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by Kon-Peki 352 days ago
This is not going to go well:

> x50-class GeForce GPUs are among the most popular in the world, second only to the x60-class on Steam. Their price point and power profile are especially popular:

> For anyone upgrading an older x50-class system

> Each GeForce RTX 5050 graphics card is powered by a single PCIe 8-pin cable, drawing a maximum of 130 Watts at stock speeds, making it great for systems with power supplies delivering as little as 550 Watts.

The 1050, 2050 and 3050 were all bus-powered cards. I doubt 95% these systems even have the cable coming from their power supply. Imagine all the poor saps that excitedly swap out their old card for this, and... nothing works.

Source link: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-5050-desktop-g...
3 comments
toast0 352 days ago
I've got at 1650 Super; it's not bus-powered either. I think it's got a 6-pin, but often you can plug a 6-pin into an 8-pin board and it'll just run a lower current limit (this might not be accurate --- a lot of internet comments say 8 pin boards will detect a 6-pin connector and refuse to work). A whole lot of modern computing gets ~ 90% of the performance with 50% of the power; so if using a 6-pin lead drops power to 50%, you would still get most of it.

I've got a ~ 2006 380W power supply hanging out near my desk and it's got a 6-pin pci-e cable; I really don't think people won't have at least that, certainly not 95% of systems with a pci-e x16 slot.

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baobun 352 days ago
Non-super 1650 typically bus-powered and no PSU connector.
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reginald78 352 days ago
To bolster this, after the 750ti the 50 products have had pretty lame price to performance compared to the next step up, but have remained quite popular. Most people seem to argue that the lack of additional power is their main advantage and why they are popular.

I personally think people remember being happy with the 750ti and just keep buying those cards.

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LorenDB 352 days ago
Hey, at least it's not the infamous 12-pin connector.

(Full disclosure, I have a 9070 XT with a 12-pin connector. No fires yet, though.)

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Kon-Peki 352 days ago
Well, maybe a molex-to-8pin-PCIe cable comes in the box!
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