Is NVIDIA Even Trying? GeForce RTX 5050 Gaming GPU Review

Linus tears into NVIDIA’s new RTX 5050, a budget-slot card that seems destined for OEM prebuilts more than serious gamers’ rigs. After running 1080p and 1440p benchmarks plus frame-generation and latency tests, he calls out the card’s middling performance, lackluster AI/compute chops, and awkward price point—basically a marketing disaster dressed up as “entry-level” enthusiasm.

Beyond gaming, he dives into productivity and creator workloads, then breaks down Nvidia’s confusing messaging and value proposition. The final verdict? The 5050 feels underpowered for its cost, making it a hard sell unless you really, really need a cheap GPU in your next prebuilt PC.

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