It was insane how many years the 1650 has ruled the roost as the best you can do in SFF bus powered builds (excepting a few prohibitively priced pro cards), I'll be glad for some progress in this space even if it's not a super exciting latest gen card.
Some people play this space off as moot as of APUs that are as powerful as entry level dedicated cards used to be, but I'm a fan of hobo builds lol, take a SFF business desktop from ebay for a song and a dance and add a GPU like this and you have a niece or nephew into upgradable PC systems and a capable gaming system.
I assume this is using the inferior Samsung 8nm node, too.
I wonder how a card would work with a 500 RPM 120mm FDB fan. It should be inaudible outside of an anechoic chamber and beat a passive card’s dissipation.
A pity there isn't something similar to the GT 710, 720, and 730 for the desktop that uses less than 35w at full load. iGPUs have somewhat shouldered those lower end graphics cards aside, of course, but that range of video card was great for upgrading older business desktops without the need to upgrade a power supply. But oh well, the day of the desktop is behind us anyway and when we look at gaming in the present day its mostly done on phones so there isn't much point in expending the costs to produce a practical GPU that normal people would use.
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tipoo - Friday, February 2, 2024 - link
It was insane how many years the 1650 has ruled the roost as the best you can do in SFF bus powered builds (excepting a few prohibitively priced pro cards), I'll be glad for some progress in this space even if it's not a super exciting latest gen card.Some people play this space off as moot as of APUs that are as powerful as entry level dedicated cards used to be, but I'm a fan of hobo builds lol, take a SFF business desktop from ebay for a song and a dance and add a GPU like this and you have a niece or nephew into upgradable PC systems and a capable gaming system.
ingwe - Monday, February 5, 2024 - link
Yeah completely agree. Not interested in buying an ancient card for SFF either.Oxford Guy - Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - link
The 8400 GS plagued use for nearly forever, too.meacupla - Friday, February 2, 2024 - link
$170 for a 6GB card is insane.The 3050 6GB is significantly cut down compared to its 8GB model, and really should be called the 3040.
nandnandnand - Monday, February 5, 2024 - link
Makes the 6400/6500 XT price points look really bad, but gets crushed by a 6600.Oxford Guy - Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - link
I assume this is using the inferior Samsung 8nm node, too.I wonder how a card would work with a 500 RPM 120mm FDB fan. It should be inaudible outside of an anechoic chamber and beat a passive card’s dissipation.
kn00tcn - Thursday, February 8, 2024 - link
well the 3050 8gb should have been called the 3050tiPeachNCream - Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - link
A pity there isn't something similar to the GT 710, 720, and 730 for the desktop that uses less than 35w at full load. iGPUs have somewhat shouldered those lower end graphics cards aside, of course, but that range of video card was great for upgrading older business desktops without the need to upgrade a power supply. But oh well, the day of the desktop is behind us anyway and when we look at gaming in the present day its mostly done on phones so there isn't much point in expending the costs to produce a practical GPU that normal people would use.