Can The Worst RTX Graphics Card Do Ray Tracing?

[@eldibs]

DLSS is the real selling point for RTX cards. It's not perfect, but it works well. For gaming, ray tracing is currently just a neat toy.

[@devilmikey00]

RT reminds of 3D on the 3DS. I'd turn it on for a few seconds, go "that's neat" and promptly turn it off forever because it cut the framerate in half.

[@lgkninja]

@@devilmikey00 did the 3ds get worse fps with 3d on? If so I didn’t know that. Or are you talking about ray tracing?

[@liamsgamingpcs7473]

@@lgkninja I believe it’s slightly worse but given it’s a console and every game is specifically designed for the console I doubt it’s by that much….

[@gybody4653]

yeah, dlss is one of the reasons i went for nvidia instead of radeon, despite the radeon being technically slightly faster

[@420southcitykid]

I agree, dlss was why I went with nvidia. Imo ray tracing is overhyped and not worth the loss in fps

[@dragontales1999]

The thing that blows my mind is that the 3050 is worse than the 2060, so it's essentially just a 2050, not an actual 3050.

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

Nvidia keeps releasing lines of new cards without really an invocation.

[@JS-ji5fl]

Follows Nvidia trends though.

[@dragontales1999]

@@JS-ji5fl to be fair, the 3060 TI was on par with a 2080 Super. All of the high end 3000 series cards were a improvement

[@dragontales1999]

@E E uh no the 3060 TI is better than a 2070 Super and on par with a 2080 Super

[@mohameddaahir1171]

@E E 2080 super and 3060ti and very similar but 3060 ti is usually better

[@Microwave034]

Bro lost about 950 fps when he turned on Rtx mode in quake 2

[@personfromlatviapfl]

Shows how unoptimized Ray tracing is

[@gregga.7546]

​@LatS0ul ray tracing is awesome on Doom Eternal. I play on a 4050 laptop and I still make ~120 fps heavy load all at least high graphics

[@Blaze4Mania]

@@gregga.7546my 2050 laptop can barely get 60 dang

[@tonny8881]

Been stuck with a 1050Ti for 5 years. Upgraded to a 3050 after getting a new CPU and I am not regretting it. Enjoying Cyberpunk with DLSS without RT and I couldn't be happier since the game is over 60 FPS.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Cool! That’s a huge upgrade and I’m glad to hear you’re happy with your new GPU. 😁

[@tonny8881]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff All I can say is hard work paid off 😀. Just had to grab the card when I saw it for such a good price.

[@emmettdaster]

that's exactly what I'm doing haha

[@pajeetsingh]

You playing cybercuck?

[@memething8347]

Im still with the 1050ti, waiting for the new series

[@ObliteAbyss]

The thing with raytracing is that it was the goal for so long, that we had plenty of time to get very good at faking it - So when it finally came along, it didn't make as much of an impact as it would have previously.

[@elhomo6406]

It still makes a pretty big impact in open world games with dynamic light and weather systems where baked in lighting is more difficult to get right.

[@igorrafael7429]

it does make a big difference, you only need to know where to look at.

[@GamerGavin04]

@@igorrafael7429 lol minecraft with ray tracing looks super good. Especially paired with shaders.

[@BlazeSh0t]

I’d say it’s a pretty big impact considering how little it actually does visually lol. Cyberpunk in 4K on a 3090 with rtx on gets like 20 fps

[@sobari745]

Yeah, pretty much the only thing raytracing currently does noticeably better than the “faked” methods is reflections, in my opinion. Honestly though, with time, I feel like AMD and Nvidia probably could have developed new techniques to further improve realism in game without relying on the brute force method that is raytracing.

[@Arylist]

when the "worst rtx graphics card" works better than your gpu

[@SkSkPlacaPlaca]

What do you have

[@Hpa09]

A 3200G;-;

[@Thats_NotHisName]

@@SkSkPlacaPlaca Gt 710

[@babatona]

Yep, I don't wanna fucking RTX 4090 when i can have 3050. I don't play AAA games with ultra max graphics which doesn't make sense anyways. It's good because it mostly does its job at 1080p. I had a Nvidia GT-400 or something before.

[@irmajustinasmikuckiai8287]

I have rtx 3050 16 gb version it can do 4K at 40 fps 1440P 113 fps

[@BaxTechYT]

I'm impressed by how well DLSS can help. If the GPU market ever comes back to a reasonable place, this gives me hope!

[@WASD-MVME]

Yea they will just keep selling you cards with lesser power but you can use DLSS right and game devs can continue to use it as a crutch

[@Verpal]

@@WASD-MVME Whilst I agree game dev got lazy, blaming DLSS isn't really what I will do right now, since vast majority of PC gamer don't have access to DLSS yet. Maybe another 5 year we will start to see horribly optimized game coming out, but with absolutely immaculate DLSS implementation.

[@AllanBorch]

Well actually... it's not great... you can see if you're running a lesser card (like me) that the DLSS is just upscaling... from time to time, when you hit the demanding stuff, you will get reminded of just how poor you are... -there's more, because the errors in development just stays there, for example Cyberpunk... every time you look in the mirror it looks like 360p... like... you are not moving! -Why does this need upscaling?!?? ...and sudden texture changes, when just driving around in the desert... there's lots more, but my point is: save up for an xx80, or xx90, don't let yourself be dependent on DLSS... it's just not worth it.

[@buggerlugz6753]

IF.

[@Bourinos02]

Well, yeah, playing at 720p in 2022 will definitely help the GPUs to push out higher fidelity graphics.

[@IVIUT3D]

The 3050 is the perfect upgrade if you have not gotten into modern cards. I was coming off a gtx760 and I am happy with the performance of the 3050.

