Packaging

The Card

Palit's RTX 3050 StormX OC is a super compact design that's dominated by the black plastic cooler, which has some interesting surface details. A backplate is not available.


Dimensions of the card are 17.0 x 12.5 cm, and it weighs 466 g.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 1.4a ports.


The card has one 8-pin power input. This configuration is rated for up to 225 W of power draw.


The GeForce RTX 3050 does not support SLI.

Teardown

Palit's thermal solution uses three heatpipes and provides cooling for the GPU, memory chips, and VRM circuitry.


Along the bottom edge of the card, I found this metal bar. Not sure about its purpose as the card is short enough not to need any anti-bending stabilizers.