ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 STRIX OC

[Mussels]

At least they called it a 3050, so it makes sense to be slightly behind the 2060 varieties


Strix these days means "we made one high end PCB and cooler, and re-used it for everything"
(At least they run cool and likely will live forever, but at the cost of literally double the competition)

 

[Rakhmaninov3]

$500 no thx

 

[Garrus]

Good review, but I don't understand why he suggested in his RX 6500 XT comparison that the "street price" of the 6500 XT is holding around $350. No it isn't, it has been in stock every day since launch day at $270 USD or less. I can buy an imported scalper version of the American card for $310 even, that's the highest price I've seen so far.

$270 USD 6500 XT versus $500 RTX 3050? It clearly needs to be $400 or less.

 

[Mussels]

Good review, but I don't understand why he suggested in his RX 6500 XT comparison that the "street price" of the 6500 XT is holding around $350. No it isn't, it has been in stock every day since launch day at $270 USD or less. I can buy an imported scalper version of the American card for $310 even, that's the highest price I've seen so far.

$270 USD 6500 XT versus $500 RTX 3050? It clearly needs to be $400 or less.

6500XT is in stock here in Au for $319 Aud, right now - ~$227 USD

RTX 3050 hasnt launched here yet, for comparisons

 

[claster17]

30dBA is the level of a whisper, apparently you think that is deafening

For some people whisper quiet isn't enough. The PC must be completely inaudible.

 

[Mussels]

For some people whisper quiet isn't enough. The PC must be completely inaudible.

Me!
I even undervolt these buggers

 

[AusWolf]

So much for being a 6500 XT competitor. Fatality! Flawless victory!

 

[Zubasa]

ASUS tax strikes again. Why make better products when you can just charge more for ordinary ones and convince fanboys that's okay?

At least they are honest about their $490 MSRP, unlike others.

So much for being a 6500 XT competitor. Fatality! Flawless victory!

IMO it is a Victory for nVidia, some reviewers will still cling to the "$250 MSRP".

 

[AusWolf]

IMO it is a Victory for nVidia, some reviewers will still cling to the "$250 MSRP".

Exactly.

 

[W1zzard]

Good review, but I don't understand why he suggested in his RX 6500 XT comparison that the "street price" of the 6500 XT is holding around $350. No it isn't, it has been in stock every day since launch day at $270 USD or less. I can buy an imported scalper version of the American card for $310 even, that's the highest price I've seen so far.

$270 USD 6500 XT versus $500 RTX 3050? It clearly needs to be $400 or less.

Wow this is great news, will update the reviews with $270. At $270 the 6500 XT is a definitive buy

 

[Valantar]

Looks like a much better balanced configuration than the 6500XT (which really should have been named 6400), and matching the 1660 with a 50-tier card is seemingly okay, though that ignores the massive product tier inflation that the 16** series created (it's not even close to a 2060, after all). Still, a decent enough performer. Too bad the efficiency is trash - better than the 6500 XT, but still terrible by today's standards. At $150, this would have been quite nice. At $250 MSRP? That's rough. At $600 scalper pricing? I'd rather buy a console.

 

[TheDeeGee]

30dBA is the level of a whisper, apparently you think that is deafening, perhaps you should do some research before posting fanboy comments.

I'm not a fanboy, i never had an ASUS GPU.

Just know from reviews the past years they're the way to go in terms of the heatsink, and they're also deshroud friendly.

 

[arni-gx]

i think this is the best of the best rxt 3080 8gb series from asus, today in the market......

 

[Legacy-ZA]

Wow this is great news, will update the reviews with $270. At $270 the 6500 XT is a definitive buy

Definitive buy, *snickers* I can't, bwhahahaha!.

 

[Vayra86]

Power efficiency is weird for Ampere. You'd expect lower end GPUs to have better power efficiency as generally there's diminishing returns in performance with more SMs, but GA106 is worse than GA102 and G104 is a good deal better than both.

The 104 is usually the 'best' die to have in terms of efficiency. This isn't a deviation from the norm. The 106 is always somehow gimped, and the 102 is always a derivative (minimal cut down) of the full maxed out chip. The 104 is generally 'the cleanest cut' for consumer/geforce and determines the baseline performance of the stack.

