Nvidia RTX 4050 could be the Terminator GPU of this laptop generation that refuses to die when the RTX 5050 arrives

Date:
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:04:44 +0000

Description:
Nvidia rumored to be keeping RTX 4050 laptop GPU to sit under RTX 5050 when
it arrives so will this help with cheaper gaming laptops?

FULL STORY ======================================================================Nvidia may keep the RTX 4050 mobile when RTX 5000 laptop GPUs launch It will sit at the bottom tier, below the Blackwell mobile graphics cards What isnt clear is if itll drop in price to help with cheaper gaming laptops

Nvidia will apparently keep its RTX 4050 GPU for laptops when new RTX 5000 mobile graphics cards arrive, though the rest of the Lovelace notebook range will be canned.

Wccftech grabbed the scoop on this rumor, which comes from a leaker on Weibo who were not familiar with, so wed advise doubling down on the skepticism
with this info.

The RTX 5000 laptop range could arrive as soon as CES 2025 in January (alongside Blackwell desktop GPUs), according to previous buzz on the grapevine, and when Nvidia does launch these new mobile GPUs, we can expect the RTX 4060 laptop graphics card and above running through to the RTX 4090 to be discontinued.

Does Nvidia keeping the RTX 4050 mean there wont be an RTX 5050 graphics card for gaming laptops ? Actually, thats not the case because the leaker claims Team Green will indeed launch an RTX 5050, but what will happen is the RTX 4050 will be kept alive to serve as the tier below that offering.

So, in theory, well have an RTX 5090 running all the way down to the RTX 5050 mobile, with the RTX 4050 underneath that but again, we should underline the speculative nature of this chatter. (Image credit: Future) Analysis: Fresh hope for cheaper budget laptops? Or not

What we hope will happen (if the rumor is true) is that the RTX 4050 remains as a (cheaper) budget option for more affordable gaming laptops, away from
the new Blackwell mobile GPUs. However, the Weibo leaker seems to hint that the price of the RTX 5050 will not be kept the same as the RTX 4050 when it was launched, and it might increase by a step but we should caution the wording (and translation) is confusing and unclear here.

However, we take it as a suggestion Nvidia might maintain RTX 4050 pricing as it is, and increase the (launch) asking price of the RTX 5050 (whats charged to laptop makers, that is and naturally thats reflected in the final price
of the notebook to the consumer). But, as we say, this is far from clear though if Team Green wants to go the moneymaking route, obviously this would be the thing to do.

We can still hope the RTX 4050 is being maintained as a wallet-friendly
option going forward, and its price could drop, with the new RTX 5050 coming in at the 4050s old level. There's precedence for this already, too: Nvidia kept the RTX 2050 sticking around as a budget laptop alternative after the 3000 series was released.

Nvidia keeping the RTX 4050 suggests it has proved a popular mobile option
for laptop gamers, although it cant hold a candle to the RTX 4060 . At least not going by Valves Steam hardware survey, where the RTX 4060 mobile is the second favorite mobile GPU of all, with 4.3% of market share, compared to the RTX 4050 mobile with around 1.1%.

Thats still pretty popular, though, and obviously, the RTX 4050 can have a place in Nvidias new Blackwell mobile GPU regime, where it neatly slots in at the bottom tier, whereas that isnt true with the RTX 4060 (assuming Nvidia really is making an RTX 5050, of course presumably as a laptop-only GPU, again).

Weve just got to hope Nvidia prices these next-gen mobile GPUs reasonably and gives us more options in the way of cheap gaming laptops though if youre after one of these, Black Friday could see some killer offers, as ever. Notebook price cuts are always plentiful, and sometimes we see some very deep discounts, with those Black Friday gaming laptop deals having started already . You might also like Google might have a radical plan to beat Apples iPad turn ChromeOS into Android and take over the tablet world Top gaming PCs: great rigs for serious PC gaming Best PC games: must-play titles you don't want to miss



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