MSI Geforce RTX 3050 Gaming X 8GB Graphics Card
Prepare For An Unforgettable Gaming Experience With The MSI Geforce RTX 3050 GAMING X. The Latest Iteration Of MSI's Iconic Gaming Series Brings You Heightened Performance, Less Noise, And The High-Quality Aesthetics You Expect From MSI. Now You Too Can Enjoy All Your Favorite Games With A Powerful Graphics Card That Stays Cool And Silent. Just The Way You Like It. Powered By The All-New NVIDIA GeForce Ampere Architecture Boasting 2nd Generation RT Cores And 3rd Generation Tensor Cores To Bring You The Biggest Graphical Performance Leap Of The Modern Era. This Incredible Piece Of Kit Features An Updated TWIN FROZR 8 Thermal Design With TORX 4.0 Fans, And A Comprehensive Connections Panel Supporting Up To 4 Displays, Active Fan Technology With Better Airflow Harmonics And Upgrades To The Strength And Stability Of The GPU.
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TWIN FROZR 8
MSI Geforce RTX 3050 TWIN FROZR 8 Thermal System Has Been Designed For Efficiency. Users Can Anticipate A Seamless Balance Of Cool And Quiet For More Entertainment Throughout Ceaseless Gaming Sessions.
TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
Never Worry About Your GPU Staying Cool Under Pressure With TORX FAN 4.0 – It's Built On Teamwork. Designed With Pairs Of Fan Blades United Together With A Connected Outer Ring Design, Which Concentrates Airflow Directly Into The Enhanced TRI FROZR 2 Cooling System.
TOTALLY COOL CORE PIPES
MSI Geforce RTX 3050 Core Pipes Innovative Design Are Precision-Machined For Maximum Contact Over The Graphics Card. This Incredible Design Spreads The Heat A Long The Full Length Of The Heatsink For Superior Cooling.
SILENCING HEATSINK DESIGN
Remain Stealthy With Airflow Control That Advances Airflow Dynamics. Deflectors Deliver Surplus Surface Area And Direct Air To Where It’s Required For Maximum Cooling. With Wave-Curved 2.0 Fin Edges, This Design Disrupts Unwanted Airflow Harmonics Resulting In Decreased Noise.
TOUGH ENOUGH TO BACK YOU UP!
GAMING Has Been Crafted To Serve You Well During Intense Gameplay. This Legendary Item Has Extra Power Unlocked Through The Custom PCB. Solid Build Quality In Key Areas Is Strengthened With A Rigid Metal Anti-Bending Strap.
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DirectX Raytracing Allows Games To Simulate How Light Works In Real Life, Providing Incredibly Realistic And Beautiful Graphics Effects Like Global Illumination, Reflections, And Shadows.
NVIDIA Has Partnered Closely With Microsoft To Enable Full DXR Support On GeForce GPUs. GeForce RTX GPUs Were Designed From The Start For The Extreme Demands Of Ray-Tracing Workloads. Specialised RT Cores, Found Only On GeForce RTX Graphics Cards, Provide Billions Of Rays Per Second Of Performance, And Up To 3X The Frame Rates With DXR Games And Applications. This Makes Ray Tracing At Real-Time Frame Rates Possible For The First Time.
MSI Geforce RTX 3050 Gaming X 8GB Review
We review the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 gaming X 8G model a little late because of shipping problems. There are raytracing and DLSS Tensor cores to be found on the cards, as well as the Twinfrozr cooling system that is used by MSI. And you know that means no noise at all. Disobedient to AMD's dramatic 200 USD Radeon RX 6500 XT with 4GB/64-bit graphics memory, 1024 shader processors tied to x4 PCIe lanes; the GeForce RTX 3050 is 50 bucks more expensive (MSRP) based on 8GB/128-bit and 2560 shader processors utilizing x8 PCIe lanes. basically we're looking at 1650 Series performance, but with added Raytrracing options and DLSS. The math immediately becomes visible, NVIDIA will win significantly today. With that 2560 shading cores and Ampere architecture, this 3050 series is bound to impress in the 1920x1080 and maybe even 2560x1440 (WQHD) domain. If stock becomes available in plentiful volumes though, as pricing will be everything. The GPU is again fabricated on an 8nm node derived from Samsung. This process further develops Samsung's 10nm process; no EUV is applied in production just yet. Notable is that a change is in effect, the memory runs at 14 Gbps and finally, entry-level receives 8GB GDDR6. The Ampere lineup nearly doubles ray-tracing performance with Gen2 ray-tracing cores and 3rd iteration Tensor cores. These cards will all be PCIe 4.0 interface compatible and offer HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4a, but most importantly is that nicer shader processor count (referred to as CUDA cores by NVIDIA). We now meet the NVIDIA GA106 GPU. And despite being a lower segmented card, it still holds a sizable GPU die. In this round, NVIDIA is not seeding Founder edition cards, aka FE GeForce RTX 3050. But of course, they do present the reference specification; a boost clock of 1777 MHz and a base clock of 1552 MHz.
The MSI Geforce RTX 3050 model from MSI that we're going to look at is a premium MSI graphics card in this class, even though it is a lot less powerful than a high-end model. It only comes close to living up to its name. As an example, the well-known Gaming-X cooler, which has a duo of Axial fans. As long as you don't mind the shorter length, the cooler's design is almost the same as that of its bigger brother. Being cost-effective they scrapped the BIOS thus there's no dual BIOS It has a somewhat more powerful power limiter available though as well as a 2-spinner fan cooler. Based on the NVIDIA GA106 LHR GPU, this time in a more limited configuration; it features a shader core count of 2560 and 8GB GDDR6 graphics memory running at 128-bit and 14 Gbps. The card is powered by a single (6+2) pin header. Armed with a BIOS that supports a Turbo clock speed of 1845 MHz (1777MHz = reference) under the default BIOS setting. This card manages to generate 31 Dba noise levels expect sheer silence in acoustics. We rate the card as having a normal draw of ~125 Watts. We tested the factory tweaked model, it over clocks well, and is slightly faster than the founder edition requirements for the base model.
This MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G Graphics Card comes with 2 Years Warranty.
Specification
| Video Memory Specifications |
| Type |
GDDR6 |
| Size |
8GB |
| Resolution |
7680x4320 |
| Core Clock |
Boost: 1845 MHz |
| Memory Clock |
14 Gbps |
| BUS Type |
128-bit |
| Memory Interface |
PCI Express Gen 4.0 x8 |
| CUDA Cores |
2560 Units |
| Interface |
| Display Port |
DisplayPort x 3 (v1.4a) |
| HDMI |
HDMI x 1 (Supports 4K@120Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1) |
| HDCP |
Yes |
| Power Specifications |
| Connectors |
8-pin x1 |
| Recommended PSU |
550 W |
| Consumption |
130 W |
| Display Option |
| Multi Display |
4 |
| Application Programming Interfaces |
| DirectX |
12 API |
| OpenGL |
4.6 |
| Physical Specifications |
| Dimensions |
278 x 130 x 49 mm |
| Others |
939 g |
| Warranty |
| Manufacturing Warranty |
2 Years Warranty |