[@DrastixMachina]

Yeah, I do blender rendering and video editing, on top of gaming but I’m coming from a 1050. I bought the card (was supposed to come in today, but nope, last minute shipping update changed to tomorrow instead) But I haven’t gotten to get into any new era cards and the 1050 was starting to fail in certain aspects on newer games I tried playing. The 3050 intrigued me and was a budget rtx card, the benchmarks are promising and it’ll increase my workflow with blender and video editing by a fuck ton

[@aidencrooker6243]

@@DrastixMachina yo tell me how it does when you test it

[@akiani]

i mean, i can play elden ring on max with barely any stuttering. good enough for me

[@durg3sh]

Hello from a guy who upgraded from uhd 620

[@jub8891]

same here.. this is mindblowingly good for the games i play with it.. i dont need 4k@120fps, just something that looks good on a laptop..

[@JimJK]

gamers when rtx doesn't run at 6000000 fps

[@recordatron]

Seems for most games the real killer RT feature is ray traced global illumination. The shadows and reflections are nice and all but the real scene changing stuff comes from GI. If that's not featured or its paired back the difference seems to be a lot less noticeable if you're not looking for it.

[@stonedassnecoarc]

To me at least the reflections are the most noticeable change. While full global illumination would be nice, almost no games use it yet because it is just so hard to run, and even then, the only time it does much is in dark areas with minimal lighting sources, for example, dark caves with a few torches in minecraft. Reflections are far more noticeable and improved overall, all for minimal performance drops. DOOM Eternal's RT reflections are really well done and the non RT global illumination looks extremely good as well.

[@imo098765]

@@stonedassnecoarc Cyberpunk has great reflections and GI

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

That’s a very good point. Hopefully we will start too see that more as the new Unreal engine starts showing up in more games.

[@recordatron]

@@stonedassnecoarc Dying Light 2 is pretty much the poster boy for RT GI at the moment, don't even have to know what you're looking for to see the differences in a lot of environments when turning it on and off. Definitely worth taking a look at if you want something that's a bit more drastic looking.

[@frenchfrogg4209]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff can i teste my motherboard without a cpu fan before i plut in my pc

[@TechWithSean]

3:27 those pads may help the cooler sit flush against the PCB. Even though there's no VRAM there, if there were no pads on one side, the mounting pressure may be more uneven.

[@twizz420]

I was thinking there might also be memory on the other side of the PCB, but I'm not sure if that's the case with the 3050.

[@kwerpi]

I doubt those soft squishy pads do anything for mounting pressure. The real reason is that the memory modules in different locations on different cards but they just put in the thermal pads on all locations so to not have to determine a different pad placement for every possible location for 4 VRAM packages.

[@buggerlugz6753]

Should have put more ram on it then. I mean wtf bother leaving them empty. cop out IMHO.

[@kwerpi]

@@buggerlugz6753 Because that would change the specs off the card: each memory package uses a 32bit interface. Using 4 means the card has 128bit memory bus. But add 2 more and now you have 192bit memory bus which is the same as the 3060. The memory bus also determines the size of VRAM you can have, and 12GB already seemed like too much for the 3060 but the other option was 6GB. 8GB is a good middle ground for the 3050.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

That’s a very good point! Makes complete sense. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@spl4shhimself]

To be fair, you dont actually have to play with RTX, unless you really want to. The thing is, this GPU was designed specifically for 1080p gaming, so imo This gpu would be one of the best budget gpus for those 1080p gamers 😄

[@elijahsmith7555]

Not even close to the best budget gpu you sound silly. You must own a 3050 and are coping

[@terradrive]

the RT cores aren't just for gaming, it can literally double 3d rendering speed in blender, used for AI programs like AI image upscalers etc

[@juliusfucik4011]

As far as I can tell Blender uses CUDA cores to do the raytracing. A typical RTX application does one (!) raytracing pass and then uses a neural network to add detail. Blender needs to do hundreds of passes as it gathers the details for each pixel. Also, take into account the material simulation in Blender is probably more complex than the ones you can define in RTX.

[@RhapsodyWarrior]

Yep, that's why a sold my RX5600XT and buy a RTX 3050...

[@b_j_t]

@@juliusfucik4011 No, that was in the past. Blender's Cycles renderer added support for the OptiX API which makes use of some of Nvidia's other cores producing a huge speedup. CUDA only is still an option but it's vastly slower than OptiX if the GPU supports it

[@terradrive]

@Невада большевик the problem is not whether if it can use amd'a rt cores but amd's support on these apps are lackluster. You need to buy plugins to be able to render properly using amd's gpu, even then it has problems too

[@Magnulus76]

@@juliusfucik4011 You can use both. Tensor cores are just a specialized kind of CUDA core that runs fp16 operations faster.

[@Altair112pl]

I played Control on a 2070 and DLSS was pretty much mandatory to keep the game above 60fps, it looks phenomenal with RTX so if you can run it with it, it's definitely worth it

[@SmittyWJManJensen]

6:30 "there's some fire on our gun, this is definitely worth half the framerate" This statement is basically raytracing in a nutshell.

[@FinnLovesFP]

Crysis 1 Remastered's Raytracing affects reflections only. which applied to mostly metal surfaces and some water surfaces, and some concrete interiors. while it does look nice, it's not really all that worth it. if anything, Crysis 2 remastered raytracing makes more sense as 1 could've benefited more from RT Shadows and global illumination instead.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! That makes sense. Also explains why it didn’t have much of a performance effect.

[@QWERTYCommander]

Also it doesn't use the RT cores, unlike the other games.

[@FinnLovesFP]

@@QWERTYCommander I heard from someone in the Crysis discord that It actually does, as if you have an RTX card or RDNA 2 GPU, it has a seperate Vulkan layer API to handle hardware acceleration for Crysis 1 remastered.

