The RTX3050 - Tested, Reviewed, Benchmarked!

[@PalitMedia]

Thank you for making the review!🥰

[@KamiEpix]

Bring back frobot

[@prla5400]

make waifu gpu please i need one please

[@PalitMedia]

@@KamiEpix The good old memory🐸🐸We'll feedback to internal.😆

[@KamiEpix]

@@MrRyoogi It's the chip shortage, it's out of their hands they need to stay in business somehow. If you want to complain to somebody direct those comments twords the companies and scalpers buying GPUs en mass further driving up the price of already increasingly limited supply of silicon.

[@iamsoldats]

Thank you Palit for supporting some of the smaller creators instead of just focusing on the big names.

[@rushglider]

Great review! But in the real market the price for this GTX3050 is 500€ and for this money is a no way, they are better cards for this price like the RX6600

[@Quark_Proto]

Might wanna change you comment from gtx to rtx

[@agenericaccount3935]

eh

[@dickdickling9389]

@@Quark_Proto Ohh noo like anyone is not going to get what he is saying, wow such a bad mistake. You really might be a toaster.

[@liamsgamingpcs7473]

@@Quark_Proto might as well be a GTX card tbh…. It’s only slightly better than something like a GTX 1060

[@hextobyte]

@@liamsgamingpcs7473 well it has rt cores + it’s on par with a 1660

[@DrearierSpider1]

Launch morning, my local Microcenter had 3 models available, the cheapest being $380. This card was never intended to hit MSRP.

[@notcraig255]

the cost to make it is actually higher than the msrp, so it makes sense.

[@bdhale34]

@@notcraig255 No, no it is not. It is objectively not more expensive to manufacture than they set the recommended price at. Even at retail pricing on the components, ignoring the massive discounts these guys get for buying them in the thousands it is still cheaper to produce than the MSRP. You think Apple pays $400 more for a 256GB chip than they do for a 64gb one? Wait don't answer that, you obviously do think that.

[@darshan5726]

@@notcraig255 it will hardly cost 150 dollars to make

[@jonny6702]

Columbus Ohio MicroCenter is selling them for $459.99 today. 25+ in stock, purchase in store only.

[@50H3i1]

I hope Microsoft buys nvidia and kik jensen like boby kotic 😆

[@runtelol]

Holy crap! It's amazing that Palit actually reached out and sent you one of their cards! May frobot be with you.

[@EvGamerBETA]

Well. That's an only way you can get this card on a budget nowadays

[@femfeedr]

@@EvGamerBETA Right…..the people that actually need this card can’t get it and certainly not for the MSRP.

[@buggerlugz6753]

Well you can be sure "new egg" wouldn't reach out......lol

[@joannaatkins822]

I have to say, I really do feel like this is a good card considering the ridiculous market. Just two years ago I picked up three r9 280x cards for £35 each, a GTX 1050 for £35, and a 1660 super for £225. All of these cards went to friends and family for free or what I bought them for. It makes thinking an RTX 3050 at £250 being a bargain very strange. I kept the sole retsined R9 280X for my daily driver rig as the dvi port is dead, and I considered downgrading to an R9 270x (that I picked up for £65) so I could move the R9 280x on to someone who could use it better. Incredibly the R9 270x is a sapphire toxic card, and it is far, far to nice to be kept by me. It overclocks like a beast and remains under 50°c at 100% load so I can't keep it to run rimworld and stardew valley because what a WASTE

[@joannaatkins822]

Mr. Budget Builds, if you want the R9 270x Sapphire Toxic to play with or keep, just let me know.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

I actually have a HD7870 around as a spare but thank you for the offer 👍

[@joannaatkins822]

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial no worries! It just means I have something around to build out a budget rig for my youngest sproglet, or a friend of a friend in need :)

[@junko4166]

If we had more people like you in the world the shortage wouldn't be as bad as it is now. The number of stupid consoomers using 3090s to run minecraft is infuriating.

[@joannaatkins822]

@@junko4166 I know what you mean. Excessive consumerism is mind boggling for me, but there really is an element of planned obsolescence involved too :/ As mentioned in this video, the support drop for the R9/R7 era graphics cards by AMD is extremely pointless and will add to the ewaste epidemic. People get a real sense of accomplishment and reassurance that their given Thing could do the thing even though it won't ever need to. It's like Americans buying trucks, 4×4's, and V8's for the home to work commute, and home cooks buying the finest Japanese hand made Chef's knives to chop carrots for their bland casserole one night a week.

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

Good video. The rtx 3050 is a great card for $250.. Problem is nearby stores are selling them for $600 Cdn.

