News GeForce RTX 5050 listed with 2,560 CUDA cores and 2,250 MHz boost clock

Those clocks should provide for a very healthy performance boost, still only 8GB VRAM, but eh so long as its 1080P at medium settings it should be fine for the time being.
Pretty much, but the small VRAM buffer is making it increasingly unattractive to upgrade for people with GPUs from previous generations that fall in this market segment. I guess Nvidia is probably looking more at the pre-built (and laptop) markets...
 
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A 5050 with 8GB VRAM seems just fine. You aren't a serious gamer if you're buying into a 5050. Or just need a little boost in your creative apps. Even basic 3D CAD would run fine on this. Strapping 8GB to the largest consumer segment, the xx60 series, was the real sin.
 
It's a legitimate upgrade over 3050/4050 laptops that had 4-6 GB of memory. These laptops become very cheap after they hit the clearance bin, and now they'll start to have 8GB.

The desktop 5050 will be faster than the 3050 8GB desktop cards. It will become more interesting the cheaper it can be obtained.