NVIDIA Needs to STOP - RTX 3050 & Misleading Branding

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Nvidia goes back to the 90s… And so does their deceptive naming practices that entice buyers expecting a better GPU than they actually get. Why are they like this?

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:46 RTX 3050 6GB
3:00 Why did this happen?
5:09 RTX 3060 8GB
6:14 This problem goes waaaaay back
7:14 GTX 660
8:13 They keep doing it...
9:03 There's a good reason... Sometimes
10:09 What do GPU names even mean to Nvidia?