Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On 1st July 2025, NVIDIA quietly launched its latest addition to the "Blackwell" GeForce RTX 50 family of GPUs - the GeForce RTX 5050. As the new "entry-level" offering of the RTX 5000 series, the RTX 5050 comes with 2560 CUDA cores, utilises the PCIe 5.0 x8 interface, and sports 8GB of GDDR6 memory - is this card relevant in this day and age given its 8GB of VRAM, and especially at its MSRP of US$249?
In that regard, ALKtech had the opportunity to unbox and test a RTX 5050 graphics card that is targeted at small form factor PC builds - the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5050 OC Low Profile 8G. Featuring a half-height cooler design with a RGB-free aesthetic, the OC Low Profile 8G could have a decent use case in a compact PC requiring a discrete GPU, such as a media server or even an entry-level SFF PC for gaming at 1080p.
Check out the ALKtech channel for the full unboxing and review video!
#custompc #custompcbuild #diypcbuild #pcmr #pcbuild #pcsetup #tech #techtok #gamingpcbuild #cpu
On 1st July 2025, NVIDIA quietly launched its latest addition to the "Blackwell" GeForce RTX 50 family of GPUs - the GeForce RTX 5050. As the new "entry-level" offering of the RTX 5000 series, the RTX 5050 comes with 2560 CUDA cores, utilises the PCIe 5.0 x8 interface, and sports 8GB of GDDR6 memory - is this card relevant in this day and age given its 8GB of VRAM, and especially at its MSRP of US$249?
In that regard, ALKtech had the opportunity to unbox and test a RTX 5050 graphics card that is targeted at small form factor PC builds - the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5050 OC Low Profile 8G. Featuring a half-height cooler design with a RGB-free aesthetic, the OC Low Profile 8G could have a decent use case in a compact PC requiring a discrete GPU, such as a media server or even an entry-level SFF PC for gaming at 1080p.
Check out the ALKtech channel for the full unboxing and review video!
#custompc #custompcbuild #diypcbuild #pcmr #pcbuild #pcsetup #tech #techtok #gamingpcbuild #cpu