[@airmicrobe]

Do you know rx 550 l.p. is relaunched in Japan for 150 $ in GPU wide spreading period? At least it has 4g vram for happiness

[@itfc88]

Major issue is the price is never near RRP now

[@malcolmmacdonald3597]

$420-450 plus tax in Canada for RTX 3050. Not worth it at all. A Radeon RX 6600 8GB can be had for around $375 plus tax- that's $400 flat with tax. The prices are hot shit in this country. CPUs can be had for a decent price, however. I recently saw the Ryzen 5 5600X for $238 and there have been crazy deals on some Intel chips over the past year or two- like less than $200 for an i5-9400.

[@byteme0000]

I’ve always liked Palit’s stuff. They’re not as flashy or well known as other video card makers, but they build solid cards and sell them at a relatively decent price.

[@theaccount5634]

This is probably the most comprehensive review of the RTX3050 out there. Too many tech channels are being far too snobby, and aren’t considering anywhere near as many benchmarks or real world scenarios for this card. £250 for Older Flagship Performance with DLSS, RTX, and a few other features isn’t too bad when the same flagships cost £250 used like you said.

[@WayStedYou]

But it wont be 250 pounds

[@AthosJosue]

This card goes for $450 not 250, that is the problem.

[@lucidnonsense942]

You ain't doing RTX with this, DLSS is nice though. Problem is most 3050s cost as much 6600xt, which is just a better option.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Saying you won’t be doing RTX with this card is nonsense, as an entry level it handles RTX at 1080p absolutely fine. I do query the longevity of this , but in my testing not a single problem popped up.

[@McShave]

£250 ha ha. The only place I can find them selling right now is on eBay for about £400.

[@junko4166]

Although the idea of a budget build is dead and never coming back, the channel itself is better than ever. This is honestly one of your best videos to date.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

If you want a budget build buy 6500 xt. Considering the inflation in 2021, it is actually bellow $200 in Donald's dollars.

[@MsMarco6]

what? budget building is still perfectly possible, especially now that the crypto market has crashed and if your not afraid of using eBay and CeX. Just recently I put together a beginners gaming pc for my 12 year old sister consisting of a Dell OptiPlex with a 4th gen I5 and 8gb of Ram alongside a GTX 1050, all for only £120. Sure its not amazing but it can still handle modern games at 1080p 30 and is more than fast enough for what she needs (it's a hell of a lot faster than the Pentium laptop I was rocking at her age, playing Kerbal space program at 10 fps lol). As for more more powerful rigs they're still possible to build, a RX 580 can be had for around £100 and a GTX 1080 for

[@robthegobbler]

Futureman here, budget builds are back!

[@zhayward3190]

Wtf are you on about budget builds aren't dead lmao

[@bunkernuts6293]

Everytime i hear a new GPU is coming out I'm like "damn but where?" It's awful as I'd like to upgrade my PC but the one thing I actually want to upgrade is nowhere to be seen at MSRP. And while there's a chip(?) Shortage i feel it's more scalpers than anything else.

[@shagstars]

if ethereum 2 comes all mining is obselete. WHich means a massive gpu dump will happen. (maybe even rtx 2080 for 100 bucks levels of madness).

[@bunkernuts6293]

@@shagstars ah now you've made me hopeful but something like that happening still seems unlikely

[@shagstars]

@@bunkernuts6293 ether is the reason everyone is buying 4gb+ gpus in bulk.

[@BjornsTIR]

Well, it's a good mix of everything. High demand, higher manufacturing and shipping cost and people trying to get money from scalping. NVidia lying about the MSRP isn't helping either

[@coltonrognrud3528]

What an amazing card! You highlighted the pros and cons perfectly!! Such a well done video my friend I hope to see more manufacturers come to you wanting reviews!! Seeing the new entry cards reviewed by someone who understands the value of old vs new how you do is truly invaluable knowledge.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Thank you, that’s very much appreciated.

[@jamesthefirst_8147]

i own a Lenovo Legion with a Ryzen 5 4600h and a 115w RTX2060 which means that gaming capabilities are great but i do have to mix and match DLSS and RT to get the best visual fidelity possible at an enjoyable framerate. If people spend a few minutes trying to get the best settings for each game they will be able to squeeze just great performance out of these lower end yet capable cards. great review, the pros and cons were given to us in a very black on white and easy to follow way. thoroughly enjoyed it! :D

[@sonicsupersam7793]

I hate the pc parts market right now. I’m not sure why I actually expected it to sell for £250.

[@RegalPixelKing]

DLSS is basically magic. Whether you are playing with an RTX3050 or an RTX 3090 TI having DLSS greatly helps with performance. On the high end DLSS is basically required to play games at 4k 60fps.

