Msi Geforce Rtx 3050 Gaming X

Power Consumption

Our data acquisition arrangement for graphics cards power consumption testing at present runs at a college sample rate, and automation capabilities have been expanded. With forty samples per second, we're now collecting data much faster than before, four times equally fast as NVIDIA's PCAT. Every single data point is recorded digitally—previously, we could only go averages and peaks.

Power Consumption Testing Details

All power consumption numbers reported on this folio are "card only" values measured via the PCI-Express ability connector(s) and PCI-Express motorcoach slot. Everything is measured on the DC side, information technology'due south non the power consumption of the whole system. We conduct a physical measurement using professional lab equipment, the values are not software sensor readings, which are much less authentic.

Idle: Windows 10 sitting at the desktop (2560x1440) with all windows closed and drivers installed. The card is left to warm upward in idle style until power draw is stable.
Multi-monitor: Two monitors are continued to the tested card, and both use different display timings. One monitor runs 2560x1440 over DisplayPort, and the other monitor runs 1920x1080 over HDMI. The refresh rate is set to 60 Hz for both screens. Windows ten is sitting at the desktop with all windows airtight and drivers installed. The card is left to warm up in idle fashion until power depict is stable. When using two identical monitors with the same timings and resolution, power consumption can be lower. When using high refresh rate monitors, power consumption can be college than in this test.
Video Playback: We use VLC Media Actor to watch a 4K thirty FPS video that's encoded with H.264 AVC at 64 Mbps bitrate, making information technology similar enough to many streaming services without adding a dependency on internet bandwidth. This codec has GPU-accelerated decoding on every modern GPU, and then it not only tests GPU power management, simply also efficiency of the video decoding hardware.
Gaming: Cyberpunk 2077 is running at 2560x1440 with Ultra settings and ray tracing disabled. Nosotros ensure the card is heated upwards properly, which ensures a steady-state result instead of short-term numbers that won't hold up in long-term usage.
Maximum: We employ Furmark's Stability Test at 1920x1080, which results in very high no-game ability consumption that can typically just be reached with stress-testing applications. All mod graphics cards take power limits, which are tested in this scenario. Our high-speed test equipment is able to capture ability spikes that occur very quickly, before the ability limiter on the graphics card tin can react.
V-Sync: If y'all don't need the highest framerate and desire to conserve power, running at 60 FPS is a skillful option. In this exam, we run Cyberpunk 2077 at 1920x1080, capped to 60 FPS. This exam is too useful in testing a graphic bill of fare'south ability to react to situations with merely low power requirements. For graphics card that tin't attain 60 FPS at 1080p, nosotros written report the ability draw at the highest achievable frame rate.
Spikes: During all previous tests, we recorded the power draw and found the highest single reading, which is reported in this "Power Spikes" test. It provides boosted insight into ability supply requirements considering large spikes can trigger various protections on some cheaper power supplies. A symptom of this is when your PC suddenly turns off when a game is starting, or during gameplay.

Unsurprisingly, idle power consumption is comparable to previous NVIDIA cards. In gaming, the carte du jour's power draw of 130 W is very reasonable for the performance provided. Overall free energy efficiency is very similar to the RTX 3060.

Recommended PSU: 400 W