Recent content by docnorth

Yeah maybe AMD chose slow but stable, probably better than Nvidia's early drivers. Nvidia wants to be on top even for the wrong reasons.:slap: That was obvious I hope. Probably Nvidia has still a lot of work on their gaming drivers, but I'm afraid they are not in a hurry.

So Nvidia and AMD had a contest of bad drivers at launch? :D

Underwhelming GPU, even without considering price and wattage. Just a comment though, I think these results are with a 9800x3d. At least it beats the 3060 12gb...:slap:

Yeah, I remember that.

Hopefully later, for a possible, weaker (<)75w version.

Hard to say if MSI would allow this naming outside of China. At least Zotac named this gaming X Xgaming GPU black, not shadow...

It may come later, like 3050 6gb. Who knows.

At this point only a cut-down, (<)75w version makes sense, though I don't think that matters to Nvidia... :confused:

Mostly opened the review out of curiosity about the Samsung memory and it's lower temps. But the real (and nice) surprise are the overall low temperatures, comparable to the nitro model. Better than expected :cool: for a pulse model, maybe the VRAM contributes to this(?).

Encouraged by the US government... "Readers are encouraged (not by TPU obviously) to not comment further...":slap:

Different users, different preferences, that's actually positive. For me, maybe @lexluthermiester and others the weaker 6gb version, without 6-pin connector is the 'good' one. Exactly. The 6GB 3050is already a massive upgrade, but a <75w 5050 could be 2,5-3 times faster (I don't know if you...

A 100(+)w 5050 would be a controversial or questionable entry-level choice and needs a significant price distance from 5060 to be viable. But a cut-down, <75w 5050, even with 6gb of GDDR6 (if needed) to remain slot powered, looks much more interesting. With compact or SFF design it can serve in...

There is always a market for sub-75w, i.e. slot-powered, GPUs. Such a 5050 will probably come with slightly lower clocks, 6gb vram and 96bit memory bus, like the 70w 3050. Mostly for prebuilts or htpc I guess.

I don’t know the available qualities for borderlands 3, but usually @W1zzard tests on ultra. IF so, 100 fps with high settings shouldn’t be a problem for borderlands 4.

Just noticed, the recently reviewed Zotac 5060 solo 8gb surpasses 7600 xt by almost 25% at real life gaming... 9060 xt should be clearly faster to be viable at 349$ MSRP. The answer, i.e. @W1zzard's review, is less than a week away (I hope). :D