Nvidia RTX 3050 live blog — latest stock updates

Finding RTX 3050 stock is going to be a challenge for the next few days to come. In the meantime, there are various laptops using the RTX 3050 GPU. Adorama, for instance, has the MSI Katana 15.6-inch Laptop w/ RTX 3050 on sale for $849. It's a generous $199 off. It features a 15.6-inch 1080p 144Hz LCD, Core i5-11400 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 512GB SSD, and RTX 3050 graphics. 

MSI Katana 15.6-inch Laptop: was $1,049 now $849 @ Adorama

Today's Newegg Shuffle will include RTX 3050 cards priced from $249.99. The drawing is like a lottery where you win the chance to purchase the card. The shuffle will include RTX 3050 cards from Gigabyte, Asus, EVGA, and more. You must be signed into your Newegg account to participate. 

RTX 3050 Shuffle: from $249 @ Newegg

There's still a good suite of retailers that don't appear to have the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 on their sites yet. The likes of Amazon, Walmart, B&H all lack the card. 

It's worth keeping an eye on these retailers as if they don't have stock of the GeForce RTX 3050 today they might in the coming days. After all, there are only so many day-one GeForce RTX 3050 card to go around. 

Click like the wind! Zotak has a GeForce RTX 3050 still in stock. The Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3050 Twin Edge OC is available for $399. 

Sure this card is more expensive than other RTX 3050 cards, but it does come with an overclock and Zotac's cooling system. And crucially it's in stock, at the time if writing. 

Nvidia's own site is a good site to check out in the U.S. and the U.K. to get a lowdown on the retailers it has flagged as the main sellers of the GeForce RTX 3050. 

Sadly, all of these appear to be out of stock. But they are worth checking out nevertheless as some orders may not go through or get cancelled. 

OK, it looks like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 has arrived. The likes of Newegg, the Zotac Store, Nvidia, EVGA, and Overclockers have the card on their books. 

But as expected, the amount of graphics cards available seem thin on the ground with some retailers already out of stock or listing the card as "coming soon."  

And we've spotted our first stock drop of the GeForce RTX 3050! It's available on eBuyer in the U.K. for a rather steep £369. 

The card comes courtesy of MSI and offers 8GB of VRAM and a memory speed of 14 Gbps. Only one HDMI 2.1 port though. 

But should you actually buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050? Well our colleagues over at PC Gamer have awarded the card a score if 77%. That's decent but not exactly outstanding. 

Hardware guru and reviewer Dave James concluded: "Where I wanted at least RTX 2060 performance, I've got GTX 1660 Ti frame rates with a little RTX frosting on top. Sure, that's tasty where it sticks, but is another example of a card designed and priced within the limits of a pandemic and a GPU shortage, rather than showing off Nvidia's silicon wizardry to its fullest." 

So this may be a good card for 1080p gamers but those looking for higher resolution gaming may want an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. 

No sign of the RTX 3050 online yet. But according to OC3D, there'll be 1,000 of the card available at on its release in the U.K. That's not exactly a huge amount but it's should get the ball rolling. 

The big question is whether the card will be available at its expected price of £239. We'd be skeptical, given how other GeForce RTX 30-series card launches have panned out. Those have been very hard to find and have come with inflated prices. 

For U.K. buyers, we'd suggest checking out the likes of Overclockers, as the retailer tends to have a good selection of graphics cards priced fairly well. 

No sign of the GeForce RTX 3050 yet. But this card is available in laptop from, so check out these RTX 3050 laptops at Newegg  if you've decided that a keenly-priced gaming laptop may be the way to go. 

This ASUS TUF A15 gaming laptop with the RTX 3050 and an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor for $1,599 caught our eye. 

The actual expected launch time of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 is 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. GMT, so expect to see the card pop up on the likes of Best Buy, Newegg, and more very soon. 

Good morning America! With the U.S. starting to wake up, we expect some keen PC gamers to be on the look out for GeForce TX 3050 stock in American retailers. So come with us as we go on the search for RTX 3050 sellers.