[@bloodywall81]

your wrong , the tittle is turtle sim remastered

[@tobyedwards1803]

"Dawid cackles manically as RTX 3050 cries"

[@Aruj]

technically the worst rtx card is RTX 2050 laptop

[@mezzix6969]

but still has better performance

[@MrSuperiorYT]

​@@mezzix6969No.

[@mezzix6969]

@@MrSuperiorYT whats wrong w that? i use it and im able to play any game i want without any issue

[@MrSuperiorYT]

@@mezzix6969 GPUs are never bad, but their prices are. RTX 2050 is just like GTX 1650 and nothing else, the word ‘RTX’ is just a marketing gimmick before the name ‘2050’. As compared to the price, the GPU has worse performance. Well, if you're enjoying it then that's your personal matter and after all very good.

[@MandoMTL]

I think the logic behind the extra thermal pad is to even out mounting pressure.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Ayyyy! That makes complete sense.

[@autobahn_cj]

I've got myself a 3050 last week and it was big upgrade for me from 970, it does the job alright for 1080p settings, hopefully the market comes down so I can grab another 3080 for 1440p settings lol

[@unlimitedbagels]

How you getting on? I've ordered an Asus OC 3050, coming from a 980. After spending ages looking around and seeing the horrible 3060 prices etc I thought this is a good in between card. You get the new tech etc. But after I ordered I did start to think, omg have I made a mistake. Especially as the price isn't mega low still. I'm at 1080p on a nice 22" monitor.

[@indrajitroy1570]

Enjoy ur card brother.

[@autobahn_cj]

@@unlimitedbagels I'm happy with it, and yea it will be a good upgrade for u if ur going to use it in ur current setup

[@jadenwilliams615]

You should definitely see a big difference... have fun ;)

[@autobahn_cj]

Update : upgraded my monitor to 1440p ultra wide and 3050 gets me mostly 90fps to 100 on apex with 1440p settings. I still think it's bang for ur buck with current prices coming down and if don't want to spend much on gpu also I think if u have don't have a fairly new setup new gpus won't even run with 100% potential.

[@drdeathkitty]

Ive always wondered, what happens if you solder more memory modules to the empty space?

[@Cortanakya]

Technically doable. You'd also need to flash a hacked bios that was able to manage the added memory, and you might run into issues with artificially limited memory channels (e.g., if nvidia used poorly binned silicon for the lower tier cards like Intel does then there might be no physical connection between the actual gpu and the memory channels for the newly installed vram). If nvidia didn't A) physically sever the data lanes for the memory and B) you could convince the bios on the card, the bios on your computer, the drivers on your computer, and the memory management across the whole... Well, then sure! It might be as simple as soldering it on and flashing the bios from a higher tiered card (e.g., a 3090 with 24gb ram) and matching the memory one-to-one with the flashed bios's expected memory configuration. You'd then just have to tell the card to limit itself to only using the CUDA/RTX cores that your 3050 actually has (so it doesn't attempt to compute data on cores that don't exist) and also limit the max power draw for the card to match the specifications of the 3050. Things like fan speed control and display output should just work as-is. Super simply: yes, that's basically what nvidia/MSI/Asus etc do. They produce thousands of boards that can accept several GPU configurations (3050/3060/3060ti/3070 etc) and simply stamp the required components onto the board. You could absolutely do that yourself but anybody with the knowledge and skills required to do so almost certainly wouldn't need to do so as they likely have a very profitable job working for nvidia already and could just buy a brand new 4090ti ;)

[@Marchey_]

seeing that GPU at 99% and that CPU at 1% running quake made me laugh 😂

[@buggerlugz6753]

Which speaks volumes really.

[@Iridiumcosmos]

That means the GPU is being fully utilized. That’s not a bad thing.

[@TheAAandGGShow]

gpu at 100% isnt a bad thing its just how gpus go they arent like ram or cpu

[@notsoseriouslen6374]

umm thats a good thing its when the gpu dips below 90% or so the cpu isnt processing quick enough so what are you talking about?

[@Sergmanny46]

@@Iridiumcosmos And that speaks very bad of the CPU, because it's not doing anything. Or you can look at it another way and say the GPU is pretty much sweating at this point constantly being forced to running at 99%. How is that NOT a bad thing? You're not supposed to 100% your GPU all the time, and same goes for the CPU.

[@alienatedpoet1766]

What I was hoping for with raytracing was more on reflections. It bugged me how windows and mirrors didn't reflect images anymore. It was a small detail I missed in other games. Now raytracing offers exactly that, but is used to show off the same lighting we had before, just different. Yay. Come on gaming industry! Ray tracing works if you put it in the right places instead of slathering it all over and making barely any change!

[@raven4k998]

I've been screwing for a while🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oleksii_levenko]

I think ray tracing is more a useful tool for developers than for players since it makes creating lighting so much easier and keeping it realistic, so future development will be much simpler and accessible

[@Forseti008]

2:20 - imagine firing THIS kind of shots after getting the GPU sent by Gigabyte. :D

[@Minto107]

Well, at least his honest about gigashit quality

[@mrducky179]

better to have honest opinions instead of someone being all flattery and soft just because they got sent a free gpu

[@Forseti008]

@@mrducky179 But this GPU appears to be perfectly fine so it was possible to express an honest opinion without roasting Gigabyte for their previous fuckup. :P

[@Minto107]

@@mrducky179 exactly. I've had 2 Gigabyte boards. Intel and AMD one. Both died after like 5-7 years, while in other PC I had an Asus board which works well till this day. I'm using MSI Tomahawk Max B450 in my main rig now and so far no issues

[@mrducky179]

@@Forseti008 fair enough but we all know dawid for his sarcasm

[@MenkoDany]

The new Cyberpunk patch apparently improves performance a lot, especially on low-end HW and higher resolutions

[@rubenfasola5402]

going from patch 1.1 to 1.5 (had not played the game in a while xD) i went from 27 to 38fps in the same place, same settings

[@bagenskiii8376]

I have the laptop variant (found within the MSI GF63 Thin) and it runs ray tracing surprisingly well. Metro Exodus, Minecraft RTX, and Cyberpunk all run around 40-50 frames. It's not perfect, but certainly fun to mess around with.