 

[Chrispy_]

no reason for anyone with a 2060 or 1070 to upgrade, it really annoys me that i'm running a 2016 GPU in 2022, but what can i do? NVidia, AMD and even Intel are in no rush to help the Low/MID PC gamer.
Today is the first day that i'm considering a Gaming Console in 20+ Years of PC Gaming, just pisses me off so much.

You shouldn't be upgrading from an xx60 or xx70 to an xx50. That's a downgrade, almost always. A sidegrade at best if you leave enough architectural generations between them.

Your "upgrade" is a 3060 or 3070 at $700 or $1100 respectively.

The 3050 is supposed to be an upgrade for the 1050-series, Nvidia's last xx50-class card and in that respect, it does very well. Shame about street pricing but that's not really Nvidia's fault.

 

[Shatun_Bear]

$500 for entry level 1080p gaming performance now huh? Next year $700 for 1080p gaming cards.

Street price will likely be higher than $500 even, as it has a green logo on the box.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

it'll probably sell out tomorrow, so yes

No. It's not worth the 490...it's selling out like ammunition for ten times it's Msrp in a zombie apocalypse... Except the card can't kill anything... But your wallet.

 

[Chrispy_]

$500 for entry level 1080p gaming performance now huh? Next year $700 for 1080p gaming cards.

Street price will likely be higher than $500 even, as it has a green logo on the box.

If the street price is higher than $500 just buy an RX6600 they're in stock at all the usual retailers for $480 and outperform the 3050 by a sizeable margin in most metrics.

 

[neatfeatguy]

To me it looks like it's just a direct replacement for a 980Ti, 1070 or 2060. Folks in this wheelhouse of 980Ti/1070/2060 cards, this certainly isn't an upgrade option unless they're okay with their current performance level and just want something new that gives them a piece of mind with a warranty.

Then again, for those that strictly want a card for 1080p gaming and the fact it can make use of DLSS in some games, it might be a helluva bargain if they can get it at MSRP of $250.

It is hard to really quantify the price and performance of this card when you're not in the position of needing one yourself. Personally I think the price is too high. I would have liked it to see it closer to $200 (maybe $219 at the most) and the performance is kind of far behind the 3060. A 35% performance drop compared to the 3060 seems rather steep.

 

[Garrus]

Definitive buy, *snickers* I can't, bwhahahaha!.

The $270 RX 6500 XT is clearly superior to a $400 RTX 3050 (which doesn't even exist anyways). The $450 Radeon 6600 is clearly superior to the $400 RTX 3050 also. Maybe next time don't judge an nVidia card based on its fake MSRP.

 

[coozie78]

I really, really NEED to get my Aorus 1080Ti onto Gumtree.

This situation is just plain painful and I feel for anyone out there right now
trying to get hold of ANY half decent GPU, even on Fleaby my card is
fetching MORE than I paid for it more than three years ago.

 

[Mussels]

Wow this is great news, will update the reviews with $270. At $270 the 6500 XT is a definitive buy

This is where it gets weird, each GPU has a budget model at the low price (Which may never actually be in stock), while premium models can double the price
Prices below are in AUD, with USD conversions added.

$225 USD

At that price? Actually not too bad


Then theres this... $414 USD, double the price and a terrible buy

The RTX 3050 finally launched here (pre order only, vs the AMD actually being in stock) and the prices are just as crazy

$300 USD (and probably never ins tock agai) to $560 USD, depending on the model

This is

 

[neatfeatguy]

MicroCenter by me doesn't have any in stock, but here are the prices for the handful of models they have brought in to sell (except the Zotac one, there is no price for it):

EVGA being the least expensive and the ROG being priced higher than what you can spend on a EVGA RTX 3060Ti XC Gaming (if you're lucky enough to be on the notify list and then get a chance to purchase it). Damn....

 

[W1zzard]

This is where it gets weird, each GPU has a budget model at the low price (Which may never actually be in stock), while premium models can double the price

From what I understand AMD and NVIDIA are pushing board partners to offer one model at or very close to MSRP, so their MSRP fantasies aren't exposes as total BS