[@hardrivethrutown]

definitely better value than the 6500XT... If you can find one at MSRP

[@junko4166]

The cheapest I can find costs twice as much as the best priced 6500xt.

[@AthosJosue]

You can't.

[@AthosJosue]

@@junko4166 Yeah i find one 6500xt for $230, its still a bad card, but what can you do.

[@subject204ghost3]

Yeah if you can find one for msrp. A better deal right now is the 6600 still less expensive than the 3050 and way more performance.

[@Elbierth]

But since you won't, as a matter of fact 3050s street price is double the street price of 6500xt 🤣

[@kimgkomg]

It's always fun seeing your graphics card up on the comparison graph. It's nice having something to root for

[@certs743]

I recently upgraded from an RX 570 to a GTX 980ti. Anything newer is just ridiculously priced and buying new is kind of a waste since most of these cards are effectively vaporware in terms of availability. And my local computer shop is basically only carrying the bottom of the barrel 710s and 1030s and the top end 3080s at like 2k CDN. The only 'mid range or entry level option is AMD workstation GPUs.

[@tyonorshapzc7tjfvb7-caz]

also got a 980ti, and i will get annother one and being up to like a 2080 and that would be so dope and a 980ti already destroys a RX570 :) even my 980 in my secondary pc is better then a 570, lulz

[@RJARRRPCGP]

@@tyonorshapzc7tjfvb7-caz The GTX 980 series, is likely the last compatible series for Asus' pre-UEFI motherboards, including socket 1366. Wouldn't surprise me if those are awesome in Asus X58 builds.

[@skywaytech]

I love that you have a full cup of steaming tea behind the card in the b-roll shot. Brilliant! What tea did you choose for this video might I ask?

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Tetleys today 👍

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

The pop-in is probably due to the memory bus, as you said...I've noticed it a little bit with my ASUS STRIX RTX 3060Ti in some games like cyberpunk and battlefield V

[@nelsonpiedade61]

i disagree on that .i have an rtx 2060super and play cyberpunk on ultra settings and medium raytracing with no ray traced shadows with arouind 55 -60 fpsd with free sync active and no issues wath so ever. so maybe you have something else causing tath.like maybe a slow hhd or ssd or slow cpu. i have an ryzen 2500X +32GB OF RAM 3000MHZ+AND THE GAMING DRIVE IS AN nvme and the so is on an ssd. again see my pc play every thing on ultra by default no problems. but i only play at 1080p

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

@@nelsonpiedade61 I have a Gen 4 NVME SSD from MSI and a core i7 11700K overclocked to 5.1GHz

[@expert2090]

This is definitely a decent card (if you can actually find it that is) I've been playing MC rtx a lot recently and it basically makes Minecraft arguably the hardest game to run on any computer lol. Weirdly I only get up to 80fps (at 1440) on a 3070 laptop, so its good to see that dlss/rtx work well on a budget card. Will be very interesting to see how this holds up in three years time.

[@ThaineWayne]

About time a decent entry level card hit the market - absolutely no chance it will be in stock for more than 2 seconds though Seems to be on par with a 1660/1070 Awesome

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

Too bad to use this card at the full. you need a gen4 MB 😞

[@b0ne91]

@@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie that's only really true for the RX 6500 XT, the 3050 works on PCIE 3.0 too.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie You are confused with the RX 6500 XT

[@ismaelsoto9507]

@@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie The RTX 3050 loses +/- 5 to 10% of it's performance on PCIEx 3.0, because it's 8x instead of the 4x of the RX 6500 XT, the double amount of PCI lanes sure helped a lot.

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

@@b0ne91 That is good news thank you very much 🙂

[@DarkLinkAD]

Paid less for a new R9 Fury Strix new with shipping in 2016 (flagship).. Paid 109$ for an RX 460 4GB no 6pin In Oct 2016(budget). Used market could get you an RX 570 for 75$ in 2018.

[@douglasrogers4675]

I got a new rx 570 for $120 in 2018, worth more than that now lol.

[@RJARRRPCGP]

November 5 of 2016, got my GTX 1060 3 GB for $220 USD.

[@crazywall256]

I paid a pretty penny for a 3080 and I personally plan to keep it for the next 5-6 years. It’s really cool seeing that you use a r9 furry, I remember back in the day when I was in school still the R9 furry was a beast as one my personally friends got one back then.

[@drruncmd]

I recently bought a evga 960 ssc 2gb version second hand for just over 100 pounds. I was not hoping for much. But much to my amazement, I can run most new game and old titles comfortably at 1080p with at least medium preset settings. I was actually amazed it did so well.