[@iq6796]

I think im the only person in this community who actually bought a 3050 XD, I run mine at 1080p at almost max settings in most games and I get over 100 FPS usually. I do think its a good GPU for the price in the current market

[@socrguy123]

I felt a little attacked. This is the exact card in my system and I feel pretty good about it. You need dlss, but it runs great

[@danyscrub2344]

I am thinking of getting a bunch of upgrades for my pc in the future and i am wondering what cpu are you running? I am thinking about getting a ryzen 5600x and in the future get the 3050. I currently have a rx570 4gb

[@iq6796]

@@socrguy123 I'm running the Palit dual OC version, and it has been working great. The max temp I saw was 79°C but that is probably because I'm using a 14 year old case which has absolutely no ventilation, but I'll be getting a new case soon and that should improve thermals

[@socrguy123]

@@danyscrub2344 I have the 11600kf and 32 gb of crucial ballistix 3200mhz. Probably a little overkill for this, but plenty of room to grow

[@iq6796]

@@socrguy123 yea that is definitely overkill XD. I'm running a Ryzen 5 Pro 3350G which is basically an OEM only CPU but I managed to get it for $180 and I'm running 16 GB of RAM that is capable of 3200MHz but it's capped at 2933MHz due to CPU limitations and my Palit RTX 3050 OC, but all of this nice shiny hardware is in a 14 year old PC case rn so I'm planning to get a new case soon

[@ChengTeoh]

"I've been screwing for a while" ... another quote to add to the pile of things said on this channel that could get him into trouble if the KZbin bot learns about sex. 😆

[@doomslayer_spyrofan3943]

They are really annoying

[@YK.Its.Turtle]

It's kinda sad when even references to sex are immediately picked up...

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I really hope that day doesn’t come. 😅

[@EpicArcher13244]

just got this exact card and it runs great for gaming with friends at 1080p, ray tracing is something that's amazing but not something i use 24/7 as I mainly play valorant, overwatch and etc... but otherwise its defiantly a huge upgrade from my 1050 ti and if you are going for a budget modern build this is something worth looking into

[@godpop]

1080p is the goat

[@ksm13706]

Im running Cyberpunk on the rtx 3060 and I have to say I can definitely tell a difference. The nights are darker and more moody, after it rains you can see the wet reflection of the puddles on the streets. Idk im still pretty new to pc gaming but im def enjoying myself 😊

[@msquirrel1]

For me, its very hard to see the differences with RT on in Cyberpunk. Game looks good with regular old lighting. What kind of FPS are you getting? What are your settings? I ask because I cannot find the right setting set up.

[@lilapple]

@@msquirrel1 I have a 3060 too, and I use all high and ultra settings, dlss quality, only rt reflections, on 1080p, and I get 70+ fps at all times

[@msquirrel1]

@@lilapple thanks! Ill try it out!

[@dbadaddy7386]

That was the only difference I noticed, puddle reflections. Welcome to the PC Master Race.

[@shuriken204]

@@msquirrel1 I went from a 1660 super to a 2070 super and didn’t think the lighting really changed. I know everything else looks better but the lighting doesn’t look like it even changed.

[@nehalcity]

1:17 wtf 8k dollars, thanks I'll buy this for 300 dollars then sell this in the used market for 8k dollars

[@auralitegames3367]

Just got a 2070 super and I love playing with raytracing! I get a solid 60-80 on most games, but haven't tried competitive yet

[@MrPrinceofallsaiyan]

The 2070 super smokes the 3050 and 3060

[@Spark-pv9js]

8:19 - dlss ultra performance on 4k is actually rendering at 720p, so it even tricked Dawid's experienced eye xd Just goes to show how dlss is amazing and how its rtx's only true benefit lol

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha! Yeah that’s true. To be fair, it was “only” on a 1080p monitor. So the jump from 720p wasn’t too huge. 😁

[@tylerbeaumont]

Ray tracing is more an industrial thing. RTX cards are noticeably better at rendering 3D scenes, baking lights in unreal, and other industrial stuff than their non-RTX counterparts. Real time ray tracing in games isn’t really too viable in games rn, as much as it runs amicably on even the 2060 and 3050. It’s gonna be a few years yet until RTX is a staple, and even longer until it’s worth it to the average gamer, but for anything non-real time or non-gaming, RTX a wonderful feature and a massive time saver

[@aceantoniosiquijor5194]

RTX 2050 for laptops be like: "Hey! I'm the loserest! What you talking about?"

[@BobM925]

I like the understated design of the Eagle cards, I have the Eagle 3070, it's not quite as "cheap" since there's a metal back plate on the cooler, not just a plastic shell.

[@devilmikey00]

Pretty much my ray tracing experience with every game that has it has been turning it on, trying really hard to see a difference worth the performance loss, coming to the conclusion that it isn't and turning it off. Are reflections and some RT lighting in some games neat? Yeah but cutting your performance by a 1/3rd neat? No. DLSS is awesome though, that makes all those tensor/RT cores worth it. Having a "get 20-30% extra performance for a nearly unnoticeable visual change" button in my options is always nice.

