 8Gb wasn't bad enough..........

 

[wafflecioccy]

Back in the day, these models were at $100/$150...

The TSMC tax perhaps

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Snagging one of those for the MSRP (no way that happens) would make a KILLER mini/budget gaming pc.

with DLSS at 1080p it would crush…at 1440p it would be very playable!

 

[wafflecioccy]

$500 pc that can beat consoles.

This ain't beating the PS5 gpu lol.

Maybe Series S x) but the RTX 5050 costs as much as Series S

 

[wafflecioccy]

Snagging one of those for the MSRP (no way that happens) would make a KILLER mini/budget gaming pc.

with DLSS at 1080p it would crush…at 1440p it would be very playable!

eeehhh...

 

[asdasdasdbb]

but the RTX 5050 costs as much as Series S

Not anymore, heh. The MSRP is $379 now.

 

[IFireflyl]

Random sidenote: is the PC case I keep seeing in these Nvidia product shots/videos some bespoke in house thing that only they have (or render?) or is it an actual case you can buy?

Looks really slick.

It's likely custom or a concept model (or possibly just a render), but there are similar cases.

Hyte Y60 or Y70
Lian-Li O11 DYNAMIC
NZXT H9 Elite

There are more, but none look as clean as the NVIDIA one in my opinion. Which isn't to say they look bad, either.

 

[Rush2112]

Why would you buy a card knowing that it wont run anything.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Random sidenote: is the PC case I keep seeing in these Nvidia product shots/videos some bespoke in house thing that only they have (or render?) or is it an actual case you can buy?

Looks really slick.

I want this one

 

[Pop]

8GB is embarrassing

Just slap at least 12GB and lower the price by 50

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Why would you buy a card knowing that it wont run anything.

That's not true. You would have to turn the settings down but it's not like games would be unplayable if you do that.

Keep in mind that Youtubers Youtube for max clickbait.

 

[wafflecioccy]

Not anymore, heh. The MSRP is $379 now.

Wtf which fool at Microsoft changed the price of it?

Now it's straight up an overpriced system x)

 

[Crayon]

eeehhh...

Yeah this and a low end am4 mobo bundle. And a case/fans. And storage. And a psu. And a couple knick-knacks to finish. Ehhh, indeed. ~$650 to *almost* handle new games with that 8gb. Far from "killer".

 

[Hudo]

$250 for an 8GB card in 2025 is still a rip-off.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Wtf which fool at Microsoft changed the price of it?

Now it's straight up an overpriced system x)

Tariffs and MS didn't want to lose money anymore.

 

[Mr Moose]

This ain't beating the PS5 gpu lol.

Maybe Series S x) but the RTX 5050 costs as much as Series S

Going forward, here are the expected prices on various Xbox consoles and accessories in the U.S.:

Xbox Series S 512 - $379.99 (up from $299.99)
Xbox Series S 1TB - $429.99 (up from $349.99)
Xbox Series X Digital - $549.99 (up from $449.99)
Xbox Series X - $599.99 (up from $499.99)
Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Special Edition $729.99 (up from $599.99)

 

[wafflecioccy]

Why would you buy a card knowing that it wont run anything.

What are you on about?

 

[Skifi28]

Should have been 6gb for the ultimate lulz

 

[wafflecioccy]

Tariffs and MS didn't want to lose money anymore.

Ah.. Trump

 

[Mr Moose]

I want this one

I love the retro style ones.

 

[winjer]

This ain't beating the PS5 gpu lol.

Maybe Series S x) but the RTX 5050 costs as much as Series S

It might match the PS5 GPU in rasterization. Though it will be severely limited in games that use more than 8Gb of vram.
In RT and AI, it does beat the PS5 very easily. And DLSS4 is a big advantage over the temporal upscalers that the PS5 can run.
Still, this is 2020 GPU performance, in 2025.

 

[wafflecioccy]

It might match the PS5 GPU in rasterization. Though it will be severely limited in games that use more than 8Gb of vram.
In RT and AI, it does beat the PS5 very easily. And DLSS4 is a big advantage over the temporal upscalers that the PS5 can run.
Still, this is 2020 GPU performance, in 2025.

5050 only has 220gb of mem bandwidth, I don't think so.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Sounds like a straight up HDMI port situation where it exists to give you a video output and nothing more.

Hyperbole like this is so tiring and why I can't take a lot of PC people seriously.

The 5050 is not a good deal by any means and I'm super critical of basically everything Nvidia does but to equate its existence to being a HDMI input is stupid. There are 1000s of games that will run incredibly well on a 5050, and the most played games on Steam will all run well. Not everything needs to be some huge 4K 120 fps monster capable of path tracing. The beauty of PC lies in it's flexibility.

 

[winjer]

5050 only has 220gb of mem bandwidth, I don't think so.

A few things to consider.
It's 224Gb/s. Nvidia 5000 series has the most advanced delta color compression, much more advanced than RDNA2.
Then 5050 has 32Mb of L2 cache, that reduces accesses to memory. While the PS5 only has 4Mb.
The PS5 GPU has to share memory bandwidth with the CPU. Around 50Gb/s.
And when there is contention between the CPU and GPU, the PS5's memory bandwidth is cut significantly.
So in the end, they are pretty much even.

 

[wafflecioccy]

A few things to consider.
It's 224Gb/s. Nvidia 5000 series has the most advanced delta color compression, much more advanced than RDNA2.
Then 5050 has 32Mb of L2 cache, that reduces accesses to memory. While the PS5 only has 4Mb.
The PS5 GPU has to share memory bandwidth with the CPU. Around 50Gb/s.
And when there is contention between the CPU and GPU, the PS5's memory bandwidth is cut significantly.
So in the end, they are pretty much even.

While you make good points, you really didn't have to try and correct me about the 224 GB/s. That's just nitpicking numbers everyone agrees on.

As for "most advanced dcc", i think that's just speculation.

 

[winjer]

As for "most advanced dcc", i think that's just speculation.

It's not speculation. Here is a test by Anandtech to the 5700XT and the 2070S, on DCC.

And from ChipsandCheese, we have a test to memory bandwidth between a 5700XT, a 6900XT and a 3090.
As you can see the 3090 is much closer to it's theoretical memory bandwidth, than any of the AMD GPUS.

 

[Crayon]

The 6700 had 10gb. Even a 10gb card for $219 9050XT would look good in comparison. We're probably going to get 8gb with low price as an excuse, though.

The 9060 16's are at least close to msrp. So one good thing.

 

[wafflecioccy]

It's not speculation. Here is a test by Anandtech to the 5700XT and the 2070S, on DCC.

And from ChipsandCheese, we have a test to memory bandwidth between a 5700XT, a 6900XT and a 3090.
As you can see the 3090 is much closer to it's theoretical memory bandwidth, than any of the AMD GPUS.

What has any of that got to do with Blackwell?

"Nvidia 5000 series has the most advanced delta color compression" was your claim.

 

[winjer]

What has any of that got to do with Blackwell?

"Nvidia 5000 series has the most advanced delta color compression" was your claim.

That the PS5 GPU's delta color compression can't even compete with the GPUs of it's era.
Much less with modern GPUs. Both Nvidia and AMD have made improvements since 2020 to their DCC algorithms.

 

[wafflecioccy]

That the PS5 GPU's delta color compression can't even compete with the GPUs of it's era.
Much less with modern GPUs. Both Nvidia and AMD have made improvements since 2020 to their DCC algorithms.

That still doesn't really address your claim, but anyway. It's fine.

 

[squidilix]

Performance of 7 years old card for +249$.

Good job.