[@nedlyest]

I got lucky the other day and found a old Alienware PC in the trash that had a 1060 6gb, first upgrade my PC has had in 6 years. last card was the 960 2gb.

[@urnoob5528]

Even decade old hd series can run recent stuff A 960 can certainly do better New generations are overkill

[@drruncmd]

@@urnoob5528 i also recently purchased an amd rx 580 8gb version and its been a while since owning an amd card. My last amd card i think i had crossfired x2 hd 7970's togethet which worked well and cards after that have been nvidia 10 series cards.

[@defiantgg1831]

Ey nice a manufacturer sent you this card, probably happened before but nice man! Liked and subbed as always, your channel is very relaxing and informative, keep it up :)

[@gamingpaspasan7589]

The real budget with no Budget Price for this day,. BTW this card in Indonesia price is RP.5.600.000 ++, if in dollar is $380++ even higher.

[@marioavossa]

While £250 for this seems OK, its not going to be available for that. Add another £100-£150 for this card. As for self build PCs going forward, unless theres a normalization of the market over the next year, buying pre-built PC's will be a more cost effective option.

[@karamalinumberone7478]

yeah its sold out for 400-500 and resaled on eBay for 500-600

[@efftee]

@@karamalinumberone7478 you can get rtx 2060s for that price even in this market, which performs better

[@oneeyedwonderer6781]

Honestly at these prices for gpus I think I'll switch back to console gaming until things drop , not paying 1k for a card that's the equivalent of the one i paid 350 for 6 years ago

[@anacletoelesqueleto2381]

Here in my country, Costa Rica, it's around $600... Here it is caused by two reasons, the freaking high taxes to things imported, specially technology that makes us pay between 50% and 70% of the price, and the hell that means trying to find a GPU this days...

[@tylerbowen740]

3 years ago I purchased a AMD Pro Duo (Fiji) for £350 and it has served me well. The death of SLI/Crossfire and AMD dropping driver support for cards little over 5 years old (including professional cards), has made me seriously consider upgrading. Thank you for showing Fiji architecture comparisons to the RTX 3050.

[@SummonerArthur]

This is great. As the dude still using an hd7770, that would be a great upgrade! Maybe in 7 to 8 years import taxes and scalpers will let me buy one LOL

[@DanielCardei]

For such a small card I think the performance it's unbeatable considering it's new and it comes with warranty. Nowadays you don't know what the card has done and that give it something to think. Btw glad to see you back and uploading.

[@KingKarlito93]

IMO the best RTX 3050 review out of the lot, seen from correct the point of view compared to the other reviewers too

[@Snotnarok]

I was feeling some regret a few years ago when I got my RTX 2070 since EVERYONE was slamming the 20 series. Seeing the price for 'budget cards' in stores being nearly the same price as my card and how much use I've gotten out of the RTX features (DLSS, RTX voice & the encoders for streaming/recording) I am VERY happy with my purchase years on. This is really getting out of hand, I'm wondering how much longer we're gonna be stuck with inflated prices, no stock, scalpers and best buy charging 200 bucks a year to have a 'better chance' at getting a video card

[@urnoob5528]

Literally just bought 2060 12gb recently as it is the best bang for buck from gainward in the competition of local market Reckon it will last me ten years While im here seeing dud with 2070 still complaining the market, just forget it and use what u have, it will last u ten years I even used 6850 until recently Tats wat tis channel is about

[@DoctorAllanGrey]

the benchmarks showing this thing as not that much better than my existing gtx 1060 6gb model makes me kindof glad that, despite forking out $400 AUD for my 1060 back in 2017, that I did infact do so, because damn, anything affordable that's an actual upgrade isn't coming anytime soon

[@takehirolol5962]

Palit helping the UK reviewers. In Costa Rica we are lately getting some Palit stuff, nice from them to provide samples for reviews!

[@Gabriel87100]

I'm having to use an A10-9700 APU and it isn't faring nowhere near as well as it was supposed to, so this GPU crisis makes me cry. Many people in my country (not a first-world one) even gave up on pc gaming.

[@jimmynuggets6516]

Sadly though, the price will never ever touch $250. Atleast now

[@alricdark]

It was very nice of Palit to send you a card to review. It's just a pity they didn't then send any to retailers in the UK to actually sell. Apparently some are 'coming soon', can't wait to see what the price will be.

[@danialonderstal3564]

Man seeing the perspective again hurts like hell haha, miss the days when the price too performance ratio was more fair balanced.

[@notcraig255]

I would've gone with this card if it weren't for nvidia not making a whole new die for it, its using the RTX 3060 die so its going to be low supply. I went with the RX 6500XT instead, I got it for 230$ which isn't terrible but it was better than the other prices. the 6500Xt is the only new budget option, nvidia's answer is already 500$...

