Monday, May 21st 2018
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Memory Bus-width Confirmed: A Major Trade-off
NVIDIA's entry-level GeForce GTX 1050 launched in a new 3 GB variant, earlier this month, with 50 percent more memory than the 2 GB which the original GTX 1050 launched with. But there's a major catch that's relegated to the fine-print of the card's specifications on NVIDIA website, and something most NVIDIA AIC (add-in-card) partners won't particularly blare on their product packaging anywhere near as loudly as the memory amount, and that's memory bus width. The 3 GB GTX 1050 has 50 percent more memory than the original GTX 1050, but a 25% narrower memory bus, at just 96-bit.
When you look at a GTX 1050 3 GB graphics card PCB, you'll likely only find three 8 Gb (1 GB) memory chips, with one set of memory chip traces blanked out. It's not even like NVIDIA compensated for the narrower memory bus with higher memory clocks. The chips run at the same 7 Gbps as the original's, yielding just 84 GB/s memory bandwidth, compared to the original's 112 GB/s. The CUDA core count of the GTX 1050 3 GB is the same as the GTX 1050 Ti, with 768 CUDA cores, which twitch their thumbs as data is moved between the GPU and memory over Pony Express. Besides more CUDA cores, the GPU clocks are marginally higher, with 1392 MHz base and 1518 MHz GPU Boost, compared to 1354/1455 MHz of the original. NVIDIA, which recently sermonized the industry on "making products easier for consumers to identify" with its stillborn GPP, is once again caught concealing a major specification. To find it, you'll need to visit the product page of the GTX 1050, scroll all the way down to the specs sheet, and click on "view full specs" to reveal the memory bus width.
When you look at a GTX 1050 3 GB graphics card PCB, you'll likely only find three 8 Gb (1 GB) memory chips, with one set of memory chip traces blanked out. It's not even like NVIDIA compensated for the narrower memory bus with higher memory clocks. The chips run at the same 7 Gbps as the original's, yielding just 84 GB/s memory bandwidth, compared to the original's 112 GB/s. The CUDA core count of the GTX 1050 3 GB is the same as the GTX 1050 Ti, with 768 CUDA cores, which twitch their thumbs as data is moved between the GPU and memory over Pony Express. Besides more CUDA cores, the GPU clocks are marginally higher, with 1392 MHz base and 1518 MHz GPU Boost, compared to 1354/1455 MHz of the original. NVIDIA, which recently sermonized the industry on "making products easier for consumers to identify" with its stillborn GPP, is once again caught concealing a major specification. To find it, you'll need to visit the product page of the GTX 1050, scroll all the way down to the specs sheet, and click on "view full specs" to reveal the memory bus width.
43 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Memory Bus-width Confirmed: A Major Trade-off
Nice, I think unless there is clearly written proof, all 1050 should be considered as 96 bit bus when making the buying decision and cost/performance should be adjusted accordingly.
If you are lucky to get a better one good for you, otherwise you get what you paid for.
Either way, let's see how these cards perform, and hoping for an 1150 performing at the level of the 1060 3 Gigs.
96bit with 24 ROPs 1050 and 1050 Ti have 32 ROPs
1c80 GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 3GB]
1c81 GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050]
1c82 GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti]
Let's look at what you wrote when AMD did the same thing for the RX 560:Do you see the difference between that article and this one? The fact that the RX 560 news post is almost entirely factual and devoid of FUD, while this GTX 1050 "news" is full of opinionated anti-NVIDIA half-truths and snide remarks? The fact that you obviously have an agenda? The fact that said agenda makes it clear that TPU cannot be relied upon to report impartially, and thus I might as well go to Wccftech or SemiAccurate to get news?
It takes a decade to build a reputation, and 5 minutes to destroy it. You're doing pretty well on the latter front.
So feel free to crawl back in your hole, no one is stopping you. :toast:
Now, it seems like @Assimilator is very passionate with his opinion on the matter but he isn't completely wrong.
It is no secret that bta doesn't really like nvidia atm..And i do agree that this anger might... will seems like... completely spill into news pieces. I get bta's anger, 100%, but i think that it is best to keep reporting neutral.