We’re heading for China, the place we be taught from the BoardChannel discussion board that the RTX 3050 8GB is ready to vanish. The card will ultimately get replaced by an RTX 3050 6GB. However, even when it bears the identical identify, its options don’t have anything in frequent with the unique mannequin!
RTX 3050 6 Go: the mannequin that can substitute the 8 Go model!
What we’ve realized is that NVIDIA is trying to provide an entry-level card “for the plenty”. To this finish, subsequent January the corporate will launch a brand new variant of the RTX 3050. In addition to providing 25% much less reminiscence capability, the GPU will even be neutered.
This new variant will characteristic an AD107-325 GPU with a complete of 2048 cuda cores, distributed throughout 16 SMs. As a reminder, the unique card, geared up with 8 GB, featured 2,560 cuda cores distributed throughout 20 SMs. As for frequency, it too is down: 1470 MHz, a discount of 17%!
This discount within the variety of cores (and frequencies) additionally means decrease energy consumption. Depending on the board, it’s not inconceivable to seek out variations with out an auxiliary energy connector. At the identical time, energy consumption is anticipated to be between 70W and 100W, relying on the mannequin.
What’s extra, eradicating 2GB of VRAM and inserting a castrated GPU will even scale back the promoting value. Rumor has it that the cardboard ought to are available at underneath the symbolic €200 mark. This mannequin would thus be consistent with AMD’s RX 6600 and Intel’s Arc A580 and A750.