[@iAMaReaperGotprobZ]

I hope the 6500xt serves you well and I know not everyone is in a position to wait or spend more money but in the future the 6500xt resell price is probably gonna go down so much because it lacks many crucial features, cards that are maybe older than 5 years can match it's performance and more because they don't have a tiny memory buffer as well as encoding engine etc... So, your card is temporary but you might end up not saving much money at all than if you were to buy something like RX 6600 right now as you will lose money on the 6500xt + 200-400$ spent replacing it. Just in my opinion, if it is possible to get a good deal on a RTX 3050, RX 580, 1060 6GB, 1660/S/Ti or even maybe 1650 it is a much better option than 6500xt and if you can't then you might as well spend 600$ on RTX 6600/6700 or RTX 3060/Ti

[@notcraig255]

@@iAMaReaperGotprobZ i don't play a lot of games that would need the vram, for example in hardware unboxed's video i do not own a single game showcased. i don't need the encoders. only the lanes are a problem to me. i didn't want to spend more than 300$ on a graphics card and I don't want to buy a used one either and yes it is serving me well, out of the demanding games i've tested (not many) it has been an improvement over my 1050ti. the only game that hasn't seen improvement is minecraft with shaders. and i'm on a gen 3 system (will be switching to a gen 4 system soon and giving my ryzen 5 2600X and motherboard to a friend stuck on an FX 8300) and I find your last comment to be an example of the ignorance towards the 6500XT, you're recommending someone how decided to get THE 6500XT, let me repeat that, THE 6500XT, to instead spend 600$ on a 6600/XT or 3060/Ti. I am well aware of the card's flaws, but I don't really care, if I have to play on low settings to get 60FPS thats fine, if I can get 60FPS on high thats great.

[@killert41]

@@notcraig255 why not buy used one lol I bought RX 6800 for 550$

[@h.b.5577]

​@@killert41 Firstly, if true then that's one amazing deal you got there, but that just isn't the reality of the used market for the vast majority of people. Secondly right now is also a particularly bad time to buy used as your far more likely to find people offloading barely functional and almost dead cards from their mining rigs.

[@notcraig255]

@@killert41 did you not read what i said, i can't buy a graphics card over 300

[@valiantdiesel1332]

As much as I appreciate budget cards, I couldn't see this being "worth" the MSRP or 2x MSRP it'll no doubt sell for in future. 1080p is a dying medium now, DLSS is definitely a fantastic bit of kit and hopefully gets expanded to more titles in the future. I've tested a few Ampere cards, settled for a 3080Ti desktop and a 3070 laptop, but I truly miss the days of Maxwell pricing

[@joefish6091]

1080p a dying medium, you might want to check Steam stats, not everybody has $1500 - 2K for GPU+monitor

[@valiantdiesel1332]

@@joefish6091 My point is with consoles being able to run 4K content and having done so for a while now, the PC market will have to adapt to people expecting the same sort of thing. I fully understand not everyone can afford the ridiculous cards to play games at those resolutions natively, but with DLSS this is a step in the right direction as 1440p is the most sensible next step Edit: The same goes for consoles being able to run at higher framerates now too, more people than ever have 144hz monitors and with even a boring Xbox or PS5 running 1080p at 120fps, PCs have a lot to catch up with

[@SpaceLion949]

Amazing video, I really enjoyed this one. Most other reviews don't go this deep into the different features of the card and the fact that you show gameplay footage makes it much more entertaining

[@algernopkrieger3968]

Great video once again! I have only one suggestion, and that is that during BeamNG testing, perhaps you include results with 2-3 Traffic AI enabled. Simply because I'm sure a lot of people will start using Traffic once they learn of it, and each car you add seriously ramps up the GPU demand

[@fayadkevin]

Actually it ramps up the CPU not the GPU

[@algernopkrieger3968]

@@fayadkevin not in my experience with a 1650 super and a 2060/ ryzen 3600

[@TotallyNotBepsi]

i currently have the palit dual 3060 and it still uses the single fan pcb with a extended heatsink. just like with the 3050 the amount of power theyve packed onto such a small pcb is just incredible whilst also keeping it relatively cool. the way that Palit has managed the 30 series is admirable as its a no thrills option but still packs some great power and cooling whilst also the cards not being too "shouty" in a way with the design.

[@rustybobdotca]

Great review! And awesome that Palit hooked you up with a review sample.

[@gamingthunder6305]

this was a really good review of the rtx3050. however i wish you would talked about overclocking the card a bit and i fully realize this would have added a lot more work. maybe a follow up video? :)

[@axelgear666]

Im so glad i picked up a 3080 at MSRP when they first came out, i dodged a bullet evading the scalpers. I gamed and mined eth and that pretty much paid the card for itself lel

[@yarp1246]

I don't need a graphics card or anything - I've got two RTX laptops, but I love your channel. Every video is quite insightful!

