Asus NVIDIA GeForce DUAL-RTX3050-O8G RTX 3050 8GB OC Graphics Card

Delivery -I had some issues with the delivery being sent out on time but the item was very safe in transit and arrived with no damage at all.Performance -I upgraded to this from a ASUS Dual GTX 1060, very good card for 1080p gaming I have seen a massive improvement with FPS at least doubling while also maxing out settings.Quality -The Quality of the card is fantastic, with a metal backplate that looks really nice with the design on it. Very clean but gamery look.Value for Money -Nvidia has not provided value for money for a long time. Although this card is good the prices of cards in general are too high.

This was a good upgrade from my 1050Ti and didn't break the bank in the process. The boost clocks are good and the twin fans mean that it runs at around 63 degrees Celcius under full load in my setup, which is a Ryzen 5600X with 16GB of Corsair DDR 3600 RAM. The metal backplate means that there is no stress on the board when mounted vertically.The ASUS website support section has Armory Crate as part of the utilities for this card. My advice, is don't bother downloading and installing it, the card doesn't have any RGB and it caused issues on my Windows 11 installation. Also the uninstaller didn't remove it fully from Windows, with some of the services left behind which had to be manually uninstalled from the command line.Most of the games I play don't have RTX ... MoreThis was a good upgrade from my 1050Ti and didn't break the bank in the process. The boost clocks are good and the twin fans mean that it runs at around 63 degrees Celcius under full load in my setup, which is a Ryzen 5600X with 16GB of Corsair DDR 3600 RAM. The metal backplate means that there is no stress on the board when mounted vertically.The ASUS website support section has Armory Crate as part of the utilities for this card. My advice, is don't bother downloading and installing it, the card doesn't have any RGB and it caused issues on my Windows 11 installation. Also the uninstaller didn't remove it fully from Windows, with some of the services left behind which had to be manually uninstalled from the command line.Most of the games I play don't have RTX support so I haven't really experienced the ray tracing yet. On the whole I'm really happy with it and its a big improvement over the 1050Ti for gaming at 1080p.My only gripe is that its still a bit expensive for what is really an entry level card, but that's the current GPU market.The card was despatched quickly by CCL and the free delivery service from them was excellent with the usual 1 hour time slot from DPD.

10/5 stars

I came from a 6 year old 1050ti, so this was a huge jump, but it is SO quiet and it puts out! I’ve not had a single problem running any games. GTA V runs like butter, Battlefront 2 runs like butter, so many games run like butter. Only thing I don’t like is the small purple led it has. I don’t like it because my build has red led and it doesn’t look right haha. Other than that, this card is amazing. It felt like I was stealing the card because of how cheap it was.

1650 to 3050

At first I was hesitant about upgrading from my old 1650 but I would say it’s 100% worth it. I saw an improvement on my games for example Overwatch, with my1650 I averaged about 30-40 fps on medium settings now I can play on max setting with 60+ fps. I would say if you are in a “budget” or if you don’t need the “latest and greatest” get this. Ignore the other reviews saying it’s bad or not worth upgrading, It’s a good card, easy to install (if you’ve never built/upgraded a pc), and easy to deal with drivers (for less tech savvy people). As someone who loves tech/numbers I would say this card suffices about 90% of people and it’s worth it if you have an older GPU. :)

A Mid Tier Graphics Card

This card reminds me so much about my 5700Xt I got two years ago. The loud fans(only two) and the mediocre performance with 1080p gaming and low 2k. Fortunately this card has more pros than it does have cons. Like for instance, good lighting in game, mid par fps and software, no stutters in-game or crashes.Definitely a mid tier graphics card.

