Arr, me hearties! Yonder Nvidia RTX 3050 6GB be settin' sail in February, but if the scuttlebutt be true, it be a sorry excuse for a budget GPU!
2023-12-19
Arrr, me hearties! Word be sailin' 'cross the seas that Nvidia be considerin' abandonin' the GTX 1650 to hoist the RTX 3050 6GB flag high, but alas, it be passin' as uneventful. Bah, what a swashbucklin' disappointment!
In the language of a 17th-century pirate, me hearties, there be talk of a new graphics card from Nvidia! Arr, it be called the RTX 3050, and rumor has it that it may make its grand debut in February. Now, mind ye, these whispers come from the Board Channels forums in China, where the rumors can be as sketchy as a pirate's treasure map.Before, we thought this RTX 3050 with 6GB of VRAM would be released in January, but now the scuttlebutt be sayin' it'll be February. And, ye scurvy dogs, we've even got a rumored price for ye: $179 in the US (with similar pricing elsewhere). That be the lower-end estimate from previous rumors, mind ye.
But here be the rub, me hearties. If these rumors be true, the RTX 3050 6GB will be a real disappointment. They be sayin' that the core count and clock speed may be dropped by 20%, along with a reduction in VRAM and memory bus. That means it won't be as powerful as the 8GB model, which wasn't all that temptin' to begin with.
And with tough competition from AMD's Radeon RX 6600, the hobbled RTX 3050 doesn't stand a chance in the budget GPU arena. Time will tell if these rumors be true, but it seems likely that Nvidia be plannin' to replace its GTX 1650 with this refreshed RTX 3050. We'll have to wait and see, me hearties!