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Although the RTX 3050 existed in both desktop and laptop versions, the RTX 4050 has only made an appearance in laptops. It’s a budget-friendly option for those who want access to Nvidia’s DLSS 3, but of course, it’s not an outstanding GPU in terms of performance. The cheapest laptops with an RTX 4050 can be bought for around $680.

A new rumor suggests the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti will join the GeForce RTX 50 roster of GPUs debuting at CES 2025. If accurate, NVIDIA will debut four cards at CES 2025, all of which can be considered high-performance tier cards.

We're expecting the RTX 5090 and 5080 to be announced at CES in January. Many observers think the RTX 5070 could arrive as soon as February. Now that we have 5070 Ti specs leaked before 5070 specs, that could imply the Ti board is launched before the vanilla 5070.