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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (3GB) has a 96-bit memory bus
A little while ago we mentioned that there would be a new SKU released based on the Geforce GTX 1050, a 3GB version of the GeForce GTX 1050. The card should fill the gap between the GTX 1050 with 2GB and the GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB.
Back then I already mentioned that it would be interesting to see how that would work out memory controller wise. Nvidia just posted the full specs here. As you can see, the 3GB version is a real thing, there, however, is a significant change in the memory controller, it's 96-bit and that is a significant change, low-end and entry-level graphics cards are always very memory deprived in bandwidth. So you gain 1GB more memory, your memory bandwidth will drop by roughly 25% A good thing, however, is that the shader proc count and base clock has been increased a fair bit over the 2GB model.
Last but not least, very interesting is the fact that you could look at the product as a cut-down 1050 Ti really, as the 1050 3GB gets a bump on Shader processors, now at 768 shader processors (coming from 640 on the 2 GB 1050), straightening things out shaders wise at the level of the Ti model. Well, should we just call this a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 1GB cut away?
Many thanks, SH SOTH for the news-submit.
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#5548840 Posted on: 05/21/2018 11:08 PM
Another scam in such a short period of time, with 30gb less bandwidth it is gonna perform worse in a lot of games. Good job on using pc gamers on a budget as trash cans for broken chips.
Another scam in such a short period of time, with 30gb less bandwidth it is gonna perform worse in a lot of games. Good job on using pc gamers on a budget as trash cans for broken chips.
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#5548849 Posted on: 05/21/2018 11:52 PM
Great, so an underpowerd GPU now available in an even weaker form??
Great, so an underpowerd GPU now available in an even weaker form??
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#5548859 Posted on: 05/22/2018 12:42 AM
Not so underpowered... the GTX1050Ti once OC is just below GTX1060 3g in most case, not bad for a 100Euro less GPU, and for the price you have 1 more gig.
Also the new GTX1050 3g is intended for casual gaming and entry level, i think it's a good move as the original GTX1050 is weaker than the GTX950 that it's intended to replace.
And stop crying about the memory interface:
- again it's entry level 64, 96, 128... it's more or less the same with those GPU.
- the bit is the "size" of the road the frequency is the "autorised speed", Why should NVidia would ever put a 4096 wide bus (as an exemple, there is no HBM GTX1050 of course) on such a GPU?
Great, so an underpowerd GPU now available in an even weaker form??
Not so underpowered... the GTX1050Ti once OC is just below GTX1060 3g in most case, not bad for a 100Euro less GPU, and for the price you have 1 more gig.
Also the new GTX1050 3g is intended for casual gaming and entry level, i think it's a good move as the original GTX1050 is weaker than the GTX950 that it's intended to replace.
And stop crying about the memory interface:
- again it's entry level 64, 96, 128... it's more or less the same with those GPU.
- the bit is the "size" of the road the frequency is the "autorised speed", Why should NVidia would ever put a 4096 wide bus (as an exemple, there is no HBM GTX1050 of course) on such a GPU?
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#5548860 Posted on: 05/22/2018 12:49 AM
Yeah I don't really get it either. When AMD does this, sure, it's annoying and stupid, but it's usually for OEMs.
This isn't the first time Nvidia has done this. For example, I remember there were 3 different flavors of the GT 630, each of which were very different from each other (in fact, 2 were Fermi while one was Kepler based) and to my knowledge, none of them were specific to OEMs. It seems for anything below ##50Ti, Nvidia just recycles the performance tiers in whatever way conveniently gets rid of binned parts. I'm not sure if I prefer this, or AMD's method of "let's rebrand these same binned chips for the next 4 years".
They did the same thing with the GT640....
Yeah I don't really get it either. When AMD does this, sure, it's annoying and stupid, but it's usually for OEMs.
This isn't the first time Nvidia has done this. For example, I remember there were 3 different flavors of the GT 630, each of which were very different from each other (in fact, 2 were Fermi while one was Kepler based) and to my knowledge, none of them were specific to OEMs. It seems for anything below ##50Ti, Nvidia just recycles the performance tiers in whatever way conveniently gets rid of binned parts. I'm not sure if I prefer this, or AMD's method of "let's rebrand these same binned chips for the next 4 years".
They did the same thing with the GT640....
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Well. this card will perform well on paper for people who dont fully understand the specs.. I rember me "great" producs like Riva TNT 2 Vanta..