Let’s face it, budget PC gaming is challenging. That’s often times why gamers flock to consoles or even now handhelds and take what they can get. Today, NVIDIA is bringing some good news with the release of the GeForce RTX 5050, powered by the Blackwell chipset. The GeForce RTX 5050 will be available in desktop and laptop GPU variants. Starting at two price points $299 for your desktop card and $999 for your laptop powered by the 5050.
Who is the GeForce RTX 5050 for? It’s for those gamers stepping into RTX for the first time, someone with an older system, a student maybe who has to balance work and play, or the small form factor market such as home theater PCs.
The GeForce RTX 5050 is expected to be available in July. The GeForce RTX 5050 is powered by a single PCIe 8-pin cable, drawing a maximum of 130 watts at stock settings. This makes it ideal for PCs with a 550-watt power supply. With a minimum Base Clock of 2.31 GHZ and 2,560 CUDA cores, 5th generation AI Tensor Cores, 4th generation Ray Tracing Cores, and 9th generation Encoder. Equipped with 8GB of RAM and a 128-bit memory bus.
NVIDIA states that in modern games, the GeForce RTX 5050 is 60 percent faster on average in rasterization and 4 times faster in games with a full suite of DLSS 4 technology compared to the RTX 3050, the most recent x50 card.
GeForce RTX 5050 laptops are now available at retailers, starting at $999. These laptops feature 2,560 CUDA cores, 5th-generation AI Tensor Cores, 4th-generation Ray Tracing, a 9th-generation encoder, and a 6th-generation decoder. These new laptops come with 8GB of memory running at 24 Gbps GDDR7. GDD7 is up to 2X more energy efficient than GDDR6. This makes the 5050 more comfortable in battery-efficient laptops.
GeForce RTX 5050 laptop GPUs are 2.4 times faster on average in raster FPS and 4 times faster when running DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation compared to a 3050 laptop GPU. The GeForce RTX 5050 offers an entry-level option for gamers and those who haven’t yet experienced DLSS 4. Check back in early July for game-ready drivers.
