Nvidia Releases GTX 1050 3GB Variant

[Rainbow Dash]

Nvidia has released another GTX 1050, this time with 3GB of VRAM. 

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The graphics card has 768 CUDA cores, equivalent to the amount found on the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. The GTX 1050 Gaming 03G runs at a 1392MHz base clock with a boost clock that scales up to 1518MHz. The 3GB of GDDR5 memory is untouched and operates at stock 7008MHz across a 96-bit memory bus.

I guess Nvidia has decided to just modify their current gpus to fill gaps in the gpu market. With the lowered memory bus, increased CUDA cores, and the price close to the GTX 1050Ti, this would be pointless to get over the GTX 1050Ti.

 

Source: 

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/evga-geforce-gtx-1050-3gb,37371.html

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

[jiyeon]

Is this an attempt at the extension of the 10 series GPU's lifespan, I see?

[Christophe Corazza]

When returned GPU cores are in greater supply than RAM...

 

I guess we should get used to the same model of card being marketed with completely different specs from now on then. Talk about confusing for people who don't pay much attention to technical details.

 

If only we had some kind of GeForce program to make clear the technical differences for the benefit of the consumers... 

 

 

[TheSLSAMG]

As if we needed more cards, this is pretty much a GTX 1050 Ti Lite. 

 

3 minutes ago, MiNy said:

Is this an attempt at the extension of the 10 series GPU's lifespan, I see?

Could be, but I don't particularly believe Jen Hsun when he says we won't be seeing the next generation for a long time.

 

2 minutes ago, Christophe Corazza said:

I guess we should get used to the same model of card being marketed with completely different specs from now on then. Talk about confusing for people who don't pay much attention to technical details.

 

If only we had some kind of GeForce program to make clear the technical differences for the benefit of the consumers... 

Yeah, though I'd say this isn't as bad as the GTX 1060 3GB, GT 1030 D4 or RX 560 896 vs 1024 because you're actually getting something better than expected. This card should perform a fair bit better than the 2GB GTX 1050.

[Rainbow Dash]

3 minutes ago, MiNy said:

Is this an attempt at the extension of the 10 series GPU's lifespan, I see?

Just like how they butchered the GT 1030 with DDR4.

[Arika]

How dumb...

[Christophe Corazza]

3 minutes ago, TheSLSAMG said:

Yeah, though I'd say this isn't as bad as the GTX 1060 3GB, GT 1030 D4 or RX 560 896 vs 1024 because you're actually getting something better than expected. This card should perform a fair bit better than the 2GB GTX 1050.

 

Shhhhhhh, new NDA! The first rule of the GeForce Program is that you don't talk about GeForce Program. 

[airdeano]

it's been coming since may of this year..here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/929098-1050-3gb-model-specs-listed-on-nvidia-site/.

surprised? shouldn't be. 

 

[LucidMew]

8 minutes ago, airdeano said:

it's been coming since may of this year..here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/929098-1050-3gb-model-specs-listed-on-nvidia-site/.

surprised? shouldn't be. 

 

Yeah, it's been "out" for a while. Why has it all of a sudden been making the headlines lately? It's not new news.

[Crunchy Dragon]

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