The most recent Steam {hardware} survey has proven that earlier Nvidia graphics playing cards are nonetheless very a lot in vogue in the case of PC gaming. Nonetheless, one of many lower-end 3000 sequence could also be getting pushed apart to make room for a GPU that might be, inexplicably, worse.

In line with a report from Videocardz – which references the Chinese language web site Board Channels – Nvidia could also be changing its RTX 3050 card in favor of the same one, however with much less reminiscence. It’s been prompt that Staff Inexperienced might choose to fabricate and promote a 3050 with 6GB of RAM as an alternative of the 8GB it at present has.

Fairly why this might be the case is just not clear, however the report suggests it might be all the way down to this older GPU “impacting gross sales of the RTX 4060 an excessive amount of.” If the 3050 does get changed with a decrease spec model, it might be available on the market by January, based on a Board Channels quote translated by Videocardz.

The standard tempering of expectations is beneficial

As all the time with these items, it’s greatest to take the data at face worth for now. Till Nvidia confirms or denies these speculations, now we have to imagine that’s what they’re: simply speculations.

It’s believed that the RTX 3050 6GB card will nonetheless use the GA106 chip, however have a TDP of 75W. The present mannequin has a TDP of 130W, so it’s doable the remainder of the {hardware} configurations can have a little bit of a downgrade as nicely.

As I say, these particulars have but to be confirmed so take them with a pinch of salt. No matter cause Nvidia has for discontinuing an Ampere GPU and changing it with a weaker mannequin, it’s greatest to carry off judgement till somebody from the corporate addresses it. On the time of writing, Staff Inexperienced has but to remark.