Friday, March 7th 2025
NVIDIA Readies RTX 5050 Series for the Entry-Mainstream
NVIDIA is readying an entry-mainstream graphics card in the RTX 50-series "Blackwell" generation, likely called the GeForce RTX 5050. There is also the possibility of an RTX 5050 Ti positioned a notch above this, below the RTX 5060. The RTX 5050 is intended to be a successor to the RTX 3050. The RTX 40-series "Ada" generation did not have SKU in this segment, and its absence was felt recently when Intel launched the Arc B580 offering high performance/price under the $300-mark. There are no known specs of the RTX 5050 and RTX 5050 Ti, except that both feature 8 GB of memory size—something that turned the tide in Intel's favor with the B580 having 12 GB of it—and both SKUs come with a total graphics power (TGP) of around 135 W.
The two will be intended for 1080p gaming with mid-thru-high settings. It remains to be seen if NVIDIA implements Multi Frame Generation, because MFG is not a magic toggle that turns unplayable framerates to 60 FPS, however DLSS 4 with transformer upscaling, and perhaps even single frame generation could make it. NVIDIA is looking to target price-points of $199 and $249 with the RTX 5050 and RTX 5050 Ti, respectively. As for probable launch-date, Wccftech says that the cards could launch in the second half of April 2025, following the launch of the RTX 5060.
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Wccftech
The two will be intended for 1080p gaming with mid-thru-high settings. It remains to be seen if NVIDIA implements Multi Frame Generation, because MFG is not a magic toggle that turns unplayable framerates to 60 FPS, however DLSS 4 with transformer upscaling, and perhaps even single frame generation could make it. NVIDIA is looking to target price-points of $199 and $249 with the RTX 5050 and RTX 5050 Ti, respectively. As for probable launch-date, Wccftech says that the cards could launch in the second half of April 2025, following the launch of the RTX 5060.
38 Comments on NVIDIA Readies RTX 5050 Series for the Entry-Mainstream
Why change the naming scheme?Edit: This is definitely a typo. Source link is in line with normal naming scheme…
Maybe this is an SoC hence the name change.
About the naming scheme, I assume 5500 is a typo and 5050 is the logical denomination, right?
I think AMD and Nvidia naming has TPU in a twist or maybe btarunr’s coffee made him dyslexic this morning.
Imagine Nvidia changing it's naming to the old AMD naming. What would AMD do in that case now that they changed their names to look like Nvidia's?I have a better deal
Hopefully we finally get some more low profile options as well out of this. There are a lot of great looking cases for SFF that only accept LP cards, and currently that regulates us to like a single 4060 and a lot of 3050's/ 6400's and some questionable A310s.
The spot price for an 8Gb GDDR6 module is as low as $1.35, with the average price as $2.28. You can guarantee AIBs aren't paying as much as $2.28, but even then it's not exactly bank-breaking to offer low-end GPUs with more VRAM.
As it stands, they're just e-waste because they're replacing old GPUs that are already running out of VRAM and don't solve the problem.
Hell, now that I think of that it is actually possible they go down to 96-bit or 64-bit and really pile the memory chips there in some way :)
There's plenty of proof that Nvidia will kick the little guy when they're down. "Running out of VRAM and bandwidth? HERE'S EVEN LESS, YOU FILTHY PEASANTS!"
The low end needs updated every once in a while because it helps "Content Creators." They might not need the highest end PC but will edit photos and videos lightly sometimes. Also helps to get the updated codecs for streaming. AV1 was a big upgrade for streaming over the last couple of years. I think Intel Alchemist even found a bit of footing because of support on their cheaper cards.
Oh yeah, with only 6GB; because making an extra $4-5 per card is clearly more important than your feelings XD.
I mean, I don't even "like" nvidia (as much as "like" and "dislike" can be valid sentiments towards for-profit corporate entities) but I don't see reason to malign nvidia in particular about 8GBs of VRAM at 200 and 250 dollars, seeing how nobody else is offering more at that price segment. Fake MSRPs and imaginary price tags don't count as alternatives.
Yes, it will probably be shit. I'll be pleasantly surprised even if it reaches 3060 levels of performance after two damn generations. That's what we have to contend with, because not only nvidia but their competitors as well, are shit, too. Apparently everything is "in high demand", low end GPUs, midrange GPUs, high end GPUs, consumers are buying GPUs like crazy. Let's believe that everybody wants a Geforce 5080 and a Radeon 9070 XT and a Geforce 5070 and an intel B580 and an intel B570 for their 6 gaming rigs. It's not a matter of artificially raising prices, or even when it is, only the "bad guys" (who can be either nvidia, amd or intel, depending on one's affiliation) are doing it.