[@512TheWolf512]

The one and only piece of microelectronics I EVER owned that had caught fire, was a palit GPU...

[@AvroBellow]

If you believe the $250MSRP, I have a bridge in New York for sale... The RTX 3050 is a miner's dream card. Low power use with 8GB of VRAM. The nVidia LHR algorithm has already been cracked so these cards will sell like crazy to miners. When nVidia says "we care" we say "bull-$hit!".

[@Obie327]

It's not a bad budget card if the price stays reasonable. 8 gigs of ram, Nvec decoding, And DLSS/Ray Tracing abilities. Power is reasonable as well. Thanks Budget-Builds for the informative review! Cheers!

[@mcmoozack]

This is my first time hearing about Palit. Neat!

[@Rizzlas]

Simcity 2013 OST , reminds me the first game who need internet for singleplayer , ptsd all over again

[@KARAOTI23]

Hands down the best review of the 3050 on youtube! congrats!

[@rgbvalo9904]

I feel like this is a worthy upgrade after having a gtx 1050 ti for a really long time.

[@nelsonpiedade61]

yes it is and if you are smart you will seell your gtx for a nice price and only pay one third left for the rtx 3050.i only aedvice you to go for an dual fans model.

[@rgbvalo9904]

@@nelsonpiedade61 Dual fans models cost 100€ more so no ty. i have the Asus phoenix one and the thermals are fine. I don't think anyone wants my old dusty 1050 ti so I'll give it to family or something.

[@S己G]

5:45 Huh... That is oddly close to what I got with some pathtraced shaders on java edition with a ryzen 5 2400g and a Nvidia gtx 1660 super at 900p maybe it mostly hovered from 40-60 fps, and when it dropped below 40, that was a CPU bottleneck. How in the world is Minecraft Java so cpu bound that a ryzen 5 2400g (Which is no slouch, by the way) manage to bottleneck a 1660 super with such insane shaders?

[@stonedassnecoarc]

Minecraft Java Edition usage of the cpu makes no sense at all. I get around the same with a i5-10300H and RTX 2060 laptop.

[@finnbianga4189]

The game's codesource was literally written by one guy in one single day in 2009 and still hardly uses more than one cpu thread to this day, also the many updates have made performance a mess

[@edwardtan1354]

because jave MC needs a good single core performance SINGLE CORE PERFOMANCE, even with mods like omnifactory or forgecraft I still struggle to push 20-30 fps with an i7-8700K

[@evklinken]

Your videos have such a nice pace to them, great job as always.

[@xentiment6581]

Crysis only uses RT for reflections. Lighting in its entirety is raster so you do not lose any fidelity there by turning the RT off.

[@jake3111]

The AMD side has FSR so if you're going to show DLSS as a plus for this card you should also mention FSR

[@SlickOnTop]

AMD's FSR is also universal, so nvidia benefits from it as well.

[@johngaynor4363]

True but it's also a much simpler technology. The only reason it works on everything while dlss doesn't is because dlss leverages the tensor cores on rtx cards to do much more sophisticated upscaling, rather than just edge detection with a sharpening filter.

[@RJARRRPCGP]

@@cloudycolacorp DLSS, is known for blur, too.

[@janwitkowsky8787]

One thing I have in mind, when seeing a lot of these reviews, is that DLSS is a given, when it's an RTX card. But... AMD FSR (FidelityFX) is often overlooked or outright ignored. Granted, the number of games that's supported is still limited, but it feels a bit unfair.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Actually, all games support FSR if you know how to use Magpie :D

[@jonathonedwards6741]

Nice to see Hubnut in the background!

[@the4xgamer765]

Sadly it's 500 USD here in Hungary and a Rx 6500 xt is 350

[@notcraig255]

both have bad prices

[@DatFMEntertainment]

I needed to watch this again because I recently got a refurbished 11th Gen i7 computer that included a 3050 (despite the original box saying it had a 3060 originally that they wisely marked out because the description did indeed say 3050). I was just fortunate to find something that doesn’t come with windows 11 in this year 2024, and because it’ll be nice since my laptop from very late 2019 is starting to show its age a bit. At least it’s the first thing ever I’ve gotten that can ray trace, though I did notice it doesn’t have some things like resizable bar (which was new in the 30 series I guess) and it’s right under the requirement for Portal RTX (though I still goosed it a bit by some odd startup setting that disables using Vulkan but I haven’t had much time to check that aside from it makes all the title screen menus near invisible and doesn’t actually allow for RTX settings to be opened).

