Gigabyte RTX 3050 has been listed for 492 EUR in Lithuania

First RTX 3050 listed for 492 EUR

Lithuanian retailer “Kilobaitas” is among the first to officially list GeForce RTX 3050 graphics cards ahead of launch. 

Gigabyte’s RTX 3050 Gaming OC model equipped with GA106-150 GPU and 8GB GDDR6 memory is now available for preorders. The card is already in stock and can be ordered it seems. With the price of 492 EUR, we are looking at around a 76% higher listing compared to the NVIDIA’s ‘recommended retail price’ (279 EUR).

Gigabyte RTX 3050 Gaming OC price, Source: kilobaitas

The most recent news puts RTX 3050 desktop GPU alongside GTX 1660 Ti graphics, but only as long as gaming without raytracing and DLSS is considered. Those features are not available with the Turing model. In comparison, the cheapest GTX 1660 Ti can be found for ‘as little’ as 459 EUR, according to Geizhals.

The supply of RTX 3050 cards appears to be very good, much better than most recent NVIDIA launches. Sales might be slowed down by still inflated retail pricing though. Many customers may wish to consider other options.

Update: It appears that Amazon Japan is already listing RTX 3050 cards for 473 to 550 USD:

It should be noted that RTX 3050 is launching on January 27th, however, reviews will be posted a day sooner. At this moment we do not have any information on potential preorders, so first orders should not be taken before the official launch date.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Specifications
VideoCardz	GeForce RTX 3060	GeForce RTX 3050	Radeon RX 6500 XT
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GPU	GA106-400	GA106-150	Navi 24 XT
Cores	3584	2560	1024
RT Cores	28	20	16
Tensors	112	80	–
Memory	12GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	4GB GDDR6
Memory Clock	15 Gbps	14 Gbps	18 Gbps
Memory Bus	192-bit	128-bit	64-bit
TGP/TBP	170W	130W	107W
Maximum Bandwidth	360 GB/s	224 GB/s	144 GB/s
MSRP	329 USD	249 USD/279 EUR	199 USD
Release Date	February 2021	January 2022	January 2022

Source: kilobaitas