GeForce RTX 5050 For Budget Gaming May Launch Sooner Than Expected

NVIDIA has yet to announce when it will add a more affordable GeForce RTX 5050 to its Blackwell lineup, but numerous leaks and rumors suggest it's coming this summer. Exactly when is still a mystery, though multiple prominent leakers on X are in agreement that we'll see the budget gaming card launch earlier than initially expected.

To start with, MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) claims NVIDIA is telling its hardware partners to that it is rescheduling the launch of its desktop GeForce RTX 5050 for July 1, 2025. Previously, it was anticipated that the card would launch sometime later in July.

NVIDIA suddenly informed all AIC that the desktop RTX 5050's launch date has been rescheduled to July 1st. The former launch date was the end of July. IDK why Nvidia made this award decision since no card can be shipped on July 1st.

— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) June 24, 2025

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