<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Nvidia surprised by unveiling a desktop version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, set to release in the second half of July exclusively in third-party models.</li><li>The RTX 5050 will be priced at $249, replacing the RTX 5060 as Nvidia's cheapest current-gen desktop GPU, featuring 8GB of last-gen GDDR6 VRAM and 2,560 CUDA cores.</li><li>Compared to the RTX 3050, the RTX 5050 offers more memory bandwidth and potential performance advantages, especially in ray tracing, with its updated Blackwell architecture.</li><li>The RTX 5050's close pricing to the RTX 5060 raises questions about its market positioning and how it will coexist with its higher-priced counterpart, catering to budget-conscious PC gamers.</li></ul>

There’s a desktop-grade Nvidia RTX 5050 after all, and it’s out next month

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