GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card

I wanted a better graphics card for CAD and video editing but needed CUDA capability for computationally intensive photogrammetry software so that meant an Nvidia chipset. I've avoided Nvidia because in the early days they didn't have native Linux drivers and were problematic with Linux. Fortunately, that's changed. I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. I simply installed the Nvidia drivers while using the old video card, powered down, removed the old video graphics card, installed this new graphics card and rebooted.Installing the Nvidia video drivers was easy but took some time for the computer to do all of the work.sudo apt updatesudo apt install nvidia-driver-470I didn't want to run another power cable to the graphics card and this is one of the more powerful graphics cards that can be powered by the PCI-e bus. My computer is in a slim enclosure so I also needed a low profile card. This card is low profile but ships with back plates for both a standard and slim case so it fits either height. This is one of the faster graphics cards with a low profile.Before ordering, make sure you have two adjacent slots available and 7.2 inches clear for the width of both slots. This card only plugs into one PCI-e slot but the card with two cooling fans and shroud is double wide.

I've got a small form factor HP computer that while older, is still a good system. After doing some lookups via Google, I found that this was pretty much the only higher performance video card that would fit into it. Note that I am not using it for video games.While it was one very tight fit, it did indeed fit, and it's been providing good quality video ever since.

I was looking to play Baldur's Gate 3 but my old computer just didn't have the video chops to do so. I could either upgrade my computer for $500+ or just upgrade the video card. What was the deciding factor was that this video card can run on power through the PCI connection and doesn't need its' own dedicated power connection. Works great and happily play BG3 on high settings.

Purchased this a few days ago to replace an AMD RX 6400 I purchased a couple months ago. Like any other low profile card, you'll have the usual pros and cons, such as heating and space consumption. In terms of heating, it does get pretty hot, like any other video card, but It never reaches 80 centigrade. As for fitting in the case, it was a perfect fit; I didn't need to move around wires, or make room inside.All of my games work beautifully, at a very good frame rate, much better than on a console. The fans are very quiet, even under a heavy load.The 179.00 price tag was a tad pricy, but well inside my budget. I recommend it to any DIY PC gamer or someone on a budget.

Suitable graphics card without the need of a PSU.

Got this card for my Ubuntu server. My machine is an older model so this card works great for the price.

I hesitated to buy this card because it only had 6gb onboard ram, but with the shared 16gb of ram from my system, it has a total of 22gb Vram. Just make sure you have enough system ram that sharing the ram won't effect system performance. I coupled it with 32gb of system ram. I built a SFF mini-itx build and this video card was a perfect match for my system. It does not require additional power so no power connecter needed. I am running a Ryzen 5 5600GT processor and the whole system runs of a 300W power supply. Great performance, low power, I'm very happy.

I use this mostly for graphics of music production DAWs, not games, but works great with my 2 monitor setup.