Last March (2021), I installed a new host, but I didn't change the graphics card, as we all know, it has been difficult to find graphics cards for over a year. It's even more difficult to buy a graphics card at its original price. However, my 750Ti has been fighting for almost 6 years, and it's really struggling. I'm sorry, I bought the RTX3050 graphics card at a premium. Let's talk about this graphics card today. (Here's my 750Ti for comparison)

Card Purchasing Process

I've been following graphics cards for the past six months, and the prices have remained high. After a long wait, AMD released the 6500XT and Nvidia released the RTX3050. The initial price of the 6500XT was 1599, and the RTX3050 was 1899. However, these prices are just for show, as ordinary people can't buy them.

Since my motherboard doesn't support PCIE 4.0, and the 6500XT is severely cut down, I passed on it. I have a 1080P monitor, and I found that the RTX3050 is more suitable for me. It should be able to handle most games at 1080P.

I've been waiting on JD.com for a month, occasionally there are a few waves of RTX3050 at the original price of 1899. The number of reservations reaches several hundred thousand, I don't know if these are real numbers or just for show. Every time the sale starts, it sells out in seconds. Can the unscrupulous merchants disclose the quantity sold? The pattern is that the number of reservations reaches several hundred thousand, then it sells out in seconds, and after a week, there are few comments. I wonder how many units were sold?

I didn't want to waste any more time, and I needed a new graphics card, so I bought the RTX3050 at a premium on JD.com, the Galaxy GeForce RTX 3050 Da Jiang OC, for 2499 yuan, and I used a 50 yuan Plus voucher, so the final price was 2449 yuan. Here are a few pictures.

Benchmark Test

I'm not a professional gamer, so I used 3DMark to run a simple benchmark. I used 3DMark version 6.x and scored around 290,000. Here are the details of my configuration and score.

The graphics card scored higher than the 1660 Ti and slightly lower than the 1070. However, this kind of single test result is not very accurate, so just take a look.

Gaming Performance

The main games I play are PUBG, League of Legends, and Steam VR streaming. I used GamePP to monitor the games, and here are the results (1080P 144Hz monitor).

In PUBG with ultra-high settings, the RTX3050 averaged 95fps, and the temperature was around 60°C.

In League of Legends with the highest settings, the average FPS was 148, and the graphics card temperature was 30°C. I also noticed that the graphics card fans didn't spin while playing League of Legends.

Conclusion

Overall, the RTX3050 performs well at 1080P resolution, but it comes with a hefty premium. If you're not in a hurry, you can continue to wait. If you have an immediate need, I recommend buying it during promotional events.