[@Kocan7]

My problem with DLSS is simple: it works only on some GPUs and in some games. I would love to see standarizied approach to technique like that, I know FSR is kind of there, but currently it can't be constantly turned on in nvidia drivers.

[@thomaslayman9487]

only game worth ray tracing on is minecraft :)

[@The101damnations]

@@Kocan7 FSR is just marginally less shitty spatial upscaling. It cannot add detail to an image in the way that temporal upscaling with a neural net can. Can we end this meme that FSR is somehow comparable to DLSS when any FSR image immediately looks like dogshit compared to native?

[@Kocan7]

@@The101damnations I just literally mentioned that FSR exists. I guess anyone can have bad day, is everything okay?

[@Zyxlian]

Ray tracing is really more of a developer helper than anything else. Baking lighting into games without ray tracing is an archaic mess of work-arounds and fudging. But it's a mess that people in the game developing world have gotten very used to (since it is literally the only way games have had lighting since games were a thing - with few exceptions). With ray tracing, the developer can put a light in a scene and it just works - no fudging needed. If you don't notice much of a difference with ray tracing enabled, it means that the developers did a great job with fudging the lighting. DLSS, on the other hand, just seems like fudging to me. If I play a game at a certain resolution, I want the game to render at that resolution. I may be skewed in my opinion a little since I've been using 4k monitors for so long, but I can immediately notice the drop in resolution with DLSS on. I would much rather just tinker with the settings for a few minutes for a game to run smoothly.

[@alderoth01]

I turned on the new ray-tracing on my RTX 3060 12Gb and it ran the benchmark on Cyberpunk with no issues. My FPS was like 39.1? Something around 39, but all I could tell was the reflections in water were clearer, BUT what I notices even more was that it ran best without ray-tracing on, and on Extreme settings at 4K. My FPS was around 65? 70? I'm debating on switching to the AMD 7950xt. I don't really understand ray-tracing, or much of the graphic settings lol.

[@zelozelos578]

ray tracing at this point is just a tease anyway. It is awesome eyecandy and I hope the tech keeps getting better and games n whatnot get on board more too. RT is going to be something that will immerse you more into your experience, it can be a tool to bring more realistic stuff to your eyes or super realistic, the super part we got, we can just make it up and see what looks good, for realistic its gonna take a LOT of work. There is a bandwidth of rays we still do not "trace" or calculate. Subtle variances, interactions and conditions that effect everything. Adding all this together can make a scene indistinguishable from the real thing. Now we have screens that can show more detail than our eyes can see we can push the limits of cg calculations

[@Dog_21]

I love how on Quake 2 the CPU is at 2-1% and the Gpu was at like 35-40% lol and then Dawid turned on ray tracing

[@buggerlugz6753]

Which shows how uselessly implemented ray tracing is.

[@Dog_21]

@@buggerlugz6753 yeah it’s honestly kinda sad

[@mikimotobaa]

0:23 the 5$ mouse

[@jonumand]

I absolutely LOVE that you take your time with these reviews.

[@raven4k998]

do two rtx 3050's in sli equal an rtx 3060 or 3070?

[@jonumand]

@@raven4k998 no

[@soupwizard]

0:09 "I wonder if the loseryist RTX graphics card can do the hardest RTX thing?" What's that thing - be purchased at MSRP?

[@thundergamer9554]

I use a 3050 from EVGA. Sure its not the best GPU, but its really good for its value. This is my first modern GPU. I currently use it with my i5 4570. The bottleneck is pretty bad in some games but I have a Ryzen 5 5500 on the way. Other than that it can run most things at max graphics quite well.

[@altonb]

Just had to point out that in Quake II the CPU is drawing 2 watts. Thought that was amusing

[@Fogolol]

that thing draws less than my cpu on idle lmao

[@Verpal]

4K ultra performance render resolution is actually 720P, Cyberpunk 2077 did recently updated its DLSS though, being able to pass off as 1080P internal resolution seems to mean DLSS is working better?

[@MLWJ1993]

DLSS is good, but you'd probably be able to tell in some cases if you were actually looking for differences.

[@jericosangbaan4688]

I was actually torn into picking an RTX3050 over a used RTX 2060 Super. never regretted that I chose the RTX 2060 Super. OC'd the memory to +600mhz and core to +150mhz, performs close to an rtx 2070 at 1080p. Playing Cyberpunk 2077 all Ultra, RTX Psycho, using DLSS Quality and FrameGen mod (enables Frame Gen) very happy getting 65-75FPS

[@jonasGancedo]

It's not the worst RTX card. The worst is actually the Quadro T400 based on Turing architecture, it has DLSS and RTX too, but it's wayyy worse. Still, good video mate!

[@whatdahek]

Isn't Quadro workstation cards tho?

[@jonasGancedo]

@@whatdahek Yes sure, but this one is just a 1650 with less cores so it doesn't change that much things. Maybe you'll get better image quality / better colors but that's just better lol

[@jonasGancedo]

@@whatdahek Also Quadro cards often have wayy better performance per watts than GeForce Cards

[@CaptainMumpitz]

"Ah yes, my favourite disappointment!" that's what my mum tells me whenever I visit

[@msub17]

6:41 "My favorite disappointment: Cyberpunk" got me rolling 😂

[@ssenrak8117]

I wonder if the stickers means that gigabyte ain't gonna void your guarantee if you open the card, but still put this to ensure that you buy a brand new card (or a non opened one if its an used one) If so that's great and I support this idea

[@eknaap8800]

"...ain't gonna." Really?

[@SgtRock4445]

These are going for the same price as a rx6600 over here (~€500). If my rtx 2080 were to kick the bucket right now I'd get a rx6600. More bang for buck.

