rtx 3050

[Kaneki]

ive been looking into upgrading my gt 1030 to a rtx 3050 i know it would be worth it in the long run but how does the 3050 stand out from the rest of the gpus out now

[DevaVictrix]

I think I remember reading it’s similar to a gtx1070 or gtx1660. What really matters is what games you want to play with it.

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Getting the most out of the rtx 3050 will depend on what system it will be installed in. Although pcie express revision is backward compatible you will most definitely want a system that fully supports the pcie 4.0 standard so your rtx 3050 will run at 4.0 speeds.

This is because the rtx 3050 runs in 8 express lanes, so pcie 3.0 system will run the rtx 3050 at 3.0 speed with only 8 lanes in operation. A 4.0 system will run 4.0 speeds with 8 lane operation.

Kind of like if you put the gt 1030 in a much older pcie 2.0 system. The gt 1030 only runs in 4 lanes and supports pcie 3.0 standard, so it makes sense to use it in a system that at least supports pcie 3.0. It would work in a pcie 2.0, but it's still 4 lanes, so that would be slower.

So, me personally, I would only use the rtx 3050 if I had a pc that supported the pcie 4.0 standard. That way I could get the most out of it. I fI had a 3.0 or a 2.0 pcie system, then I would get the rtx 2060, so I could at least operate in 16 lanes.

[Illusion of Progress]

An RTX 3050 doesn't seem to really stand out in any meaningful way. It mostly only stands out in a situation where you only want nVidia, only want a new product of the recent generation, and have a price range that affords an RTX 3050 but nothing more. In that situation it is possibly the best choice. But it doesn't stand out in many other ways as its performance for the price (value) isn't that great.

But you're asking a very open ended, broad question. If it fits what you want, get it. If not, what are you asking? If you were more specific, maybe there would be a better way to answer.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The 3050 is a complete joke. You can have 3060 / 3060 Ti level performance from an AMD 6600 / 6650 XT which is around the RTX 3050 pricing. I'd definitely look at those 2 AMD gpu models.

Otherwise you want a 3060 minimum if leaning towards modern day gpu from nvidia

[UserNotFound]

Agreed, from a price/performance perspective, the RX 6600 is faster is just about all rasterized games. There's absolutely no reason to get the RTX 3050 8GB when the RX 6600 8GB can be had for a similar price. No reason at all, the RX 6600 is actually cheaper than the RTX 3050 8GB over at Amazon, unless one is an nVidia fanatic whose brand loyalty outweighs common sense.

[ZAP]

If you play a lot of older PC games or use heavy emulation Radeon is way smoother even when locked at the same frame rate and just performs better in general.

[r.linder]

The 3050 is somehow more pointless than the 6500-XT because it's just way too expensive for its price point because the RX 6600 is in the same price range but performs quite bit better. RX 6600 is better at pretty much everything you could think of.

The 6500-XT is somehow a better value despite being a gimped refresh of a refresh of a refresh in terms of performance because it only has 4 lanes so if you run with a 3.0 slot, you lose up to 30% of the card's performance vs PCI-e 4.0.

[Introverted Gamer]

ZAP eredeti hozzászólása:

If you play a lot of older PC games or use heavy emulation Radeon is way smoother even when locked at the same frame rate and just performs better in general.

I used AMD GPU to play older games and Emulation it wasn't that good as Nvidia. Radeon doesn't have a Profile Inspector like Nvidia, you can't force Ambient Occlusion, LOD Bias through driver, useful when you want an older game to look prettier and up to date.

Also AMD OpenGL performance on Windows is terrible which is necessary for certain emulators, but as of Adrenalin 22.7.1 saw improvements, but I still haven't tested since I jumped to Nvidia.

The last sort of Radeon Profile Inspector was for AMD Catalyst and that was 2015.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

RTX 3050 is not a good card for what it costs. You can get RTX 2060 6GB for the same amount of money, which is more powerful in every way.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YbapEASeKA&t=136s

[r.linder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTrlJ-jsDRY

Same price range, 29% more performance on average at 1080p.

