NVIDIA seems to be expanding its range of budget-friendly GPUs. Recently, ZOTAC’s official website mentioned an RTX 5050 Ti, which has led to speculation about a new GPU model in the works. The 50-class GPUs have long been seen as a more affordable option in NVIDIA’s lineup, with the RTX 5050 being the only variant available for the past few years. 
But now, as competition heats up from AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs, NVIDIA may be looking to introduce the RTX 5050 Ti to target the mainstream market.
At the moment, we can’t confirm the exact specifications of the RTX 5050 Ti, but based on NVIDIA’s usual trends, we can expect the “Ti” version to come with higher clock speeds, and potentially more VRAM compared to its non-Ti sibling, the RTX 5050, which offers 8GB of VRAM. Many consumers are moving away from 8GB GPUs, so a 16GB version of the RTX 5050 Ti could be in the cards for NVIDIA to stay competitive in the market.
To give you some context, the RTX 5050 features a base clock of 2.31 GHz and a boost clock of 2.57 GHz. It uses GDDR6 memory, and the RTX 5050 Ti could likely keep this memory type, as NVIDIA aims to keep pricing attractive to consumers. However, until more details are released, everything is still up in the air.
While the mention of the RTX 5050 Ti on ZOTAC’s website may seem promising, it could just be a simple typo. Some have speculated that the page was supposed to list the RTX 5050 Twin Edge, not the Ti variant, with the “Ti” suffix mistakenly left in the page copy. This could be a case of an error on ZOTAC’s part, or perhaps a mistake in the naming convention.
Despite the confusion, the possibility of a Ti variant for the 5050 still exists. As we’ve seen in the past, NVIDIA often makes changes to their GPU lineup, so it wouldn’t be surprising if they introduced an upgraded version of their 50-class series. But for now, let’s wait for official confirmation before jumping to conclusions.