[@okami9039]

Why? Your RTX 2080 is better than rx 6600

[@SgtRock4445]

@@okami9039 I said if my 2080 would break. 😊

[@okami9039]

@@SgtRock4445 then get a better one you'll just degrade your performance if you go for rx 6600 if RTX 2080 breaks lol

[@fwsavage]

@@okami9039 are you joking or do you just not understand his comment

[@okami9039]

@@fwsavage that was two months ago so...

[@davidclark6071]

I have no clue what half the stuff you’re talking about it but it’s so entertaining. Amazing content!

[@Dtr146]

Throughout the years, The next generation's graphics card normally was as good as it's predecessors higher model. For example, the 1050 was as good as the 960 or it's a 1070 was as good as 980. Now it's just all over the place

[@raven4k998]

it's quite little look at that🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@demontekdigital]

Dawid: "4K with ultra performance DLSS on Is, like, one of the dumbest settings you can run Cyberpunk in." Average 12 yr old Fortnite kid on Cyberpunk: "Hold my soda."

[@nomadace777]

naw more like “hold my juicebox”

[@nomadace777]

@CL4K more like “hold my formula”

[@skilletborne]

@@nomadace777 More like "hold my amniotic fluid"

[@michaelle1423]

I have an rtx 3050. I got it as an upgrade from an rx 580. The only games I play with RT is when a game with RT on has a tiny performance loss. But most of the time I leave RT off because I'm happy with the upgrade I went.

[@InfinityTheLion]

I just really want to say Dawid, your videos make my day every single time you upload. Your content always brings me joy and I sit through every single upload loving your charisma, your sexy component close-up shots, ALL DA MEMEZ. You're getting me through a really tough time in my life and I appreciate you and your content.

[@raven4k998]

encourage him to add more ram to his rtx 3050 and fill those empty ram spots for shits and giggles factor

[@Tore_Lund]

Youth today is spoiled. In 1991, it took me 7 hours to raytrace a single rendered 800X600 picture on my Atari 1040ste!

[@personfromlatviapfl]

What value did you bring to the comment section

[@adogthatgoesbark2163]

Go home grandpa

[@elijahsmith7555]

Thank you for your input grandpa

[@gdcalamity]

I have a 3050 and for me, it runs perfect for my needs. The most graphics intensive game I play is forza horizon 5 and on ultra settings, I can pull over 60fps which is perfect for me.

[@jimjam8166]

If you think about it since movies run at mid 20s FPS it’s actually quite scenic it’s like it’s straight out of a movie! 😂

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

"I've been screwing for a while." - Dawid 2022

[@galaxysvoid]

he never took the film off the part where it says eagle on the fan side of the card

[@nf1]

Ray Tracing is such a gimmick lmao. I literally spend about 20 minutes on RE8 and metro trying to tell the difference with it on. It's basically a frame reduction setting

[@petrolhead0387]

I honestly thought that was just me. When you go into the settings and turn it on, you see the difference in the little example display. But as soon as I start playing the game, I honestly can't tell any difference. It's almost like I'm not even looking at the ray tracing, because I'm too busy trying to focus on where the next chair soiling incident is coming from.

[@StuTheMoose]

You need an optician if you can't see the immediate massive difference in Metro with RT on/off

[@ab-lymphocite5464]

@@petrolhead0387 I think part of the problem is that the pre-baked lighting is so mature. I think it will be more noticeable for smaller budget games (like that one ps5 indie title that uses it to get really nice reflections inside of rain puddles with almost no work done programing).

[@nf1]

@@StuTheMoose Oh I noticed a bit of difference in metro, the problem was it didn't look any better, just different. In some areas it actually looked worse. Zero point in using that setting. Seems like the only games that could benefit are ones with poor lighting to begin with

[@FreightTrain22]

Jesus Christ I don’t understand how people still say this. Makes me think you’ve never actually played with rt on. Games like metro enhanced, control, cyberpunk, and Spider-Man on the ps5 look absolutely beautiful with ray tracing. Yeah it crushes fps but that’s on the game developers, the lower end specs of the ps5 can run rt just fine.

[@thelunchbox420x]

I turn on ray tracing on any of my games and I literally can't tell any difference other than it runs slower.

[@StuTheMoose]

You and many others in this thread seriously need to consult an optician

[@tyre1337]

@@StuTheMoose not every game implements ray tracing well

[@crylune]

@@StuTheMoose Thank you Jensen very cool

[@thekangaroo1880]

I have an RTX 3050 laptop. The 4 gigs of vram limits it a LOT in cyberpunk. I can just about max every non RT setting out except for textures, where I have to set it to medium or low even.

[@DeadPixel1105]

I was surprised to find out that my 1660 Ti graphics card is actually a bit more powerful than the 3050. I made the mistake of thinking that, just because it's a 30 Series gpu, it must be super powerful.

[@24avenged24]

The 3050 is in a weird spot performance wise, at least right now while there's still brand new 2060's available that cost the same or less and perform better.

[@JorgeDimton]

but that's a lie, the 3050 is better than the 1660ti in power since the 3050 is equivalent to the 1070

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

@@JorgeDimton Not really an upside. The only real upside is DLSS, which 1660 doesnt have, but power "savings" would never justify new card cost, you literally spend more on card then few years worth of electricity FOR WHOLE SYSTEM, not the difference.