[ZAP]

Introverted Gamer eredeti hozzászólása:

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If you play a lot of older PC games or use heavy emulation Radeon is way smoother even when locked at the same frame rate and just performs better in general.

I used AMD GPU to play older games and Emulation it wasn't that good as Nvidia. Radeon doesn't have a Profile Inspector like Nvidia, you can't force Ambient Occlusion, LOD Bias through driver, useful when you want an older game to look prettier and up to date.

Also AMD OpenGL performance on Windows is terrible which is necessary for certain emulators, but as of Adrenalin 22.7.1 saw improvements, but I still haven't tested since I jumped to Nvidia.

The last sort of Radeon Profile Inspector was for AMD Catalyst and that was 2015.

Those are tools from that era like D3D Overrider, which with game mods are completely useless outside of making a benchmark score higher than it should.

If you compare two current, nearly equal cards from each company Radeon is a much better experience.

AMD has Tessellation/LOD in the adrenalin software btw.

[Introverted Gamer]

ZAP eredeti hozzászólása:

Introverted Gamer eredeti hozzászólása:

I used AMD GPU to play older games and Emulation it wasn't that good as Nvidia. Radeon doesn't have a Profile Inspector like Nvidia, you can't force Ambient Occlusion, LOD Bias through driver, useful when you want an older game to look prettier and up to date.

Also AMD OpenGL performance on Windows is terrible which is necessary for certain emulators, but as of Adrenalin 22.7.1 saw improvements, but I still haven't tested since I jumped to Nvidia.

The last sort of Radeon Profile Inspector was for AMD Catalyst and that was 2015.

Those are tools from that era like D3D Overrider, which with game mods are completely useless outside of making a benchmark score higher than it should.

If you compare two current, nearly equal cards from each company Radeon is a much better experience.

AMD has Tessellation/LOD in the adrenalin software btw.

That profile inspector I'm talking about isn't for performance use though. I'm talking about making older games look decent and not dated. AMD only way for this is through Reshade, but that messes up the ingame UI because effects gets applied on to it.

It like the Radeon Adrenalin UI looks more modern than Nvidia with Overclocking, Benchmarking, Statistics tools built right into it, no need for Afterburner or Rivatuner.

Tessellation and LOD are different afaik. You can't set Texture filtering Negative LOD Bias.

[ZAP]

Introverted Gamer eredeti hozzászólása:

ZAP eredeti hozzászólása:

Those are tools from that era like D3D Overrider, which with game mods are completely useless outside of making a benchmark score higher than it should.

If you compare two current, nearly equal cards from each company Radeon is a much better experience.

AMD has Tessellation/LOD in the adrenalin software btw.

That profile inspector I'm talking about isn't for performance use though. I'm talking about making older games look decent and not dated. AMD only way for this is through Reshade, but that messes up the ingame UI because effects gets applied on to it.

It like the Radeon Adrenalin UI looks more modern than Nvidia with Overclocking, Benchmarking, Statistics tools built right into it, no need for Afterburner or Rivatuner.

Tessellation and LOD are different afaik. You can't set Texture filtering Negative LOD Bias.

I'm aware, Nvidia Inspector, has a bunch of settings. There's actually modded Inspectors with the ability to lower detail even more. It does drastically increase performance in benchmarks when you lower the level of detail to where it looks like lumps of clay... 3DMark01 etc.

Anyway, play a legally emulated game and it will be smoother on the Radeon. I have current generation GeForce and Radeon cards.

Tessellation setting in adrenalin flags the same thing as LOD tweaks on modern 3DMark making it invalid.

[mtono]

i say, why not buy a 3050? it has nice power consumption of roundabout 130 watts. this is rare with gfx boards. there is no problem to me with the 3050 and playing games the whole day is less expensive.
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