Question [Videocardz] New RTX 3050 OEM

[jpiniero]

GeForce RTX 3050 for OEMs reportedly features 2304 CUDA cores - VideoCardz.com

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM It looks like NVIDIA is offering a new model exclusively to OEM partners. The GeForce RTX 3050 for OEMs may carry the same name as the DIY version, but this model reportedly features fewer cores. The original model is equipped with GA106-150 GPU with 2560 CUDA cores...

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Can't call this the 3040 Ti? They cut the core count another 10% from the 3050 but the memory bus and size remain the same.

 

[Stuka87]

OEM cards are often cut down from retail versions. It makes things really confusing for customs. They buy a machine from X manufacturer, claiming to have a specific card. They look up benchmarks, and think "yeah, thats great, it will play my game". But then find out its doesnt perform quite like the benchmarks.

 

[VirtualLarry]

OEM cards are often cut down from retail versions. It makes things really confusing for customs. They buy a machine from X manufacturer, claiming to have a specific card. They look up benchmarks, and think "yeah, thats great, it will play my game". But then find out its doesnt perform quite like the benchmarks.

On it's face, that actually seems explicitly fraudulent to me. Much like how mfgs used to spec TV screen sizes differently, before we ad regulations regarding that sort of thing. Some mfgs were "very creative" in how they would rate their TVs.

 

[Stuka87]

On it's face, that actually seems explicitly fraudulent to me. Much like how mfgs used to spec TV screen sizes differently, before we ad regulations regarding that sort of thing. Some mfgs were "very creative" in how they would rate their TVs.

I think they get away with it because a model name doesn't denote the cards specs. The measurement of a TV for instance is something that's physically measurable. But GPU model names are not tied to specific specs. Kind of like how the 3GB and 6GB GTX 1060's actually had different GPUs in them. They were both called 1060's, but the 3GB one had a cut down version of the chip.

 

[SteinFG]

Will they still use GA106? If they do, nerly half the cores will be disabled. What a waste.
I'm surprised they didn't use GA107 with the original 3050. Maybe GA107 is only PCIe x4 and that's why it's mobile only.
edit: checked, GA107 has a desktop version named A2, and it's x8 PCIe