[@JorgeDimton]

@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 First of all, if there is a difference in energy consumption. Not everyone has power supplies of 500w or more, I know that power supplies are not especially expensive but they are an expense, and they get more expensive the more bats they have. I talk about energy consumption by source, and to a lesser extent but with equal importance, electricity expenditure. That's point number one. Point number two: The RTX 3050, although in my opinion it is not worth it, it is cheap. Very cheap, costing less than $200 for the 8 gigabytes of vram model. That is, for a little more money, compared to what a 1660Ti or 1660 Super costs, you have the RTX 3050 that comes with 8 gigabytes of vram, and not the 6 gigabytes that all GTX 1660 models have, in addition to coming with more power (Since the RTX 3050 performs the same, or similar, as the GTX 1070. That is, it is more powerful than the GTX 1660, 1660Ti and 1660 Super). Without mentioning that it comes with DLSS 2.4 and supports Ray tracing: Bad, of course, since the 3050 is the least powerful RTX, but it can handle ray tracing and does it much better than the very limited ability to handle Ray tracing that the GTX has 1660, 1660Ti and 1660 Super. That and the 3050 consumes less energy, therefore, it does not need a source of more than 500 watts, and therefore, your electricity expenditure is lower. And all for, at best, $150... the same $150 that the GTX 1660, 16060Ti and 1660 Super cost you. Bottom line: The RTX 3050 is absolutely, and without a doubt, a much better option than the 1660, 1660Ti and 1660 Super. But it's better at everything, literally everything. There isn't a single thing that the 1660, and its models, are better at. Literally NOTHING.

[@g_webb21]

​@@alexturnbackthearmy1907To be fair, without DLSS at medium 1080p on CP2077 I get like 25fps. With DLSS+FG mod now I constantly hit 60+ up to 80. Sparked new life into my 3050 laptop. This alone is a massive improvement.

[@ahmetberat.]

4:30 bro -1950 fps

[@1stOfThaMonth]

I actually own a RTX 3050. Infact the exact model shown in this video... It was well for mid range games.. Since I played in 4k i had to use low-mid settings, but it worked well on high 1080P sometimes 2k. Nowadays I own a RTX 4060, but the 3050 was just fine. GTX 1080 TI mini honestly felt as powerful as it, and it's older. But, the 3050 does have DLSS. Do with, as you will.

[@Signetboi]

this thing is actually equal (almost 2%) from my old gtx 1070 its like the 3050 has rtx is just name for it

[@Minto107]

I wanted to get 3050 to replace my 1070 but it gets less FPS in FH5 than my 1070. (ROG STRIX OC Edition)

[@Signetboi]

@@Minto107 well the mighty 1070 still strong being equal 3050 so u should save up bit more if u want replace it

[@user-db4lk7yg3o]

3050 is basically just a 1070 with less power draw and dlss, theres no other major differences

[@Tartarus144]

I had _not_ expected the 2060 to beat the 3050. I opened the comments as soon as you introduced the card, ready to say that you had chosen the wrong card. The more you know, I guess 😅

[@ArioyOkur]

In future 3050 more fps than 2060 because have 8gb vram

[@Tartarus144]

@@ArioyOkur ...no? the 2060 has 6gb vram already, and the difference between 6gb and 8gb isn't a lot both are 1080p cards and that isn't gonna change, and 6-8gb is generally sufficient for 1080p

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

@@ArioyOkur It have worse bus. So it "better" only in capacity, everything else is worse.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

Strange how things like perception of FPS can entirely change. It used to be anything above 30FPS was great and "you can't even see 60FPS". The things that mattered were frame drops, stuttering, etc., and smooth performance. Now people want 100FPS? I used to set my frame rate at 60 to prevent overheating and premature aging of the graphics processor. I am still not entirely clear what changed and I still limit the frames on my 3080TI.

[@k.b.tidwell]

I agree. Personally I've never owned a monitor with a higher refresh than 60hz, and I really don't see the need. I'm not a pro gamer, and since I prefer single player games anyway I can be as non-twitchy as I want. Of course, it's not like my hardware has ever needed a fast refresh rate anyway lol. I'm still impressed with 60fps, 30fps is normal, and I've got the skilz to play and succeed at 20fps hahahahahahahaha.

[@demontongue9893]

I like how these PC enthusiast channels take pot shots at the best cards you can get naming the most buget friendly one of the best as the "loozeriest" haha sit down.

[@ComradeGreen]

I'm Using rtx 3050 and this video hurt me so much :(

[@jeroenstefan]

What do you think of the 3060 eagle, cause i recently bought it XD

[@TeamHELPER]

I think personally the 3050 is for DLSS and upscaling. It's not really made for ray tracing gaming or anything like that at all.

[@northcarolidiot8695]

Yup. It’s a 1660ti with dlss and minimal rtx support

[@TeamHELPER]

Nah not really, it's more like an unreleased RTX 2050 but somehow slightly worse. 1660ti with dlss sounds about right though.

[@iq6796]

yea I do agree with you, I do have a 3050 but its a completely different model but what it does best is at upscaling and DLSS. You can run RTX on but that will absolutely hurt your performance, but to me since I only play games at 108p its more that enough.

[@TeamHELPER]

@@iq6796 Turning RTX on in a 3050 is kinda like putting a tiger next to like a regular ol housecat, it will not end well for the housecat. Same as the 3050, its performance will go to shit.

[@iq6796]

@@TeamHELPER DLSS is one of the main features of the 3050 which makes it better than a 1660 Ti in Ray tracing performance, and the extra VRAM definitely helps a little

[@hughmanateecrisis]

We need add in boards for RT, like the old physx cards. Surely that's an untapped market for nvidia.

[@horacegentleman3296]

I've been expecting it any day now. They will probably recycle misfab chips.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

That’s a good point. I wonder if we will ever see something like that.

[@robertcraane7910]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff RTX 710 2022 Edition! Just 500 Bucks, please...

