Can The Worst RTX Graphics Card Do Ray Tracing?

I test the ray tracing performance of the loseriest RTX graphics card you can buy, the RTX 3050.

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[dragontales]

The thing that blows my mind is that the 3050 is worse than the 2060, so it's essentially just a 2050, not an actual 3050.

[eldibs]

DLSS is the real selling point for RTX cards. It's not perfect, but it works well. For gaming, ray tracing is currently just a neat toy.

[Microwave]

Bro lost about 950 fps when he turned on Rtx mode in quake 2

[Arylist]

when the "worst rtx graphics card" works better than your gpu

[tonny]

Been stuck with a 1050Ti for 5 years. Upgraded to a 3050 after getting a new CPU and I am not regretting it. Enjoying Cyberpunk with DLSS without RT and I couldn't be happier since the game is over 60 FPS.

[ObliteAbyss]

The thing with raytracing is that it was the goal for so long, that we had plenty of time to get very good at faking it - So when it finally came along, it didn't make as much of an impact as it would have previously.

[splshhimself]

To be fair, you dont actually have to play with RTX, unless you really want to. The thing is, this GPU was designed specifically for 1080p gaming, so imo This gpu would be one of the best budget gpus for those 1080p gamers 😄

[drdeathkitty]

Ive always wondered, what happens if you solder more memory modules to the empty space?

[tobyedwards]

"Dawid cackles manically as RTX 3050 cries"

[BaxTechYT]

I'm impressed by how well DLSS can help. If the GPU market ever comes back to a reasonable place, this gives me hope!

[JimJK]

gamers when rtx doesn't run at fps

[bagenskiii]

I have the laptop variant (found within the MSI GF63 Thin) and it runs ray tracing surprisingly well. Metro Exodus, Minecraft RTX, and Cyberpunk all run around 40-50 frames. It's not perfect, but certainly fun to mess around with.

[recordatron]

Seems for most games the real killer RT feature is ray traced global illumination. The shadows and reflections are nice and all but the real scene changing stuff comes from GI. If that's not featured or its paired back the difference seems to be a lot less noticeable if you're not looking for it.

[terradrive]

the RT cores aren't just for gaming, it can literally double 3d rendering speed in blender, used for AI programs like AI image upscalers etc

[saberkura]

Question... leaving aside the games, my question is with this video card if it is good for a video rendering in the edition? is it HD or 4K? and the rendering speed, how is it going fast or I appreciate your prompt response

[Kwnos]

I got a 3060Ti and on max performance settings to squeeze out everything I keep getting wierd cuts on my screen and lower frames. This started to happen right after I formatted my PC. I tured on all the windows performance modes, my CPU, ram is amazing all running really high at like 4.6 ghz and 3600 mhz and still I cannot play games well with my RTX. Is there a setting I need to turn on or something I can do to fix this. I have the latest drivers ofc.

[MandoMTL]

I think the logic behind the extra thermal pad is to even out mounting pressure.

[TechWithSean]

3:27 those pads may help the cooler sit flush against the PCB. Even though there's no VRAM there, if there were no pads on one side, the mounting pressure may be more uneven.

[SmittyWJManJensen]

6:30 "there's some fire on our gun, this is definitely worth half the framerate"

This statement is basically raytracing in a nutshell.

[MRRIMURUTEMPEST]

Hi, is it okay to upgrade to 3050 coming from 1050ti? The 3050 here in my country is currently selling at $200 and I don't really have a budget for the other high end gpus