Samsung Reveals Unannounced GeForce RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti Alongside Galaxy Book Odyssey

Samsung has hosted the third Galaxy Unpacked event of 2021 last night and this time around, it was focused on Galaxy Book laptops. One of the new devices that were revealed at the event is the 2021 Galaxy Book Odyssey gaming laptop.

What caught viewers by surprise during the Unpacked broadcast is when Samsung said that the new laptop is powered by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics. As you may know, the lowest-end RTX 30 Series graphics for laptops at the moment is GeForce RTX 3060 which means that the company may have jumped the gun.

You can actually still see it in the official recap video below:

Not only that, the official specs sheet that was released after the event also noted the Galaxy Book Odyssey could be obtained with the GeForce RTX 3050 graphics. Additionally, it also said that Samsung will use the Max-Q variant of both GPUs for its Galaxy Book Odyssey.

However, the specs sheet has since been replaced with another version that removed the reference to both GPUs with generic RTX 30 Series graphics.

This is not the first time that Samsung has leaked out an unannounced graphics card for its laptop though. Previously, the specs sheet that the company put up for its first-ever Odyssey Notebook that was on display at its booth in CES 2017 listed AMD Radeon RX 570 which was still an unannounced GPU at that time.

Given the revelation by Samsung last night, you can expect to see the official announcement from NVIDIA very soon regarding GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti graphics for notebooks. Meanwhile, the possibility of seeing the Galaxy Book Odyssey in Malaysia is quite low as Samsung has stopped selling its laptop in our market since 2014 and there is no sign so far that the company will change its mind anytime soon.

Samsung To Refresh Odyssey G9 Gaming Monitor With Quantum Mini LED Panel, VESA DisplayHDR 2000 Certification

It’s been more than a year since Samsung first announced its Odyssey gaming monitor series, with the Odyssey G9 being the ultrawide darling of the lineup. As you’d expect, the monitor is due for a refresh and thanks to a leak on the China-based online retail store, Taobao, we have an idea over what we can expect.

For the most part, the new Odyssey G9 will retain most of the features from the 2020 model. This includes the ultrawide 5120 x 1440 (DQHD) resolution, spread out on its massive 49-inch display, as well as its ultra-high 240Hz refresh rate and 1ms GTG response rate. Oh, and the curvature of the monitor is still rated at 1000R, and it still retains its NVIDIA G-Sync compatibility too.

What is expected to be different, though, is that the display panel is no longer your typical VA; instead, the 2021 Odyssey G9’s panel will reportedly be using Samsung’s 10-bit Quantum Mini LED technology. That in turn, will allow for the gaming monitor to have a higher peak brightness of 2000 nits, but more importantly, it also gets a much better VESA DisplayHDR 2000 certification.

At the time of writing, there is no official pricing for the refreshed Samsung Odyssey G9 and that listed price of 29999 Yuan (~RM18937) on Taobao is likely just a placeholder. The current Odyssey G9 retails for RM6199, so even if Samsung was going to increase the price, it’s unlikely to be three times the price.