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It goes without a doubt that Nvidia will introduce its new mainstream GeForce RTX 3050-series GPUs sooner or later, but right now we do not know when Nvidia will actually launch its new inexpensive graphics processors. According to VideoCardz , Lenovo inadvertently listed its Legion gaming notebooks with the new GeForce RTX 3050 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPUs. The misstep was quickly noticed, and the PC maker removed mentions of the new products, but Google has cached the page and we can see that for a time the RTX 3050 / RTX 3050 Ti ewre options for Lenovo's Legion gaming notebooks. As reported, Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3050 family will based on the yet-to-be-unveiled GA107 graphics processor and will consist of two base models: the RTX 3050 with 2048 CUDA cores as well as the RTX 3050 Ti with 2560 CUDA cores. The new GPUs will be paired with 4GB of GDDR6 memory that will use a 128-bit interface, something which was confirmed by Lenovo, reports VideoCardz . Lenovo will offer … [Read more...] about Lenovo Briefly Offers Laptops with GeForce RTX 3050, RTX 3050 Ti

More bad news for the prospective PC builder comes out of Taiwanese research institute TrendForce, which is predicting a rise in DRAM prices of between 18 and 23% for the second quarter of 2021. While negotiations between OEMs and resellers are still ongoing, TrendForce is predicting a quarter-on-quarter price increase of 25% on 8GB DDR4 2666MHz modules, higher than expected. DRAM modules continue to be in short supply, partly due to the global chip shortage, and partly thanks to many people buying new machines to work from home during the pandemic. All kinds of RAM are affected, from mobile DRAM, GDDR modules for graphics cards, and server DRAM, which is closely related to home PC RAM and therefore more easily affected by price rises. The second quarter of the financial year is often the peak season for laptop production, and TrendForce’s figures predict a 7.9% increase in the manufacture of laptops by major manufacturers this year, which will put more pressure on … [Read more...] about Potential 23% RAM Price Rise Means It’s an Expensive Time To Build a PC