1050 3GB Model Specs Listed on Nvidia Site

[Daniel644]

So some youtube videos I watched last week talked about a rumor that Nvidia would be releasing a 3GB Variant of the 1050 and it looks like it's been confirmed, this doesn't bode well for next gen cards launching anytime soon.

 

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1050/

 

looks like it will have a lower memory Bandwidth then the 1050 and 1050ti but the same Cuda Core count as a 1050ti.

 

[Kushanth]

Not another 10 series card ? 1080 and 1080 TI was sufficient tbh.

[Herman Mcpootis]

3gb GTX 1050? with the same core count as the 1050ti?

[Daniel644]

3 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

3gb GTX 1050? with the same core count as the 1050ti?

It's like they want it to suck at mining so they gave it a shitty memory interface.

[tp95112]

3 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

3gb GTX 1050? with the same core count as the 1050ti?

 

 

Hopefully its msrp is less. If its 1GB less but also clocked a bit higher thats not a bad trade

[Rune]

Same number of cores as 1050ti...but faster boost clock? Wat

[Space Reptile]

 

[Daniel644]

1 minute ago, Rune said:

Same number of cores as 1050ti...but faster boost clock? Wat

and slower memory bandwidth then either the 1050 or 1050ti

[Spotty]

18 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

and slower memory bandwidth then either the 1050 or 1050ti

Well, that just makes no darn sense to me.

At first I thought it was simply going to be a 1050ti with just less GDDR5 RAM in it due to its current high cost (or a 1050 with more RAM), but now I'm just confused.
How much would the lower memory bandwidth impact performance?

[ltguy]

So remember when amd said they weren't going to compete with intel on the high end in 2011. Remember the years of crap products from amd that followed and the zero competition they provided intel. Well raja said they werent going to compete with nvidia on the high end. I'd expect crap gpu's from amd for 5 years or so while they repeat the mistakes they made on cpus, and nvidia having no competition.

 

News flash, you dont get to decide whether or not your going to compete with your direct competitor. SIGH!

[leadeater]

Nvidia: "We just want to enable gamers to make more informed decisions and know what they are purchasing"

 

[D13H4RD]

Another pointless GPU. 

 

Why bother when the GTX 11 series is around the corner? To squeeze what little Pascal has left? 

[Daniel644]

5 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Another pointless GPU. 

 

Why bother when the GTX 11 series is around the corner? To squeeze what little Pascal has left? 

probably because it's NOT as "around the corner" as people think it is.

[D13H4RD]

2 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

probably because it's NOT as "around the corner" as people think it is.

Still, why even release a pointless GPU in the first place? 

[Daniel644]

1 minute ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Still, why even release a pointless GPU in the first place? 

same reason as the 1070ti and the new 1060 using the GP104 core, use up cores that where to good to go to the lower tier card but not good enough for the next card up.

[D13H4RD]

Just now, Daniel644 said:

same reason as the 1070ti and the new 1060 using the GP104 core, use up cores that where to good to go to the lower tier card but not good enough for the next card up.

Perhaps, but it has the issue of making the lineup more confusing. 

 

So there's a 1050 that's like a 1050 Ti but with less VRAM and a narrow bus width and a 1060 that's a 1070 but...isn't?? 

[ZcanKal]

So... It's a 1050 ti that was crippled in "the war"?

[Daniel644]

Just now, ZcanKal said:

So... It's a 1050 ti that was crippled in "the war"?

yup, lost a leg worth of memory.

[ZcanKal]

Just now, Daniel644 said:

yup, lost a leg worth of memory.

Unfortunately, it lost it's "ti" title after it got back.

[Daniel644]

Just now, ZcanKal said:

Unfortunately, it lost it's "ti" title after it got back.

or it lost it in the mines.

[WereCat]

35 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Nvidia: "We just want to enable gamers to make more informed decisions and know what they are purchasing"

 

First they release media focused GT 1030 with 2GB which supports HEVC playback 10-bit and 12-bit, HDR, etc... but you cant watch Netflix 4k because that requires at least 3GB of VRAM on Pascal GPUs.

Then they make the same release with DDR4 but still with 2GB.

Then you got a GTX 1050 2GB so no luck there so you have to either get at least GTX 1050ti 4GB or GTX 1060 3GB which has 10% less SM than GTX 1060 6GB but you would think based on the name that just the VRAM count is different.

Now GTX 1050 3GB ... which is a 1050ti with a lower VRAM count and a lot lower memory bandwidth... what?

[ZcanKal]

1 minute ago, Daniel644 said:

or it lost it in the mines.

"Those 560's will pay for this."

[ZcanKal]

4 minutes ago, WereCat said:

First they release media focused GT 1030 with 2GB which supports HEVC playback 10-bit and 12-bit, HDR, etc... but you cant watch Netflix 4k because that requires at least 3GB of VRAM on Pascal GPUs.

Then they make the same release with DDR4 but still with 2GB.

Then you got a GTX 1050 2GB so no luck there so you have to either get at least GTX 1050ti 4GB or GTX 1060 3GB which has 10% less SM than GTX 1060 6GB but you would think based on the name that just the VRAM count is different.

Now GTX 1050 3GB ... which is a 1050ti with a lower VRAM count and a lot lower memory bandwidth... what?

And they wondered why we didn't buy Nvidia's "purpose" for the GPP.

[D13H4RD]

19 minutes ago, ZcanKal said:

And they wondered why we didn't buy Nvidia's "purpose" for the GPP.

It's totally contradictory given their increasingly confusing lineup 

[Humbug]

2 hours ago, ltguy said:

Well raja said they werent going to compete with nvidia on the high end. I'd expect crap gpu's from amd for 5 years or so while they repeat the mistakes they made on cpus, and nvidia having no competition.

when did Raja say that?

Link?