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Alright, so NVIDIA’s up to something odd—again. They were all set to roll out their shiny new GeForce RTX 5050 GPU at the end of the month, but surprise surprise, they’ve moved it up to July 1st. Why? Beats me. Maybe they were bored? Word on the street (thanks to MEGAsizeGPU) is that this move is kinda awkward. I mean, who launches something you can’t even buy on launch day? Feels like the classic paper launch scenario—yep, one where you read about it, but can’t touch it till later. Maybe mid-July. Or late July. Honestly, it’s a bit of a guessing game.
Caught a tweet from MEGAsizeGPU, and it’s like—NVIDIA just woke up and said, “Hey, new plan, everybody!” But none of the AICs (psst, that’s add-in card partners) have the actual goods ready. Bizarre move, really.
Anyway, this RTX 5050 is NVIDIA’s baby in the entry-level segment. It’s gonna cost somewhere between $199 and $249—just snugly under the $299 RTX 5060. Love a good bargain, right? But they’ve got competition breathing down their neck with Intel’s Arc B580 and B570, priced at $219 and $249. The battle’s on.
Now, nerd alert—spec time. The GeForce RTX 5050 will rock the GB207 chip, which is the smallest player in the Blackwell lineup. If numbers jazz you up, here’s the bit: 2560 cores, same as the RTX 3050 but with shiny new Blackwell architecture. Picture it on the PG152-SKU50 PCB board with 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. It’s like giving a kid access to a mega train set. The memory will run across a 128-bit bus with a 320 GB/s bandwidth. That’s, like, a 43% boost over the RTX 3050, if I’m counting right.
Quick comparison here, just in case you’re curious:
– Both have 2560 CUDA Cores.
– The memory’s faster. 20 Gbps vs 14 Gbps GDDR6. Those numbers, right?
– Less power needed. 100W TDP compared to the older sibling’s 130W.
Expecting a plethora of custom variants from NVIDIA partners at launch since there’s no Founders Edition. Most designs will likely flaunt a 5-phase VRM—whatever that means. And, sure, July should bring more gossip and perhaps a glimpse of real cards. Fingers crossed.
Anyway, here’s hoping the market loves another entry-level 8 GB card. I mean, what’s not to love about a tech company juggling launch dates? Keeps life interesting. Sort of.
Oh, and here’s a peek at other cards in the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series. They’ve got everything from the RTX 5090 down to our pal, the 5050. Each one’s got its own quirks in terms of GPU names, cores, and memory specs. But that’s a tale for another day, I suppose.
We’ll see how this pans out. Catch you later!