[@enzov0243]

0:40 i think its more then average i mean this is huge and surely it has a great personality

[@Pvt_Wade]

4:45 a single option droped the fps by 950 frames

[@The_Meme_Man]

I would definitely prefer this over my current GTX 670

[@dynoisnothere]

yeah i have gtx 650

[@FS--ew3se]

@@dynoisnothere i have 680😳

[@dynoisnothere]

@@FS--ew3se heck yeah gtx 600 series gang

[@SSJfraz]

I have a 750ti, because I'm a serious gamer.

[@krypton1142]

@@SSJfraz thats cute. The 710 is clearly the best graphics card of all time

[@dcpow]

This video is old but keep in mind this is a 8GB/130W Version. I wouldn't expect a 8GB/115W or especially 6GB/75W version to be as fast!😉

[@einpercy825]

Huge credit to Gigabyte. Probably my favorite looking 2 fan card on the market.

[@beastatkhd6293]

😂😂😂, you forgot about the 3060 3060ti and every other 2 fan card

[@marcinsobczak2485]

Why don't you test the card first and then take it apart, maybe compare Temps before and after with high quality thermal paste.

[@Sa.Mos.]

"at least the game doesnt feel like it's playing via dial-up anymore" ... I felt that and it made me feel old -.-

[@thewizardoftech5075]

am i the only one impressed ??. it the crappiest card there is in the line. and it ran all the triple a titles in 1080 perfect. and even with raytracing it was still good. i remember when the 2080ti wouldn't even get good performance with raytracing on. the card really isnt that bad considering. there is people trying to sell 750 ti for 300.

[@LinksBetweenDrinks]

Haha, people are so mean to the 3050. For it's price it's a good card!

[@pringleiscool475]

to fix the treading, just add some superglue into the hole and insert the screw, it won't stick to the screw in my experience, and it holds up well if you're not constantly taking it apart. just don't put the back plate on when the glue is wet.

[@rustler08]

Ah yes, the card that is essentially on par with a 1660 Ti.

[@JinghisKhan]

1660 Ti with RT Cores is a great, quick assessment of the RTX 3050.

[@nomadace777]

I have a 1660ti and I prefer the 1660 than the 3050

[@nomadace777]

It should be on par with the 2060

[@torrancemwgaming]

rtx 1080ti dead?

[@Kwnos889]

I got a 3060Ti and on max performance settings to squeeze out everything I keep getting wierd cuts on my screen and lower frames. This started to happen right after I formatted my PC. I tured on all the windows performance modes, my CPU, ram is amazing all running really high at like 4.6 ghz and 3600 mhz and still I cannot play games well with my RTX. Is there a setting I need to turn on or something I can do to fix this. I have the latest drivers ofc.

[@Svally]

I got the 3050 it’s pretty ok. Considering the price the 1660 and 2060 is on much higher price so.

[@trikshotz2955]

For msrp?

[@wosh]

Who here actually bought the 3050 with me lol?

[@k.b.tidwell]

I've got an Acer Nitro 5 on the way with the TI inside and I can't wait. I wouldn't buy this card for my desktop, but I think it would be a nice upgrade from what I do have in it...a GTX 950 :D I'm going to see how prices drop and figure out what to get for that a little later.

[@_Iza_Nagi]

i have 1660 super with i5 10400f now and kinda want to upgrade my gpu to rtx series. what kind of rtx gpu should i get ? not the most expensive ones but should i get 2060 ?

[@Supermage119]

yes 2060 should do

[@olevam1]

I’m in general quite disappointed with ray tracing! In my games I also can’t tell the difference very much, beyond the frame rate drop

[@demontekdigital]

That's because raytracing in games is a gimmick to get you to buy shit you don't need, lol.

[@user-db4lk7yg3o]

thats how ray tracing is on all cards lmao

[@Zyxlian]

@@demontekdigital It's a tool for developers. If the developers did a good job baking in lighting without ray tracing, you will not notice much of a difference. The benefit is not really for the players, it's just to make development better. Ray tracing is the inevitable future of lighting in games - the hardware just needs to catch up now.

[@t_z1030]

@@Zyxlian But it probably won't be with Nvidia's "RTX". That's yet another marketing gimmick like PhysX or hairworks to give gullible gamers a sense of superiority over Nvidia's competition. The actual future of ray tracing will much more likely be in-engine hybrid techniques like Unreal 5's Lumen that don't require proprietary hardware that costs a kidney to be able to run.

[@Zyxlian]

@@t_z1030 i agree, but having official hardware-focused support for the technology is great in pushing the adoption. Back when i was tinkering with game programming, ray tracing was the holy grail, and it’s cool that it is on the forefront of everyone’s minds now.

[@Nobody-sp7ug]

Turing actually had twice the cuda cores than they disclosed in marketing, however the other half were integer registers and only utilized 20-30% in games. So it seems when they switched back to the 64 fp32 and 64 fp32/int32 they felt free to skimp on cores in comparison, although now 20-30% of that potential peak fp32 has to be used for int32.

[@MRRIMURUTEMPEST]

Hi, is it okay to upgrade to 3050 coming from 1050ti? The 3050 here in my country is currently selling at $200 and I don't really have a budget for the other high end gpus

[@CivilProtection01]

I don't know what's wrong with people, everyone hates the rtx 3050, I just replaced a gtx 1050 ti with a 3050 and it was a big jump, it wasn't very expensive, it has DLSS and ray tracing and it can run games at high settings with 75-125 fps and it has 8gb of Vram.

[@90lancaster]

I really struggle to tell the difference to the modded PC version of the Witcher 3 compared to the Updated Witcher 3 as well/ even when someone points it out I often can't see it.

[@HardwareLab]

In Crysis Remastered RT affects only reflections and doing that really well, in Cyberpunk it changes the lightning completley. Maybe it's better at least to search for some info before speaking to that crazy big audience?

[@the_real_tosterzy]

what website do you use on 1:53