By Hassan Mujtaba
Publication Date: 2026-04-17 07:00:00
NVIDIA is reportedly going to fill the budget gaming GPU gap with its RTX 3060 12 GB in June as the RTX 5050 gets pushed back.
NVIDIA RTX 5050 9 GB Faces Short Delay, But Budget Gaming Gap To Be Filled By RTX 3060 12 GB GPU
According to recent reports that we covered, NVIDIA was preparing a brand new variant of its entry-tier GeForce RTX 5050 graphics card. The new graphics card is expected to retain the same GPU specs as the original RTX 5050 but will feature a different memory configuration, featuring 9 GB VRAM and a 96-bit bus interface.
The new variant was expected to debut around Computex, between the end of May and Early June, but it looks like those plans have changed. As reported by MEGAsizeGPU, the GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB will be positioned for a later launch, missing out on its initial launch trajectory.
While there was little buzz around the RTX 5050 9 GB in the consumer segment, it was poised to fill the gap in the budget gaming segment with extra memory. As you know, 8 GB GPUs aren’t the best value to gamers, as some games even refuse to run on the lowly VRAM. There are some unique ways that devs are exploring to make gaming on 8 GB and lower VRAM GPUs viable but the technical VRAM limitation still persists.
As such, NVIDIA will once again focus on…
