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MSI Gaming RTX 5050 8G Shadow 2X OC at a glance

The MSI Gaming RTX 5050 8G Shadow 2X OC is a MSI retail card of the RTX 5050 on Blackwell 2.0. It is not marked as a factory-overclocked board ; the GPU’s reference boost is 2572 MHz.

Length is 197 mm and it occupies 2.0 slots (197 x 120 x 40 mm ). Board power is 130 W with 1 x 8-pin. Outputs: DisplayPort x 3 (v2.1b) HDMI™ x 1 . Warranty is 36 months.

This is a short card and is a better candidate for compact cases than most RTX 5050 partners.

Best fit: Compact builds that need this GPU in a shorter board design, subject to slot-width clearance.

Inherited GPU performance

Raster scores come from the RTX 5050, not from this cooler. At 1440p that is 24.27% of the dataset’s best (budget), with 31% at 1080p and 19% at 4K. The chip uses 8 GB GDDR6.

This card’s 1440p value is excellent at 89.8 performance per dollar.

Compare other MSI and partner boards of this GPU in the RTX 5050 retail-card table.

MSI Gaming RTX 5050 8G Shadow 2X OC