[@TheTardis157]

I'm waiting for a reasonable card to upgrade from my Powercolor Red Devil RX580. Still plays most 1080p games maxed out or at least at high. Though about adding a second one but they currently got for $450+ on the used market. I bought the card new for $190 in 2017. This card should be around $200 and the 6500xt should be $130. They are currently going for around 2X that or more. Looks like most of us will skip this generation of cards too.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

6500 xt is around $150 in Donald's dollars. Real inflation during 2021 was above 50%.

[@StarbucksColdBrew]

Shouts out for using some of the Sega GT 2002 OST 😍

[@costi2596]

2:34 have you spotted it?

[@LowRezStudios]

The description has the gpu listed as GTX3050 instead of RTX3050

[@piratebear3126]

This is making me glad that I grabbed a used 1060 before prices went nuts ($150 in mid 2020). It honestly has run everything I’ve thrown at it well enough at 1080p, but I also have it paired with a 12 year old i7 so a few games like Rainbow Six Extraction have throttled from that. EDIT: I’m guessing that Forza didn’t recognize the card in its database. I know Forza Horizon 4 can hit Ultra 1080/60 on my 1060. Sims 2 has the same issue with modern cards, but at least Forza lets you tweak up.

[@soopcan]

you're pretty much forced to use nimez custom drivers for older AMD cards if you're trying to play stuff like halo infinite. went from 20fps to 60fps on 1080p low with an r9 290

[@ivanalaskevich4736]

Uh, wait, did you use music from the OpenTTD this video? Sounds just completely like original music set!

[@BAgodmode]

From experience, even with my 3080Ti, DLSS becomes essential. And if the games implementation isn’t great, you’re screwed. CP2077 all highs, DLSS set for quality, RTX, you’re lucky to have 60+ frames. BF2042? Maxed out 1440p, DLSS for quality, RTX, stay above 100 all the time. My rig is a 11900K, 3080Ti, Asus Rog Strix 590, 32gb 3200 DDR4 ram.

[@Gadgetman1989]

Hey Budget, long time enjoyer of your videos, question, how would this compare to something like the GTX 980m 8gb the one you typically find in a Clevo P370em? Love the content dude, keep it up :)

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

980M is slightly worse than an R9 390. Take 10% off those results and they should be semi accurate.

[@Gadgetman1989]

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial that's about what I've been getting tbh it's one that I truly love and am impressed with how well it keeps up with me doing VR and such, thanks for the amazing content dude 😎

[@EBMproductions1]

@@Gadgetman1989 8gig gtx 980 how have i never heard of this plus overclocked whats the performance like? It reminds me if the RX570 16GIG

[@Gadgetman1989]

@@EBMproductions1 I'm not overclocking at all actually, and it's a MXM 3.0B card, kinda an unheard of out of most laptop form factors for a GPU, really popular in some of the more high-end Alienware and Clevo laptops, but even some dell model's support them as well, there is only one desktop form factor that I know used it as their video card but there's probably some chipset that would use the card Edit; performance wise, I get really good framerates with any and all of the Tomb Raider 2013 reboot series, as well as most titles I've tested with it, as for VR support, I've got a Lenovo Explorer, and runs The Forest, VRChat, Pavlov, Beat Saber, even some meditation VR games all run beautifully, I even tried a Daft Punk simulator that was super fun :)

[@EBMproductions1]

@@Gadgetman1989 no i mean like if overclocked it probz can go higher and is there anyway somebody can get one for a desktop 🤔 cause id love it gtx 980ti is my fave card ever just 8gigs sound better

[@abdur-rahmanshafiq9318]

Great video. What’s the game at 13:46 if you don’t mind me asking?

[@buggerlugz6753]

Ah, the infamous RTX2050 in disguise! (the new 3000 series that is slower than the 2060) Can't exactly say it offers any value for money whatsoever when its on par with a 1660super from 2019, still a FPS matching 2015 R9 Fury is only £130 from CEX too. Graphics technology hasn't really improved much in the past 7 years has it.

[@CaptainUltimaFTW]

As an owner of an R9 Fury, I feel you completely, I still think that going to my 5700xt was underwhelming beside the modern driver support and double the ram. The Fury was such a great card and for most instances still is. I'm kind of curious how the card would perform under modded drivers that keep it up to date.

[@gvi341984]

6500xt and 1030 look attractive in today's market

[@MusicHavenSG]

Now next one to test, RTX 4050!

[@forestcatcrimson]

Yeah, the card was in stock for probably 2 minutes tops everywhere.

