GeForce RTX 3050 arrives January 27 with a list price of $ 249 | CES 2022

In addition to the RTX 3090 Ti, NVIDIA announced the GeForce RTX 3050, a new video card for the mid-to-low end of the market that will be available from January 27 at $ 249 tax free (in Italy 279 euros according to the NVIDIA website), 80 dollars less than the RTX 3060.

Presented as an upgrade option for those still stuck in solutions such as the GeForce RTX 1050 or similar, the GeForce RTX 3050 comes with a strong GA106 GPU with 2560 CUDA Core, 80 Tensor cores and 20 RT cores, connected to 8 GB of GDDR6 memory at 14 Gbps via an interface a 128 bit for a bandwidth of 224 GB / s. The TDP of 130W.

In terms of performance, the new video card should guarantee over 60 fps in titoli AAA come Doom Eternal e Guardians of the Galaxy with ray tracing and DLSS active at Full HD resolution. It will be interesting to see it at work, especially when compared to the competition that just announced another 1080p card, the Radeon RX 6500 XT, at $ 199 tax free.