We are almost sure that GeForce RTX 3050 will have ray tracing. The GeForce RTX 3050 could become a real revolution if its specifications and selling price are true. According to a recent leak, NVIDIA is designing this model with a clear and simple objective: to shape a graphics card that can work with ray tracing and DLSS 2.0 while maintaining a selling price of less than 200 dollars.
- RTX 3060 Ti could be officially presented on November 17
- NVIDIA Ampere RTX 3060 Ti is leaked: pre-order available in China
- AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT leaked and it outperforms RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3050 will have ray tracing and DLSS 2.0
To put this graphics card in context we must consider what we said recently about the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, a version that will occupy a higher position between 249 and 299 dollars. In terms of gross performance, this model will be more or less at the level of an RTX 2070, but will probably end up outperforming it by working with ray tracing, thanks to the performance boost achieved by NVIDIA with the new second-generation RT cores present at Ampere.
With that in mind, I think it’s pretty clear where the GeForce RTX 3050 should be positioned. If we talk about raw performance, it should be more or less at the level of an RTX 2060, but it is likely to outperform it in ray tracing thanks to the leap in performance that the second generation RT cores mark against the first generation. Not bad, if all this is true, the GeForce RTX 3050 would be an excellent option to buy.
Possible specs of the GeForce RTX 3050
- Graphic core GA107 – 8nm process.
- 2.304 shaders at 1.690MHz-1.725MHz, normal and turbo mode.
- 72 textured units.
- 40 units of rasterization.
- 72 tensor cores.
- 18 RT cores.
- Ray tracing
- 128 bits memory bus.
- 4GB GDDR6 at 14GHz.
- Power in FP32: not specified.
- TGP: less than 90 watts.
- Power requirements: one 400-watt source. It may not require an additional power connector.
Quite tight specifications that may be subject to certain modifications, especially regarding the bus and memory. Right now having 4GB is more than enough to play almost anything in 1080p resolutions, but I think NVIDIA should consider offering configurations with a greater amount of graphics memory to extend the life of that hypothetical GeForce RTX 3050.
Low-cost mid-range graphics cards, such as the GeForce RTX 3050, will play a key role in democratizing ray tracing, so their importance is beyond question. I remind you that, if everything goes according to plan, this December will see the launch of the GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti, and GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti will not be announced until the first quarter of 2021.
