Nvidia RTX 5050 Review: A New $250 GeForce Arrives

[Steve]

Nvidia's RTX 5050 launched with no reviews, no benchmarks, and barely any availability. It's their latest GPU release – and once again, you're expected to buy blind. But we've tested it, so you don't have to.

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Nvidia RTX 5050 Review: A New $250 GeForce Arrives

 

[MarkHughes]

All the shenanigans around these releases is enough to put me off this generation, And indeed nvidia as a whole.

 

[torvuswalds]

Finally some 9060 XT 8GB charts, well done, all the bs you spun about it being a lackluster piece of hardware went out the room when you showed the 1080p charts, well done. (although I do see a lack of power consumption numbers for it).

The 5050 should not even be called a XX50 card, because it really isn't. I have a sneaking suspicion this is the actual 4050 that got cancelled and they are just re-branding it as the 5050 to show it off against the 3050.

 

[GhostLegion]

If only this thing was slot powered and $200 then it might have actually been decent. As is…it’s DOA

 

[Neatfeatguy]

RTX 5050 is a few percentage points over a 3060 12GB. That's just sad.

The RTX 3050 at least gave solid performance gains over the GTX 1060, upwards of 20%

I guess if you're not paying out the a$$ for a 5090 then it's pretty much just stagnation these last two generations, from both sides.

 

[Thatsdisgusting]

All the shenanigans around these releases is enough to put me off this generation, And indeed nvidia as a whole.

You have something instead?

 

[ScottSoapbox]

Finally some 9060 XT 8GB charts, well done, all the bs you spun about it being a lackluster piece of hardware went out the room when you showed the 1080p charts,

You do see the 16GB version higher on those charts right?

And even higher on the 1440p chart?

The need to cling to outdated beliefs despite data to the contrary is astounding.

 

[llamapanda]

Why does this score 60 where the 8Gb 9060 scored 40, yet is repeatedly pointed out to be equal or marginally better throughout this review?

 

[torvuswalds]

You do see the 16GB version higher on those charts right?

And even higher on the 1440p chart?

The need to cling to outdated beliefs despite data to the contrary is astounding.

No, the idea that the author of this article can post basically rage bait, and not go back and have the integrity to do an actual review of the card. I'm not going off of "outdated beliefs" rather than believing in the integrity of tech journalism.

EDIT:
Another thing, looking at the Cost per frame analysis as well shows that the 8GB 9060 XT is actually very good, not great but good. It would make a good upgrade for someone who is still rocking first gen RDNA or even a 580.

 

[bviktor]

No, the idea that the author of this article can post basically rage bait, and not go back and have the integrity to do an actual review of the card. I'm not going off of "outdated beliefs" rather than believing in the integrity of tech journalism.

EDIT:
Another thing, looking at the Cost per frame analysis as well shows that the 8GB 9060 XT is actually very good, not great but good. It would make a good upgrade for someone who is still rocking first gen RDNA or even a 580.

What rage bait? If it enrages you, maybe you're the culprit then?

Which part of the charts do you not understand about the 8G version being subpar?

 

[torvuswalds]

What rage bait? If it enrages you, maybe you're the culprit then?

Which part of the charts do you not understand about the 8G version being subpar?

Again, the initial review steven did of the 9060 XT 8GB was not actually a review of the card and a quick browse of the comments on that will show how it made people upset, me included, there was no follow up article to properly benchmark the card and show it off.

At no point have I said it was not sub par, but the data still shows it performs within 5-10% at 1080p and 10-20% at 1440p compared to the 16GB version.

 

[ScottSoapbox]

At no point have I said it was not sub par, but the data still shows it performs within 5-10% at 1080p and 10-20% at 1440p compared to the 16GB version.

This is a much better comment. You are making your point with data rather than hyperbole (like "all the bs you spun").

Again, the initial review steven did of the 9060 XT 8GB was not actually a review of the card and a quick browse of the comments on that will show how it made people upset, me included, there was no follow up article to properly benchmark the card and show it off.

The review of the 9060 XT 16GB shows you what the card is capable while the review of the 9060 XT 8GB shows where the card is already hamstrung by the VRAM. Extra VRAM for "futureproofing" is one thing but it is already causing problems, thus, the strategic review style to highlight the issue.

VRAM only matters when you run out so it shouldn't be an issue until cards are 4+ years old, so it already being an issue is a big deal. It is annoying that my 3080 is struggling with games because of its 10GB VRAM rather than it's compute, but at least I got to enjoy 3 years before hitting that issue.

Imagine buying a sports car that had a governor that wouldn't let you go over 50 mph. It is fundamentally dumb to artificially limit a product like that. Sure you can make arguments some people are only going to use their car in the city and don't need to over 50 mph but the manufacturer is still selling an intentionally flawed product.

 

[human7]

The Intel B580 is the same MSRP, has 12GB of VRAM, and performs a bit better (more than just a bit at 1440p), so seems to me that would be the best alternative to the 5050.

 

[demonicmaniac]

The situation in germany is actually even worse for the 5050. cheapest 5050 is 254€ here, cheapest 3060 12gb is 240€, cheapest 5060 is 281€ meaning the 5060 is just 10% more expensive here currently and the 3060 12gb on par while faster on 1440p and likely to be faster on 1080p going forward too with upcoming titles.

 

[arrowflash]

Considering the scraps Nvidia has been throwing to the gaming public, the RTX 5050 isn't as bad as I was expecting. In 1080p it outperforms the 3060 by a good margin and even goes neck-in-neck with the 4060 in some titles. Not saying it's good, it's meh, but not terrible... I was expecting an average gain of 25% over the 3050 at most. MSRP should be $200 though, at $250 the cost per frame is a joke for a budget GPU

 

[GodisanAtheist]

It looks like Nvidia's whole stack is priced to upsell you into the $400+ range where the actual sweet spot seems to be.

Everything below that price is too large a sacrifice for the savings, and everything above that price begins incurring the "high end" PtP dropoff (distorted by AI as well).

By all rights it should be comically easy for AMD to come in with a $220 part that absolutely crushes the 5050 but AMD appears only marginally more interested in the low-end than NV.