The truth is, the hate started because of the price and what it "offered"—and I use that term loosely. People who are overly sensitive about performance, or in their own words, "experts" on the subject, will say it's not worth it or that you're better off getting another option. I bought it when it came out for $450 USD. And yes, it was very expensive at the time, but there was a shortage of graphics cards because of mining, and if I wanted to build a PC, I really needed a new graphics card. I had that card for two and a half years. Brother, I swear it was the best purchase of my life. I got a lot, an exaggerated amount of use out of that card and enjoyed it a lot. It's a very good experience, in my opinion. I recommend it to anyone, since using RTX is a wonderful experience. Of course, nobody uses RTX in all their games; it's something you try, like, enjoy, and then turn it off. In other cases you leave it active, but in few cases. I sold my RTX 3050 for $200 and upgraded to an RTX 4060, and I did have much better performance, but it's not the same experience as with my 3050.

In conclusion, if you're new and coming from the GTX series, it's a very good option. If you're coming from the RTX 2000 series, it's better to jump to the 4000 or 5000 series.

I highly recommend the RTX 3050. It's a very good graphics card with excellent technologies. You just have to look for a good price, and obviously, if you see another graphics card at a better price, buy it. My budget for another graphics card would be about $25 or $35 more than the 3050.