EVGA GeForce RTX 3050
RTX goes mainstream, sort of
EVGA’s RTX 3050 XC Black delivers all you need but nothing extra, with a suggested retail price of just $250.
COMPARED TO the relative travesty of the RX 6500 XT launch (see review on page 80), the RTX 3050 feels like another great option from Team Green. Nvidia’s RTX cards previously bottomed out at $300 with the later RTX 2060 models and the minimum price for the entry-level 3000-series has now dropped to just $250—in theory. The problem is that the base MSRP only applies to GPUs using Nvidia’s reference clocks. If a graphics card manufacturer provides even a tiny one or two percent factory overclock, MSRPs skyrocket to $330 or more—and even then, most RTX 3050 cards are selling for more than their MSRPs.