OcUK RTX3050 review thread

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Asus

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-3050-strix-oc/
https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-rog-geforce-rtx-3050-strix-oc-review,1.html

EVGA

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/evga-geforce-rtx-3050-xc-black/
https://pcper.com/2022/01/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-review-evga/
https://www.techradar.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050
https://www.digitaltrends.com/desktop-computer-reviews/nvidia-rtx-3050-review/
https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-review-evga-xc-black

Gigabyte

https://www.computerbase.de/2022-01/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-test/
https://www.eteknix.com/gigabyte-rtx-3050-gaming-oc-8gb-review/
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3050-gaming-oc/
https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Gefo...chmark-Vergleich-vs-6500-XT-RTX-2060-1387678/
https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-rtx-3050-gaming-oc-review,1.html
https://www.sweclockers.com/test/33...gtx-1660-ti-med-stod-for-dlss-och-ray-tracing
https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/nvidia_rtx_3050_review/1
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2022-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-review
https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050

Inno3D

https://www.eteknix.com/inno3d-rtx-3050-twin-x2-oc-8gb-review/

MSI

Palit

https://www.club386.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-review-a-solid-bet-at-250/
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/palit-geforce-rtx-3050-stormx-oc/
https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/palit-geforce-rtx-3050-dual-oc-review,1.html

Zotac

https://www.eteknix.com/zotac-rtx-3050-twin-edge-8gb-review/

Group reviews

https://www.kitguru.net/components/...nvidia-rtx-3050-review-ft-gigabyte-and-palit/

PCI-E scaling

https://www.club386.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-review-a-solid-bet-at-250/

Linux

Video reviews

Gamersnexus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2NNegA77uA

Hardware Unboxed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXGnLjwbOBY

Linus Tech Tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlobQZECwxE

Hardware Canucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob0o3wUqIw

Paul's Hardware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPzPNP6YOz8

Bitwit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjZvKe0n0RU

Optimum Tech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz4R7HmoCDM

Tech YES City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndzoRYoqf8

OC3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAfuGfvnnM8

KitGuru

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFPiL3QPVeM

 

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Nice thread so far

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Okay, now we're there

 

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Looked at the Computerbase.de review and wanted to hover-over to see how it compares to the 6500 XT, then remembered CB still haven't been given a review sample!

Anyway, seems to be nearly 35% to 50% faster, plus no crazy decisions like the x4 PCIe slot, or lack of media encoders.

Hadn't realised this was using GA106 same as the non-Ti 3060.

IF this settles anywhere near MSRP, then the 6500XT really needs to be £130 or so.

Also twice the VRAM.

Gibbo said they won't have any initially at that price but a placeholder is there at £299.

Again,as I have mentioned many times before if you need a new rig,the only way to "easily" get dGPUs at RRP,is getting a prebuilt system apparently.

 

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from the PCGH review (where you can helpfully easily remove cards from their charts):
https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Gefo...mark-Vergleich-vs-6500-XT-RTX-2060-1387678/2/

and BF5


Two very very poor showing from the 6500 XT (seems PCGH did manage to get their hands on a 6500 XT to review).
The 3050 isn't fast, but in those two it is over twice as fast as the 6500 XT.

TPU showed with RT and AA the RX6500XT falls apart. The issue is with only 4GB of VRAM,16MB of Infinity Cache and a slow PCI-E link,once it goes past 4GB performance goes south quickly.

The RTX3050 has only a PCI-E 8X link too,but it shows that its more than enough for the given performance.

In fact I suspect if the RX6500XT had more Infinity Cache or a wider PCI-E link size it might have performed noticeably better.

 

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It would certainly be more consistent. If you tweak the settings down far enough on the 6500xt you can get decent performance out of it, but as soon as it goes out of the sweet spot performance drops off a cliff

Obviously Infinity Cache costs transistors and hence margins!
On the other hand having a product which is poorly received doesn't help margins either. Like not being willing to use the RX590 (12nm shrink of the 14nm Polaris) to get a well received lower power card probably ended up costing AMD a lot of money. Penny wise, pound foolish?

Desktop Navi 24 clocks crazily high but is really starved of resources. Pity nobody wants a 480P card!

AMD has a history of making nonsensical moves like this,but the reality is AMD tried a fast one with us.

Navi 24 is realistically a replacement for Baffin Pro/Polaris 21XT,AKA,the RX460/RX560:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-460.c2849
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-560.c2940

In terms of dGPU size its even smaller than those two,and has a half sized memory bus.So its a fantastic replacement for those....if it was priced in that segment. Sadly companies everywhere are using the pandemic and cryptomining as an excuse to jack up prices.

As much as we can criticise Nvidia for all the nonsense they have been pulling(such as removing RRPs and helping miners),they have at least used the GA106 GPU for the RTX3050 and RTX3060,and used the larger GA104 for the RTX3060TI.

 

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and they are still providing RRP cards directly.

Where is AMD's attempt at giving gamers reasonably priced cards? Nowhere to be found unfortunately.

In the UK AMD CBA.

 

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Cheers CAT.

Acceptable at £250 but nothing to sing about.. no real price/performance gain but includes RT tech which works. Certainly makes the 6500xt look like the garbage it is.

Think of the RX6500XT as the RX560 successor,but priced more to be an RX5500XT replacement. So in one way it would be impressive on a technical level,but since its priced a tier above it isn't so great.

The RTX3050 looks more like a proper mainstream dGPU but again price is going to be the issue here!