A good starter graphics card

I like to stream and play First Person Shooter games like Valorant, CSGO.This works perfectly. There is no difference in FPS whether I am streaming or not streaming.For me its a big upgrade from my old GPU. Also it is really efficient as it seems to be pulling only max 130W of power at full usage.I know many people asked me to buy the RX6600 instead of this. That said I am not really good with driver issues or fixing such issues inside Windows. I personally know 2 people whose machines with RX6600 who had driver issues and hence decided against that.That said, I am 100% sure there is a drop in FPS when you are streaming with RX6600 based on the experience of my friends.Hence I felt this is the card for me.Some of the other games I have tried.- GTA- ... MoreI like to stream and play First Person Shooter games like Valorant, CSGO.This works perfectly. There is no difference in FPS whether I am streaming or not streaming.For me its a big upgrade from my old GPU. Also it is really efficient as it seems to be pulling only max 130W of power at full usage.I know many people asked me to buy the RX6600 instead of this. That said I am not really good with driver issues or fixing such issues inside Windows. I personally know 2 people whose machines with RX6600 who had driver issues and hence decided against that.That said, I am 100% sure there is a drop in FPS when you are streaming with RX6600 based on the experience of my friends.Hence I felt this is the card for me.Some of the other games I have tried.- GTA- Dota- Elden Ring- Forza Horizon- The Witcher- Cyberpunk- Red Dead Redemption- Fall GuysAll games work really well without lag/issues. Yes surely we will get lesser FPS when compared to RX6600 but I went for stability and reliability over more power.Streaming and gaming together has been amazing without drop in frames. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for this.

New?

The chipset manufacturing problem continues (or at least that is what we're led to believe). Why are there so many new models being released? When I reviewed this particular graphics card on NVIDIA's website for drivers and software, it was last on the list. The drivers were released during Windows 7, which I might add was an O/S that reached its EOL cycle in January 14th, 2020. In reality, this card is overpriced for what it does. The question is, was this card released at an earlier date, and the OC version was released this year? I would really like to see ASUS and/ or NVIDIA chime in on this topic.

Red LED on 3 of these DUAL-RTX3050-08G GPUs! All failed?

I've now had 3 identical ASUS GPUs arrive apparently failed, any help would be appreciated. New PC: ASUS DUAL-RTX3050-08G GPU ASUS PRIME Z690-P D4 MOBO (Rev 1.00) Seasonic Prime TX-1000 Titanium 1,000 Watt PSU Intel Core i7-12700K CPU Corsair H100x cooler G.Skill Trident Z 64GB Ram DDR4 4000 Windows 11 Pro 64bit Without this ASUS GPU installed, this PC boots and functions perfectly. I want better graphics than the Intel CPU has, so I bought this ASUS GPU. After installation and as soon as the PSU is switched on, the red LED on the GPU illuminates and the PC will not respond to a press of the power button and obviously will not boot. This happened to both of the first two identical GPUs and I was running a Seasonic Prime TX-750 for the initial PC build. While I still ... MoreI've now had 3 identical ASUS GPUs arrive apparently failed, any help would be appreciated. New PC: ASUS DUAL-RTX3050-08G GPU ASUS PRIME Z690-P D4 MOBO (Rev 1.00) Seasonic Prime TX-1000 Titanium 1,000 Watt PSU Intel Core i7-12700K CPU Corsair H100x cooler G.Skill Trident Z 64GB Ram DDR4 4000 Windows 11 Pro 64bit Without this ASUS GPU installed, this PC boots and functions perfectly. I want better graphics than the Intel CPU has, so I bought this ASUS GPU. After installation and as soon as the PSU is switched on, the red LED on the GPU illuminates and the PC will not respond to a press of the power button and obviously will not boot. This happened to both of the first two identical GPUs and I was running a Seasonic Prime TX-750 for the initial PC build. While I still had the second GPU, I replaced the 750 watt PSU with the 1,000-watt and got the same red LED. I sent the second GPU to ASUS and today received the third GPU from them. I installed it with the exact same results; red LED as soon as the PSU is switched on, no power button response, no boot. Remove the GPU and the PC boots and runs normally. So utterly frustrated at this point.... A 1,000-watt PSU should be more than adequate for this setup. Any ideas or suggestions as to what the problem might be?

Solid Graphics Card

Overall, I was in search of something sub-$500, which was capable of 1080p gaming, as well as able to do some light streaming given NVIDIAs NVENC encoder. Purchasing directly from Newegg, this GPU appears to be exactly what I was in search of. For someone like me, coming from a GT 1030 and 720p screens, this card is well worth its money (at MSRP). While other cards may offer better performance for a similar price, the video encoder may cushion the performance loss for some buyers, as myself.

great card for gaming and productivity

I was finally able to upgrade from a Radeon RX480 and this card has been amazing for both gaming and for its additional features via NVIDIA Broadcast. I was able to interview over Zoom in a weird living space by completely editing out the background and replacing it. Absolutely fantastic performance all around.