Everyone is talking about Nvidia"s high-end GPUs with eye-watering price tags, but the reality is that most gamers often use much more modest hardware, something at the level of the RTX 4060 or similar. If shelling out over a grand on a graphics card is not an option, but you still want access to Nvidia"s latest tech, you can now get the MSI Gaming RTX 5050 8GB graphics card below its MSRP for just $239.99.
True, you are not going to get 240 FPS in 4K out of this dual-slot GPU, but again, it does not force you to sell a kidney to own one. While the 8GB memory buffer is indeed a bummer in 2025, the RTX 5050 still offers access to everything that the Blackwell generation has in store, such as multi-frame generation (DLSS 4) and Nvidia"s latest media engines. This affordable GPU will get you decent frame rates at 1080p in modern games, which is still the dominant screen resolution, according to the latest Steam data.
Speaking of screens, the RTX 5050 has one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 2.1 ports, and it can output image at 4K 480Hz or 8K 165Hz with DSC. As for power, the RTX 5050 only draws about 130W, and a single eight-pin connector with a good 550W power supply is more than enough to keep this graphics card operating. This also means that the card is easier to cool, and its dual fans support 0dB mode when the GPU is not under load.
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MSI Gaming RTX 5050 8G Shadow 2X OC Graphics Card - $239.99 on Amazon US
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