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MSI GeForce RTX 5050 8G SHADOW 2X OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
$190 after $20 Rebate
$250
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Walmart has MSI GeForce RTX 5050 8G SHADOW 2X OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card on sale for $209.99 (price in cart) - $20 MSI Rebate = $189.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member 2deal for sharing this deal.
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- Note: This deal requires a after-purchase rebate offer, be sure to follow the steps on the rebate form carefully to ensure you receive your $20 rebate.
- Core Clocks: 2617 MHz (MSI Center) / Boost: 2602 MHz
- TORX Fan 5.0 & Reinforcing Backplate
- DLSS 4 Support
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Written by SaltyOne | Staff- Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
- At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $60 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $249.99.
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Walmart has MSI GeForce RTX 5050 8G SHADOW 2X OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card on sale for $209.99 (price in cart) - $20 MSI Rebate = $189.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member 2deal for sharing this deal.
Thanks to Community Member 2deal for sharing this deal.
- Note: This deal requires a after-purchase rebate offer, be sure to follow the steps on the rebate form carefully to ensure you receive your $20 rebate.
- Core Clocks: 2617 MHz (MSI Center) / Boost: 2602 MHz
- TORX Fan 5.0 & Reinforcing Backplate
- DLSS 4 Support
Editor's Notes
Written by SaltyOne | Staff- Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
- At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $60 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $249.99.
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Frame generation essentially has the gpu render two frames and then hold them, preventing them being displayed immediately, while it interpolates ai generated frames in between the two rendered frames and then displays them sequentially, spacing them out to maintain frametime consistency. The benefit to this is that, in theory, you can achieve the appearance of visual smoothness corresponding with a higher framerate on hardware not powerful enough to reach said framerate. There are, however, several major drawbacks:
First, since frames are held back in order to allow ai generated frames be displayed in between them, while visual smoothness will be improved, latency and responsiveness actually worsen. Additionally, the overhead of generating the ai frames will decrease your base framerate. If you were to compare a game running at 240fps multi frame gen 4x and a game running at 60fps without frame gen side-by-side, while the mfg game would look far smoother, the 60fps game would actually feel less laggy and more responsive than the "240fps" game. Frame generation is best suited for giving a boost to visual smoothness when your card is already powerful enough to reach high fps in a game, not to improve performance of weaker hardware. Second, enabling frame generation increases vram use, which is a massive problem for a card with only 8gb of vram. An 8gb card will already struggle to run many modern games at 1080p medium settings without raytracing or frame gen, turning frame gen on will make what's already an enormous issue even worse. Third, the ai generated frames often have artifacts and other visual anomalies, which can drastically worsen the visual quality of the game. This largely depends on the specific title, and is much worse if you have a lower base framerate or use a higher multiplier of frame gen. Fourth, multi frame generation is only really useful with higher refresh rate monitors. To maintain response times anywhere even close to playing the game at 60fps without frame gen you need at absolute minimum an 120hz monitor for 2x, 180hz for 3x, and 240hz for 4x.
Frame gen and multiframe gen are primarily useful for playing games where latency doesn't matter much, and the additional visual smoothness is worth the laggier overall experience. Slow paced third person single player games on a high refresh rate monitor where your base framerate is already 70+ fps are prime candidates for using frame generation. While it's not an inherently "bad" feature, since it can be legitimately useful under the right circumstances, frame generation is ultimately FAR more limited in utility than Nvidia would attempt to convince you of. On a card as weak as the rtx 5050, many of those flaws are magnified further, to the point it really shouldn't factor into your purchasing decisions to any meaningful degree.
With regards to this deal, the rtx 5050 at $190 isn't a bad price if you just want something modern and cheap, but it isn't a truly fantastic value either. Keep in mind the 5050 only has pcie x8 rather than x16, so if your motherboard/cpu don't support pcie gen4 or newer you should avoid this card. If you're technologically savvy at all and have a decent processor (intel i5 12400 or better, or amd 5600 or better) on a motherboard supporting resizable bar (also known as smart access memory), I'd generally recommend going for the intel arc b580 12gb at $250 or less (sales at $230 recently) instead. The extra $40 for 12gb of vram is more than worth it if you plan to keep this card for more than a couple of years. Alternatively, you can definitely find better deals in the used market if you're willing to tolerate the additional risk, lack of warranty, and missing out on certain modern features.
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This is a cheap new RTX 5050 aimed at 1080p gaming, with DLSS 4, a warranty, and enough output ports for multi monitor setups. At around $190 after rebate, it lands near the RTX 4060 and is viewed as strong value for budget builds, especially for buyers avoiding used cards. The main cautions are its 8GB of VRAM and 8 lane PCIe 5.0 interface, which can stutter on older PCIe 3.0 systems. Frame generation can smooth gameplay, but it also adds latency and is less useful on weak hardware.
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Frame generation can make motion look smoother, but it also increases latency, can reduce responsiveness, and may add artifacts and extra VRAM use. It is most useful when the base framerate is already decent and you have a high-refresh monitor, not as a fix for very low FPS.
Yes, it is being treated as a solid $190-$200 1080p budget card, with performance cited around RTX 3060 to RTX 4060 territory depending on the comparison. It is especially appealing if you want a new card, lower power use, and do not want to gamble on the used market.
It can work on PCIe 3.0, but the card's PCIe 5.0 x8 interface may run at x8 on older boards and can cause stuttering or bad 1% lows when games exceed 8GB of VRAM. It is a much safer buy on PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 systems.
A used RTX 3060 Ti or 3070 is reported to have better raw performance for around $200, while the RTX 5050 adds DLSS 4 and a warranty. The 5050 is also newer and lower-risk if you want a new card instead of buying used.
It has 4 display outputs: 3 DisplayPort and 1 HDMI. That should handle multi-monitor setups well, including systems with several displays.
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Assuming no CPU bottleneck, its double the performance of the RX 480 even without framegen.
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If your motherboard has PCIE 5.0, then this isn't as much of a problem.
Also, you can use the Lossless Scaling program ($3.50 on sale, $7 when not) to do frame gen on older cards. I have been running this on my 3060TI, and it's very good, only slightly worse than Nvidia's solution. The best part about Lossless Scaling is that it works in every app I've tried it on. Nvidia frame gen only works on games with it deliberately implemented.
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