[@crimecity]

great video lad keep up with the good work ps how are you doing today

[@Kubakpsv]

I remember my Palit GeForce 3 Ti200, what a great card that was then.

[@alricdark]

If only it was a $250 card (£186). For now at least it’s not even available in the U.K. I love the work you’ve put into this review, but it’s hard to share your enthusiasm when it’s impossible to actually buy one unless you are prepared to pay a ridiculous amount of money. Sorry.

[@HighPeakMapping]

Finally a decent card that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. If only I didn't use apple silicon...

[@spectex304]

Kidney aswell

[@HighPeakMapping]

@@spectex304 can’t forget to donate my kidney for my gpu

[@ilikepie1974]

I would love to see a 6500XT review. All the reviewers are saying it's bad, but it's available on eBay right now for ~$230.

[@EBMproductions1]

My RX570 8gig matched this card so i was like wtf and im still like wtf so ill rather wait it out till i get me a RTX 4k card or used RTX 3060

[@GeorgePerakis]

Really disappointing how AMD is treating their older, pre-Polaris hardware right now, and does not bode well for potential AMD buyers looking to keep their hardware for extended periods. I am an RX 5700 owner, and I definitely don't like the idea that a card I bought in 2019 might be left without any proper driver support as soon as three years from now. The Fury is a 2015 card. Whereas older cards like the 7970 got to enjoy nearly a full decade of satisfactory driver support, the Fury only got 6 years, that's less than most console generations and it just isn't good enough. On the other, Nvidia is still supporting some cards from 2014, like the Maxwell based GTX 750ti, though anything older than Maxwell has sadly also been dropped, which is still quite disappointing. These multi-billion dollar companies aren't hurting for money, AMD used to be hurting for money but they don't have that excuse anymore, we should expect better.

[@thelasthallow]

why not overclock the memory to see how that would help?

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

Could you do a video on one of the Radeon HD 5000 series of video card, as that series was the last to have ATI branding on it?

[@XaFFaX]

I think you are a bit biased. There are more factors why 3050 is better than R9 fury, given the same price - it is NEW, so you have warranty, technically for at least 2 years you should not worry about it. If it breaks then just RMA it and that is it you get your money back or a new card. This is not the case with a used one. Other than that a very important factor is power consumption, especially when prices for power go up. R9 fury takes 2-3 TIMES more power. This is a TREMENDOUS difference. So a comparison between the 2 does not really make sense if performance is the same.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

1. Yes you do get a warranty on new cards, however this is already sort of added as one of the dangers of used cards. 2. Power consumption may be a factor but most (if not all) R9 Fury users under volt their cards, sipping power at 170ish Watts, which isn’t too much more than the Fury Nano (AMD is to blame for overvolting all of their cards) 3. Most people care far more about FPS than they do about those factors, it’s to show if the card is worth you upgrading from the R9 Fury, GTX750Ti etc… not to say go out and buy one of these used alternatives.

[@bugzycapone]

I know you mentioned the rival cards don't have DLSS, but ALL cards have FSR. It's not as good as DLSS, but it works, and it works favorably.

[@Knuxfan24]

Now the real question, will these actually be available anywhere or disappear the moment you blink?

[@McShave]

Well that question has already been answered. Every single retailer in the UK looks to be out of stock.

[@juanbrits3002]

AMD FSR/RSR and Nvidia NIS on older graphics cards is really a saving grace for people who are still stuck on ~6 year old cards...

[@georgelopez8287]

Would like to see it against the 6gb 1060 instead of the 3gb variant.

[@BeatsbyVegas]

It says revision GA105 but that is incorrect. Current desktop 3050’s are GA106’s that are cut down to the specs of a GA107 3050 TI laptop in terms of the SM’s ROPS, TMU’s etc. in a month or two once the launch stock of 3050’s clear the channel I would expect the GA107 die to be the only one out there.

[@DavidLee-cr4xv]

Do you guys actually have the card available at MSRP at your location? In the US, it is largely a paper launch.

[@GuillermoSTD]

Oh god.. when I see one of those terrible cards from 10-15 years ago hanging a few centimeters above the water in your other videos I don't think much about it, but a brand new (and loaned) RTX 3050? You've got balls of steel, sir! 😂

[@urnoob5528]

No smh

[@urnoob5528]

Loaned? More like free

[@devilhunter1555]

You should make a guide to see how to determine whether a graphics card that is budget and is really efficient. I think some of the efficiency is determined by architecture, memory space, memory tech.

[@xkiroxX]

Remember all those "shoulda got a 390" memes? I do

[@AaPerm]

In my country, the cheapest 3050 costs about usd450, while the 3060 remains a better deal for around usd600. Some of the 3050s are even within $50 difference of the 3060