So when is this card going live on the website?

evgaglobaluser
Hi all
First posting here. Looking to get an rtx 3050 when it drops later this month to replace a gtx 1650s that is falling apart.
Anyone have any thoughts on whether this will pair well with an i5-8400 (primarily fps's - cs, valor, etc.)? I've got another rig with an i5-11400 which I know would pair better but for now I'm just upgrading the 8400.
Thanks.

OK, here's my thoughts.
 
In my past i5 builds (mostly i5-9400), I used rx580/590, 1650s, 1660, 1660s, 2060, 2060s.  The most even matchup was the 1660s.
 
Most of the preliminary testing I've seen put the gaming performance of the RTX 3050 at just below the 1660s level, but above 1650s and 1660. 
 
IMO, a 3050 should therefore be a good match for any recent i5.
 
 

evgaglobaluser
Hi all
First posting here. Looking to get an rtx 3050 when it drops later this month to replace a gtx 1650s that is falling apart.
Anyone have any thoughts on whether this will pair well with an i5-8400 (primarily fps's - cs, valor, etc.)? I've got another rig with an i5-11400 which I know would pair better but for now I'm just upgrading the 8400.
Thanks.

The I5-8400 is a pretty capable little CPU. It's a bit old for sure but it has 6 cores + 6 threads and boosts to 4 GHz. The RTX-3050 judging by what I've read as of late should be similar in performance to that of a GTX-1660 or a GTX-1660 TI, and you've been running a 1650 which is pretty close to both of those cards, so it should run just fine. You might lose a wee bit of performance but it shouldn't be anything to loose sleep over.
 
Tl;Dr - Yes your CPU should be a very nice pair with the RTX-3050 (as long as you can get your hands on one that is! )

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evgaglobaluser
Hi all
First posting here. Looking to get an rtx 3050 when it drops later this month to replace a gtx 1650s that is falling apart.
Anyone have any thoughts on whether this will pair well with an i5-8400 (primarily fps's - cs, valor, etc.)? I've got another rig with an i5-11400 which I know would pair better but for now I'm just upgrading the 8400.
Thanks.

The I5-8400 is a pretty capable little CPU. It's a bit old for sure but it has 6 cores + 6 threads and boosts to 4 GHz. The RTX-3050 judging by what I've read as of late should be similar in performance to that of a GTX-1660 or a GTX-1660 TI, and you've been running a 1650 which is pretty close to both of those cards, so it should run just fine. You might lose a wee bit of performance but it shouldn't be anything to loose sleep over.
 
Tl;Dr - Yes your CPU should be a very nice pair with the RTX-3050 (as long as you can get your hands on one that is! )

I'm hoping that it will be slightly better than the 1660Ti based on the benchmark charts that were posted:

 
Then comparing a 1650 to a 1660ti shows this:

I'm hoping that the performance levels is close to the 1070.

Any idea when more benchmarks are going to be released? 

GTXJackBauer

acupalypse
Without counting DLSS, I'm estimating 3050 would perform below a 1660 Ti or a 1070.

It should be beating it and much more with DLSS. 

Let's not forget, this is a new architecture with advanced cores, etc.  It will all come down to drivers and devs.
 

tevvie
Any idea when more benchmarks are going to be released? 

As soon as the NDA is removed which should be on or around the launch date.  Sometimes you might seem them released a week before but we shall see.

We can only hope it would beat a 1660 Ti. There's a math involved in GPU performance and dev/drivers can be optimized to a point.
 
Having a both the "mobile" version of 3050 and 1660 Ti, I've already seen how 1660 Ti beats the 3050. I'm well aware there's always a difference between mobile and desktop versions but we're talking about the same company here that positions their product very well. So even without looking at the numbers, I am going by the assumption that their GPU "position" on mobile performance will be the same on desktop side, i.e. 1660 Ti > 3050 Ti > 3050. The 3050 Ti vs 1660 Ti would be really close.

acupalypse
 
We can only hope it would beat a 1660 Ti. There's a math involved in GPU performance and dev/drivers can be optimized to a point.
 
Having a both the "mobile" version of 3050 and 1660 Ti, I've already seen how 1660 Ti beats the 3050. I'm well aware there's always a difference between mobile and desktop versions but we're talking about the same company here that positions their product very well. So even without looking at the numbers, I am going by the assumption that their GPU "position" on mobile performance will be the same on desktop side, i.e. 1660 Ti > 3050 Ti > 3050. The 3050 Ti vs 1660 Ti would be really close.

That would be unfortunate, makes it personally hard to justify buying it at that level of performance. 

This or the 6500xt?

Carter123
Possible to buy?

not available yet. Releases the 27th. 

Carter123
Possible to buy?

more like impossible to buy. 3050 mission impossible for most of us that would like to buy one it will be impossible.

I’ve been trying to get one also since the day they were announced also. I’m hoping to get my hands on a 3050. Since I’m still running a 1060.

Seems a little underwhelming tbh....  Maybe a good back up if you could procure one cheap enough.

Hola, alguien sabe cuando abren los cupos anticipados para miembros élite?

EVGA_James

 
The new EVGA GeForce RTX™ 3050 brings the performance and efficiency of the NVIDIA Ampere architecture to more gamers than ever before and is the first 50-class desktop GPU to power the latest ray traced games at over 60 fps. The RTX™ 3050 comes equipped with 2nd generation RT cores for ray tracing and 3rd generation Tensor cores for DLSS and AI. Ray tracing is the new standard in gaming and the RTX™ 3050 makes it more accessible than ever before.
 
Learn more here:

Hola, Cuando hay cupos anticipados para miembros élite?

According the GPUCheck the 3050 sits between the 1070 and 1660 Ti.