GeForce RTX 5050 likely to get a minor VRAM upgrade

[Redaktion]

A new leak says Nvidia is working on a new RTX 5050 variant. It will use GDDR7 VRAM and offer a minor increase in VRAM.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/GeForce-RTX-5050-likely-to-get-a-minor-VRAM-upgrade.1242663.0.html

[Needs to be 12 GB]

9 GB VRAM would hardly be an improvement, it really needs to be 12 GB VRAM.

although one can't imagine why they got wasted on an RTX 5050 when the RTX 5060 lineup could have benefited far more from a VRAM increase.

Exactly, I see you have been reading my comments.

With the RTX 50 Super lineup effectively pushed back to 2026

Wasn't it pushed back to 2027?

we might even see a tiny increase (from 320 GB/s with GDDR6 to 388 GB/s with fast GDDR7 modules).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_RTX_50_series#Desktop
Up to the 5070 Ti 28 Gb/s memory is used and to replace the GDDR6's 320 GB/s, using the already already used 28 Gb/s is fine.
RTX 5050 GDDR6 at 128-bit: 320 GB/s = 128 * 20 / 8.
RTX 5050 GDDR7 at 96-bit: 336 GB/s = 96 * 28 / 8.
RTX 5050 GDDR7 at 96-bit: 360 GB/s = 96 * 30 / 8.
RTX 5050 GDDR7 at 96-bit: 384 GB/s = 96 * 32 / 8.

Interestingly there is no 96-bit chip, so NVIDIA would have either to create a new one, or use a disabled GB206.

[opckieran]

Guess the SUPER refresh isn't dead after all? x50 buyers eat your hearts out!