Monday, October 27th 2025

MSI Launches NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Inspire Dual-Slot GPU for SFF PC Builds

MSI has officially announced the latest entries in its Inspire GPU line-up, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Inspire ITX and the RTX 5050 Inspire ITX OC. As the name suggests, the RTX 5050 Inspire ITX line-up is designed for small form-factor PC builds, so both models feature the same compact two-slot design as the RTX 5060 version we recently reported on, measuring in at just 147 × 120 × 45 mm. Both versions of the GPU also feature the same cooling solution, with a single-fan cooler design with a Torx Fan 5.0 and a single heat pipe.

The only notable difference between the two versions is the clock speed, with the vanilla RTX 5050 Inspire ITX topping out at 2587 MHz in Extreme Performance mode (2572 MHz regular boost clocks), while the OC version is capable of 2617 MHz in Extreme Performance mode while boosting to 2602 MHz ordinarily. Both ITX cards feature three DisplayPort 2.1b ports and a single HDMI 2.1b port and have a rated power consumption of 130 W, supplied via a single 8-pin power connector. Users can select between Gaming and Silent modes in MSI Center or dive deeper into customization and overclocking in MSI Afterburner. No pricing information has been announced for the new ITX GPUs.
Sources: MSI, MSI
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9 Comments on MSI Launches NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Inspire Dual-Slot GPU for SFF PC Builds

#1
KLMR
Dat 8-pin connector X_D
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dgianstefani
TPU Proofreader
RTX 5050 not being slot powered is such a shame tbh.
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#3
OneWithMisery
5060 16Gt with a reasonable price and we can talk. This is just e-waste.
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#4
TheinsanegamerN
Should have been a 5070/ti in that form factor. That would actually be interesting.
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#5
LastDudeALive
dgianstefaniRTX 5050 not being slot powered is such a shame tbh.
Yeah. Nvidia must still have an abundance of GA107 chips need to use in 3050 6GB slot-powered cards, or possibly their contract with Samsung isn't up yet, or isn't totally occupied by the Switch 2.

Until that's done, they can't release a slot-powered GPU that fills that same niche.
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#6
TheinsanegamerN
LastDudeALiveYeah. Nvidia must still have an abundance of GA107 chips need to use in 3050 6GB slot-powered cards, or possibly their contract with Samsung isn't up yet, or isn't totally occupied by the Switch 2.

Until that's done, they can't release a slot-powered GPU that fills that same niche.
But if they did make such a card, it wouldnt be cheap, samsung 8nm is WAY cheaper.

They do make a slot powered GPU on newer nodes, its the RTX 4000 ada, and it starts at $1300.
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eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
I guess sff is dual slot now?
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#8
Flawless
For half the price almost i can get used rtx 3060 12 gb small form factor ...why would i buy this??? Office users don't need video card for everyday tasks, vga feature in cpu can handle anything related, and pc builders using this will trigger unsatisfied customers ..i wait for 5060ti in this small formfactor 16 gb model...which MSI has one bun strange design
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#9
Onasi
eidairaman1I guess sff is dual slot now?
I mean, some cards in NV own “SFF Ready” program realllly stretch the definition, so at this point it’s basically meaningless, unfortunately.
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