Should be approximately equal to 1070Ti I think.

gmahav0
I would avail the purchase of this video card if it did not have the PCIE of the 4 generation bus.
Go to channel "Hardware Unboxed" ==> video "Will PCIe x4 Cripple the Radeon 6500 XT? PCIe Bandwidth Test".

Watched this. Very interesting. I also did some digging of my own afterwards and I can confirm most budget motherboards are at PCIe 3.0, especially the ones I'm looking at like the ASUS B450 Gaming. And given that I'm looking at getting an older CPU, probably a Ryzen 5 2600, it also only has PCIe 3.0 ... But even if I get a 3050 I wonder if I should get a motherboard and a CPU that supports PCIe  4.0?
 
Side question, do companies add vram to their version of their GPU at times? Is it possible that someone like Asus would release a 8GB AMD 6500 XT? Or is vram one of those things they can't change?

kimmandy36

acupalypse

kimmandy36
 
I assume Best Buy Canada will also release at the same time? Just checking as it's another option I might have. Thank you so much for your replies.

I don't know how they do it in Canada but here in US, they only launch an item at selected BB stores. Then maybe even for AIB cards on the same product line. At least for the 3080 Ti, I saw a Gigabyte model that's only available at the same BB store where the FE was originally launched.

 
Okay thank you. I'll just have to be on the lookout on online sites as I can only order it online. Hope I'll be able to get one. Way too excited to finally go from using laptops for more than 10 years, with my latest one only having an MX150, to finally being able to game on a desktop computer at home. Excited to also build a pc after watching tons of tutorials online for years now XD

Oh wow, that would be a huge jump. I don't want to throw water bottles into your parade but it might still be a little tough to get a gpu in the next few months if your only option is online. It sucks to be outside US as there's only fewer options available and enthusiasts usually end up paying a hefty price. I do hope there's plenty of stock available when 3050 finally comes out and larger number of people can join the EVGA queue.
 
Now, the AMD Radeon GPU, esp the AIB card, is a bit different story. Some Radeon 6000 series product lines are usually in-stock in most online stores like BB or Newegg. The prices are still high though but I am not sure if you're part of the market that can bear these high prices. AMD will also be launching a new model, i.e. 6500, later this month.

acupalypse
Oh wow, that would be a huge jump. I don't want to throw water bottles into your parade but it might still be a little tough to get a gpu in the next few months if your only option is online. It sucks to be outside US as there's only fewer options available and enthusiasts usually end up paying a hefty price. I do hope there's plenty of stock available when 3050 finally comes out and larger number of people can join the EVGA queue.
 
Now, the AMD Radeon GPU, esp the AIB card, is a bit different story. Some Radeon 6000 series product lines are usually in-stock in most online stores like BB or Newegg. The prices are still high though but I am not sure if you're part of the market that can bear these high prices. AMD will also be launching a new model, i.e. 6500, later this month.

I'm kind of preparing myself that I won't be able to get one, especially since I have a ballpark figure in mind that seems to be low given the recent price leaks. I'm excited to see how the release would go later for the AMD 6500 XT. I want to see what happens XD
 
If I don't get one I'll just queue up here in EVGA and enjoy my Switch games for the mean time as well as games that my laptop can handle. Currently playing For The King ... and even then that stutters a bit at times.

Will there be a queue for this?

Gtravis99
I think tomorrow the 19th is the 6500 release

 
 You're absolutely right. For some reason I thought we're still in early January. lmao!
 

kimmandy36
I'm kind of preparing myself that I won't be able to get one, especially since I have a ballpark figure in mind that seems to be low given the recent price leaks. I'm excited to see how the release would go later for the AMD 6500 XT. I want to see what happens XD
 
If I don't get one I'll just queue up here in EVGA and enjoy my Switch games for the mean time as well as games that my laptop can handle. Currently playing For The King ... and even then that stutters a bit at times.

You know I think laptop would be your best bet getting a decent gpu, e.g. 3050, 3050 Ti, 3060 at least, if you need one sooner. Most are between 1k - 1.5k USD. That isn't something I'd call budget laptop though and AMD will also be releasing something for mobile gaming. No price yet so keep an eye out.
 
I've seen the 6500 xt listing from our local microcenter store and it doesn't seem that bad at all. Price range is from $199 - $299. 
 
 

ROBERTOSANDOVAL
Hi, Does anyone know if this gpu will have Queue and when EVGA starts with these normally?
 

I believe that the US queue will open on the 27th.  Not sure if Elite members will get in one day earlier. 

rocketdoug
I believe that the US queue will open on the 27th.  Not sure if Elite members will get in one day earlier. 

No, elite members will not get in one day early.  The release date and time set by NVIDIA has to be adhered to by AIBs.  So when it opens, elite will get the first 24 hours and everyone else then can queue after that unless EVGA alters what they want to do.  It is at their discretion, but the queues will never open prior to NVIDIA's set release date and time.

Gtravis99
Did I blink and all the rx 6500 xt were sold out Or did they even start to sell them.

It started and Newegg had them.  According to this article, PCMag, the price was $279 to $299.  The author did a test and placed one in their cart and it took forty minutes for the SKU to show they were sold out.

Not sure I have seen this posted yet
 
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3050/
 
starting at $249 on Jan 27th

Flint 1760

Gtravis99
Did I blink and all the rx 6500 xt were sold out Or did they even start to sell them.

It started and Newegg had them.  According to this article, PCMag, the price was $279 to $299.  The author did a test and placed one in their cart and it took forty minutes for the SKU to show they were sold out.

The microcenter store near me still has 6500 xt in stock. In comparison, any 30-series nvidia card sells out in just minutes after store opening - well, except the ASUS 3080 Ti strix LC, because it's freaking expensive.
 
Anyways, glad to see 6500 xt selling at $199: https://www.microcenter.com/product/646340/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-itx-overclocked-single-fan-4gb-gddr6-pcie-40-graphics-card
 
I would love to see rtx 3050 at MSRP.
 
 

staypuft
 
Guessing the 3050 XC Black at $249... unobtainium
Then the 3050 XC at $329... then slowly increased to $349 over time.
 
 

That's about what I was thinking but am hoping for a little less on the XC. Just too bad the black likely won't even be available. And now that we can only queue for one SKU of each card type it makes it harder to pick. Before I would have just queued for both and taken whatever came first. But now that we can only put in for one I guess I'll have to just queue for the XC and hope they don't switch it up and release the black cards this time. It would really suck to pick the wrong SKU. But XC is likely the better bet.

what would be the msrp of this 3050

thanks!

Flint 1760
 
 
It started and Newegg had them.  According to this article, PCMag, the price was $279 to $299.  The author did a test and placed one in their cart and it took forty minutes for the SKU to show they were sold out.

There were a few cards posted, a few of them at $199. I can't vouch for them as I only checked newegg probably 10 minutes after 9am ET. But there was still one at $299 available by then.