RTX 3050 6GB graphics card is wildly popular in China - NVIDIA has already raised the recommended price

Despite its extremely "cut" configuration, the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB video card has become very popular in China. Against the backdrop of the discontinuation of the GTX 1650 and GTX 1050, it seems like a good budget option. NVIDIA's partner in the country AIB is considering raising the price. The recently released NVIDIA RTX 3050 6 GB video card is becoming popular among consumers looking for budget solutions, aiming to replace or find an equivalent to GTX cards. Despite fierce competition in the sub $200 segment from Intel Arc A580/A750 and AMD RX 6600, the video card has gained popularity in China as a replacement for the widely used GTX 1650 and GTX 1050. Demand allows NVIDIA AIB partners to adjust the price and increase their own margin. On the Chinese Board Channels forums, it is also reported that NVIDIA has informed partners of an increase in the recommended price of the 3050 6 GB from $195 to $210. The increase is small, but confirms its popularity. However, the cost increase may give an advantage to competitors such as Intel Arc A580 and Radeon RX 6600 8 GB. Reminder, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB has a GA107-325 graphics processor with 2304 compute cores, which is 10% less than the 8 GB model. The processor clock speed is 1470 MHz, which is 17% lower than the 8 GB variant. It has 6 GB of video memory running on a 96-bit bus, compared to the 8 GB 128-bit in the original model. The video card is approximately 20% slower than the 8 GB model. American retailers are currently selling it at the starting price of $169, but most variants cost from $179. Source: Wccftech