Colorful RTX 5050 iGame, Battle AX and MEOW editions: When cats, graffiti and gaming folklore meet Turing 2.0

NVIDIA has lifted the muzzle date for the GeForce RTX 5050 and, as always, the board partners are pouncing like hungry seagulls on a discarded fish sandwich. Particularly eager: Colorful. The Chinese manufacturer is presenting five new models – from serious to whimsical, somewhere between graffiti art, cosplay cat and classic card fare.

Technology meets teen aesthetics: the iGame RTX 5050 Ultra W series

Let’s start with the hip-hop counterpart of the graphics card world: the iGame GeForce RTX 5050 Ultra W OC 8GB-V is a triple-fan card with a length of 314 mm. Its little brother, the Ultra W DUO OC 8GB-V, comes in at just 243.5 mm – a “downsizing” with style. Both models offer 4 2 power phases and a boost clock of 2647 MHz – slightly above the reference value (2571 MHz). Technically not a revolution, but solid home cooking for the mid-range sector. The design? White shroud, RGB graffiti, supposedly “hip-hop-inspired”. There’s also a “One-Key-OC” button on the I/O, which unlocks performance at the touch of a button – at least in theory. Whether this is more than just a marketing gimmick remains to be seen. But hey, the trend is towards show cards for cases with a glass wall.

MEOW ORG DUO: An RTX 5050 in a cat costume

Now it’s getting absurd. The COLORFIRE GeForce RTX 5050 MEOW-ORG DUO 8GB uses a 3 2 power phase layout, but only boosts to 2497 MHz – i.e. below the reference design. Why? Probably thermal or cost-related downbinning. Or because cats prefer sleeping to running. The design is… special: White-orange color scheme with cat motifs on the shroud and backplate. What looks like an homage to anime culture on the back is actually a clever attempt to sell the low-end segment via style rather than specification. Technically nothing special, but perhaps a big seller in livestream-fixated markets.

Battle AX: The pragmatic spearhead

If that’s all too colorful for you, you can opt for the Battle AX series. Here you’ll find the RTX 5050 Battle AX 8GB-V with triple fan and the Battle AX DUO with dual-fan design. Both achieve 2572 MHz boost (slightly above reference), equipped with 3 2 power phases. The design? Black shroud, red accents – finally a GPU that doesn’t look like a streetwear experiment. The Battle AX cards are clearly positioned: low-cost performance without frills. Anyone who can switch off their RGB LEDs without losing their bearings will feel right at home here.

RTX 5050 – too little, too late or just right?

The RTX 5050 is – unsurprisingly – based on the lower Ada Lovelace drawer. 8 GB VRAM, mediocre boost clocks, known power consumption. In the 1080p field, it is ranked slightly below the RTX 4060, which makes its existence seem almost absurd – if it weren’t for the price issue. It could be interesting for entry-level PCs or OEM systems if the street price is right. But as usual, NVIDIA is keeping quiet about this like a secret service.

Colorful, loud and technically well-behaved

Colorful launches five RTX 5050 designs on the market – from a hip graffiti look to a simple combat card. Technically, everything remains within reason: easy overclocking, common VRM layouts, no ray tracing wonders. But the variety of designs shows where the music plays: in the eye of the buyer. Those who pay less attention to FPS than to style when building a PC have plenty of choice here.

Source: Colorful