ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Dual Ball Fan Bearings, All-Aluminum Shroud, 2.8-Slot Design, GPU Tweak II)

I built my computer a few years ago with an intel 11400 CPU, and I was just using the integrated graphics. But the other day I tried to play a Windows game that would barely play, so I decided to finally get a GPU.I got the 3050 6GB OC (overclock) edition. It's nice that the 6GB models do not require a power connection to the power supply. They are just powered by the PCI slot, so that's nice it saves a little work. A guy on here had a review talking about needing an 8 pin connector, but I later realized he had purchased the 8 GB card, and not a 6GB card.Installation was very easy. Took off plastic on outside face and then plastic on the metal ports. Removed the plastic plug cover for the HDMI port, I left the other 2 port plugs in there. Before installing into motherboard there's a plastic cover to remove on the GPU's connector strip where you plug it into the motherboard. Then just remove 2 of the little strip panels on your computer's case, and use the 2 screws to secure the GPU.Once I got the computer running I went to Nvidia.com to download the driver and app (comes in one download if you select that). They give you the option of using either a "gaming driver" or "studio driver". Even though I'll play some games I chose to use the studio driver, it seems a little more stable and I'll also be using creativity/productivity apps.I am overall happy with this GPU so far, I think it will fit my needs and it's budget friendly. I was surprised there are not really any good GPU options around $100 new. For example a GPU about half as good as this for $100, it doesn't exist. The GPUs that are around $100 new aren't even worth getting for example the GT 1030.I seen a lot of guys online saying this 3050 isn't as good as the 28% better AMD 6600 card for $200. But none of them say or keep in mind that Nvidia cards are generally better for creative software programs, and even AI stuff I hear. While the AMD card might give you a little more bang for the buck for gaming, that's about its only advantage. So for me I'm choosing Nvidia all day since I'm not only playing games with my GPU.

I love this card. I had an older GTX 1050 TI PCI 16, V3, and I didn't have a 8 prong power cable connectors on my motherboard to install a higher end card. I thought about getting adapter cables but then realized the SATA cables are not made to carry that much current, plus my power supply is only 300W. This card is perfect. Even though it's PCI V4, it's backward compatible and the card fit perfectly in my smaller case.Installed in seconds and is reasonably quiet. Great card for the money.My games are much faster now, take less time to load, and are more brilliant and vivid. I am loving it.

Funciona muy bien con un procesador corei5 de octava generación la compre para jugar DOTA2 con este procesador sus fps van entre 100 y 120 fps es sencilla pero por ese precio mas que buena

Soooo I got an optiplex 7070 on eBay for ~80 shipped, no SSD. Got a SSD for 15$ and a USB for windows11 install for $5? The problem becomes that the card is situated in a way that the fans blow at the power supply in the sff, and on TOP of that, the card/motherboard have a compatibility/clearance issue for these dell optiplex sff's, the only way to fit this card is in the x4 slot. This is already a pcie 3.0, so bandwidth drop is probably going to be killer..(on me, it's my first card, for my first "build" that's not even going to live in my house.)That said, it works great, loaded up the Minecraft world that I was getting ~110 fps with some drops prior to install, was getting around 250+ fps with the graphics card, on java, fancy graphics, think 15 chunk? Render distance. This pc will probably be used to play game pass PC games, modded Minecraft, probably some fortnite festival/clone hero or whatever the PC game is, my brother is into all that rhythm game stuff.Specs: Dell optiplex 7070 sffIntel i5-9500This graphics card, low profile.8gb ram250 GB nvme m.2 (sn550 wd) SSDStock mobo, cooler, PSU, case.. so far. 😅 I may recase the "build" to get access to that x16 slot (I believe this is an x8 4.0 card, running currently at x4 3.0) so even just a little more bandwidth would most certainly have some gains to offer.So far so good, don't buy this one if you have an optiplex, unless you are certain your x16 slot is on the top.

If I could rate this 10 stars I would. After owning a gaming pc for 3 years it came with a low budget GT 1030. After dealing with it for years I finally decided to pay the money to upgrade it. So I choose this RTX 3050 and so far it has been great to use. I no longer play marvel rivals on 20 fps and can now play it on 170. I recommend this card if you’re looking for a cheap but good graphics card to upgrade to.

Great product and good price I went from a 1070 to this and makes a world of difference. I did have to update my bios but it was worth it.

After research on value vs performance, I found a product that provided both. Excellent pricing, and provides excellent performance. I was impressed with the quality and decided to build another PC (Desktop) with the same product. The PC provided incredible graphics capability over others and certainly over the internal CPU graphics engine. Graphics card was an easy install and provided great cooling with the build-in dual fans. The product also provided VGA, HDMI, and DVI inputs which should provide adaption to 99% of all interfaces. I would recommend this graphics card for anyone owning , building, or upping the performance for graphics. Very highly recommend this product.

For my htpc. Excellent picture and sound. Easy install and quite too