Zotac GeForce RTX 3050 Twin Edge OC

The Zotac GeForce RTX 3050 Twin Edge OC features a boost clock of 1807MHz, 30MHz higher than the reference clock. It only makes a small difference in performance, but the official MSRP of the card is $150 higher. Cards like this will be far more common than Nvidia's hypothetical $249 baseline price, at least until the GPU shortages are over.

-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
Zotac GeForce RTX 3050 Twin Edge 1

Product details

  • Memory Speed:14 Gbps
  • NVIDIA Ampere architecture, 2nd Gen Ray Tracing Cores, 3rd Gen Tensor Cores
  • 8GB 128-bit GDDR6, 14 Gbps, PCIE 4.0
  • IceStorm 2.0 Advanced Cooling, FREEZE Fan Stop, Active Fan Control, Metal Backplate.Avoid using unofficial software
  • 8K Ready, 4 Display Ready, HDCP 2.3
  • 3 x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan RT API, OpenGL 4.6
  • Boost Clock 1807 MHz

PROS

+ + Slightly faster than a reference card
+ + Runs cool and efficiently
+ + Cards like this might actually be in stock

CONS

- 60% MSRP increase
- Only a 1.7% factory overclock
- No frills design

Expert reviews and ratings

By Tom's Hardware on February 03, 2022
The Zotac GeForce RTX 3050 Twin Edge OC features a boost clock of 1807MHz, 30MHz higher than the reference clock. It only makes a small difference in performance, but the official MSRP of the card is $150 higher. Cards like this will be far more common than Nvidia's hypothetical $249 baseline price, at least until the GPU shortages are over.
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