NVIDIA and AMD are reportedly preparing for the imminent arrival of Intel's Arc Alchemist graphics cards, with which Intel intends to enter all segments of the GPU market. Discrete GPUs comparable to the GTX 1650 SUPER in the entry-level segment are expected, along with a long list of different models. In response, recent leaks suggest that NVIDIA is developing a desktop version of the RTX 3050 with 8GB of GDDR6 memory, offering more power than its laptop counterpart.
This redesigned GPU from Intel hopes to join the fight in early 2022 against Arc graphics cards. This information comes from a tweet by Kopite7Kimi, a Twitter user who leaked the original RTX 3000 Super line in September.
A new RTX 2050 for desktops
This latest information should be taken with care because Nvidia has not yet commented on or confirmed any of these leaks. A tweet from the user TUM_APISAK tweeted the information about this vitaminized RTX 3050.
The RTX 3050 line is not at all strange, as it was already seen in the MSI Summit E16 Flip laptop, which featured an RTX 3050. The most notable difference between this model and the discrete variant that has been leaked is that the mobile version It only has 4 GB of GDDR6, while the latter is rumored to be released early next year has 8 GB of GDDR6.
It is highly likely that due to GPU shortages and cryptocurrency mining still profitable, these graphics cards will remain hard to come by and sell for a higher price than the retail price. But with this they hope to have a broader catalog of cards and offer more options to users who have long wanted to update their graphics cards.
Source: Digital Trends
