NVIDIA Readies RTX 5050 Series for the Entry-Mainstream

[btarunr]

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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[hsew]

Why change the naming scheme?

Edit: This is definitely a typo. Source link is in line with normal naming scheme…

 

[Daven]

Why go back to the budget market now?

Maybe this is an SoC hence the name change.

 

[3DVCash]

Surely that's a typo... surely.

 

[Igb]

I hope these are (finally) able to beat the excellent (but a bit old) RTX A2000 in energy efficiency for the SFF pc lovers. The 3050 6GB was almost there, but the A2000 is still the benchmark to beat.

About the naming scheme, I assume 5500 is a typo and 5050 is the logical denomination, right?

 

[Daven]

Why change the naming scheme?

Edit: This is definitely a typo. Source link is in line with normal naming scheme…

That’s a crazy typo as it is repeated throughout the article.

I think AMD and Nvidia naming has TPU in a twist or maybe btarunr’s coffee made him dyslexic this morning.

 

[mtosev]

Nice to see that Nvidia cares about entry-level cards.

 

[L0stS0ul]

They want to push GT 730 or GT 1030 on people for $200?

 

[W1zzard]

That’s a crazy typo as it is repeated throughout the article.

I think AMD and Nvidia naming has TPU in a twist or maybe btarunr’s coffee made him dyslexic this morning.

Typo fixed. I kept mistyping RTX <-> RX, too the last week

 

[john_]

I saw the typo in the preview, before the article gets posted and I was thinking
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?

They want to push GT 730 or GT 1030 on people for $200?

I have a better deal

 

[Mrgravia]

More entry level cards are always a good thing. Lots of folks out there who only game on older titles or things like Euro truck sim, minecraft, esports, roblox and more.

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.

 

[wNotyarD]

Typo fixed. I kept mistyping RTX <-> RX, too the last week

Noticed another little mistake as well.

There is also the possibility of an RTX 5050 Ti positioned a notch below this and the RTX 5060.

There is no way the Ti would be below the vanilla 5050. Shouldn't it be "a notch above, between this and the 5060"?

 

[vnl7]

Interesting point is that being entry level it should run older games like the ones which utilizes PhysX 32 bit. But NO.

 

[Chrispy_]

8GB cards are so dumb today, they were mainstream and cheap back in 2016.

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.

 

[SRB151]

The bigger question is can they launch with more than 10 cards this time?

 

[neatfeatguy]

The bigger question is can they launch with more than 10 cards this time?

They absolutely can. They'll release 200 and at least 1 will be missing ROPs to hold true with their claim that the missing ROPs issue only impacts .5%

 

[londiste]

8GB cards are so dumb today, they were mainstream and cheap back in 2016.

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.

These cards are 128-bit at best, that is 4 modules. 2 x 4 = 8 with 16Gb/2GB modules. I doubt it is the price being that major of a factor here. Clamshell on lowend/budget cards? Do we have 24Gb/3GB or 32Gb/4GB memory chips available on anything yet?
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

 

[usiname]

I hope these are (finally) able to beat the excellent (but a bit old) RTX A2000 in energy efficiency for the SFF pc lovers. The 3050 6GB was almost there, but the A2000 is still the benchmark to beat.

About the naming scheme, I assume 5500 is a typo and 5050 is the logical denomination, right?

Energy efficiency mean performance/watt, not just power consumption. Instead of throwing in the trash $450 for card with just 6GB RAM, 15-20% slower than RTX 3050 you were able to get 3050 8GB for $250 and set the power limit to 50% and it would be as fast as it, but almost twice cheaper. Now you can make the same with RTX 4060/ RX 7600 or the upcoming RTX 5060. Actually if you are going to spend so much at shitty card as the "professional" Nvidia's line, you can just buy Strix Halo, you will get much more compact system with much more performance, I guess you will start to explain how blessing is A2000 because it does not have power connector bla bla bla. Spare me the nonsense

 

[Chrispy_]

These cards are 128-bit at best, that is 4 modules. 2 x 4 = 8 with 16Gb/2GB modules. I doubt it is the price being that major of a factor here. Clamshell on lowend/budget cards? Do we have 24Gb/3GB or 32Gb/4GB memory chips available on anything yet?
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

96-bit is definitely coming to the low end; That's what the mobile 4050 6GB was.

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 Norwegian Drone Pilot]

Meeeeeh, that's gonna be 'fifty fifty' on that GPU

 

[dlgh7]

This card isn't probably for anymore then maybe a light esports gamer.

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.

 

[Denver]

If I had to bet... I’d say they’ll just port the 4050/4060 chip to 4nm, increase the TDP, and release it as the 5050.

Oh yeah, with only 6GB; because making an extra $4-5 per card is clearly more important than your feelings XD.

 

[Onasi]

Can’t wait to see disappointing performance numbers that will show that the entry-level GPU segment has been stagnant for many years now. Well, at least it might be unironically a decent uplift vs its predecessor since there was no 4050. Can’t wait to see the memes about how the 5050 is the best Blackwell release alongside the 5090.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Missed opportunity to call it RTX5150. Because why can't this be love?

 

[chstamos]

Maybe they'll actually RELEASE something at 200 and 250 dollars, instead of paper-launching it and selling at at 350 and 400. But it is certainly a pathetic , desperate state of affairs when our last hope for usable entry level GPUs has become... nvidia.

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.