NVIDIA unveils three new GPU models for notebooks, including entry-level GeForce RTX 2050 for Laptop

Published 2021-12-20 09:17 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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#5974598

Devid

2021-12-20 10:28

RTX2050 is a little confusing not being a Turing part but Ampere. Also If I'm correct the MX570 is Ampere, MX550 is Turing.

#5974614

Venix

2021-12-20 11:45

Devid:

RTX2050 is a little confusing not being a Turing part but Ampere. Also If I'm correct the MX570 is Ampere, MX550 is Turing.

What is surprising is that they suddenly remembered that they never used the 2050 name since their "2050" was the 1650, so i guess that one have a few tensor cores ?what would be spicy will be if the tensor cores are disabled or non existent in this sku 😛

#5974620

Devid

2021-12-20 12:01

Venix:

What is surprising is that they suddenly remembered that they never used the 2050 name since their "2050" was the 1650, so i guess that one have a few tensor cores ?what would be spicy will be if the tensor cores are disabled or non existent in this sku 😛

Can you imagine playing anthing on this with RT enabled...?:D

#5974648

Venix

2021-12-20 14:05

Devid:

Can you imagine playing anthing on this with RT enabled...?:D

Oh no need to imagine i watched slideshows with real location pictures and rl pictures have native rt ! What makes tons of sense on this level is dlss though with out rt on.

#5974650

Undying

2021-12-20 14:13

After the 2060 12gb the next best thing is the 2050. Gj nvidia.

#5974663

H83

2021-12-20 14:41

Devid:

RTX2050 is a little confusing not being a Turing part but Ampere. Also If I'm correct the MX570 is Ampere, MX550 is Turing.

Confusing and stupid. Tech companies should fire their marketing departments and hire some guys with some common sense...

#5974683

gQx

2021-12-20 15:38

and they cry no chip and prices goes up. but now we have more similar cards to old gen with new names yay.

#5974705

tunejunky

2021-12-20 16:34

gQx:

and they cry no chip and prices goes up. but now we have more similar cards to old gen with new names yay.

these are old unsold gpus that NV decided to cash in on and add availability to the hottest PC market - laptops. old but in the Emperor's new clothes...

#5974727

Martin5000

2021-12-20 17:27

why tell us we cant buy one. that privilege is taken up by coin farms.

#5974911

icedman

2021-12-21 02:43

I get why this product exists but dam why name it in the 20 series they could have just called it a 3040m or 3030m if all the names have been taken above that.

#5975339

pharma

2021-12-22 10:52

These GPUs are based on the RTX 3050 or more specific the GA107, so will likely have enough HP for entry level RT graphics and effects. NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 2050 (anandtech.com)

Update: NVIDIA has since responded to us and informed us that, despite the RTX 2000 series naming, RTX 2050 is based on Ampere, not Turing. Specifically, GA107, the same GPU used in the RTX 3050 series. This means that NVIDIA is looking to salvage virtually every last die that they can, and even though RTX 3050 is already itself based on a less-than-fully-functional GA107 die, NVIDIA is now going one step further by creating a further cut-down GA107 SKU. Meanwhile this also helps to keep the low-end of NVIDIA's product stack competitive, both against AMD's dGPUs and the ever-increasing performance of integrated GPUs. Much odder, however, is NVIDIA's decision to classify the new SKU as an RTX 2000 series part. Which, for the previous 3 years, has been exclusively comprised of Turing TU10x parts. NVIDIA has not provided an explanation for this decision (and I doubt they ever will), but for now it means that the RTX 20 series will live on for another generation in some fashion thanks to the inclusion of an Ampere-based product. And while this just made talking about NVIDIA's laptop GPU lineup a whole lot harder, it's hard to particularly chide NVIDIA here since this is an Ampere part playing down a level (as it were), as opposed to the more common (and much loathed) tradition of rebadging older parts in order to satisfy OEM demands.

#5975343

cucaulay malkin

2021-12-22 11:03

icedman:

I get why this product exists but dam why name it in the 20 series they could have just called it a 3040m or 3030m if all the names have been taken above that.

cause there is another 3050 coming and x50 just sounds better i don't know RTX2050 looks better than RTX3040 to me it is confusin,though it's not the real issue.the real issue is pricing and availability.