Nvidia's 3000 Series RTX GPU [3050, 3060, 3070, 3080, 3090 now with TIs]

https://www.computerbase.de/2022-02...3/#abschnitt_benchmark_mit_pcie_40_vs_pcie_30

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/pcie-ge...mpatible-with-geforce-rtx-30-founders-edition

 

https://www.computerbase.de/2022-01/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-test/

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-to-get-a-ga107-variant-with-115w-tdp

 

If the new 3050 with the ga107 GPU in it is the same price as a 6600 which would you get?

I'm thinking the 6600 would still have the performance edge, but I haven't kept really close track since none of them are viable options for me right now.

 

Due to high differences in performance of various rendering scenarios, it will still come down to personal preferences. 115 Watts is quite nice for what we got in recent years.

 

Is it? A 1060 was released 5 or 6 years ago with 120 watt tdp and similar performance. 2 architectures later and possibly more than 1 node improvement depending on how you view 12nm and they have improved power efficiency by a few percent.

 

How well does 1060 run Metro Exodus EE?

 

1060 probably plays Metro Exodus better than a 3050 plays Metro Exodus EE.

 

3050 probably plays Metro Exodus considerably better than 1060 too.

 

3050's about 50% faster than a 1060 (https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-geforce-rtx-3050-gaming-x/31.html). If the GA107 variant doesn't lose performance it's more than a few percent efficiency increase.

 

My mistake somehow I was mixing up the 6500xt and the 3050 performances in my head.

 

I get that. I've sort of tried to totally ignore the 6500 since it's just so awful, the 3050 is a real card at least.

 

Not sure how it happened TBH. Reading Putas' post about 115 watts being nice these days immediately brought the 6500xt into my brain. 3050 although overpriced is a decent product.

 

https://www.techspot.com/news/93387-nvidia-could-readying-two-new-rtx-3050-models.html

That would be amaze balls. I need a cheap quiet hdmi 2.1 card.

 

Why not link the source?

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-3050-8-gb-ga107.c3880

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-3050-4-gb.c3744

 

Puget Systems Reviews

 

How they compare

 

Prices slowly seem to come down. RX 6500 XT for 209€ in germany, GTX 3050 for 299.

 

I would have prefered 6 GB ( I am aware of the memory configuration but maybe they could have used the laptop 3060 card as basis) so it can be the ultimate entry level card, but yeah this is a very clever move by Nvidia.

Will be a great gaming card at Series S texture quality settings in the future when the DX12U features are in place.