The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Review, Feat. Zotac: Fighting Brute Force With Power Efficiency
by Ryan Smith & Nate Oh on May 3, 2019 10:15 AM ESTThe Test
While the GeForce GTX 1650 is rolling out as a fully custom launch, the nature of the entry-level segment means that boards will be very similar across the board. For one, going beyond 75W TDP would require an external PCIe power connector. So the 75W ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1650 with boost clocks dialed 30MHz down to reference is a good approximation for a generic reference GTX 1650, allowing us to keep testing and analysis as apples-to-apples as possible. While not perfect, this should be reasonably accurate for a virtual reference card as we look at reference-to-reference comparisons.
Overall, as this primarily covers cards in the low- to mid-range, all game benchmarking is done at 1080p, looking at performance on our standard 1080p Ultra settings, as well as high and medium options that are better suited for these sorts of sub-$150 cards.
| Test Setup | |||||
| CPU | Intel Core i7-7820X @ 4.3GHz | ||||
| Motherboard | Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 7 (F9g) | ||||
| PSU | Corsair AX860i | ||||
| Storage | OCZ Toshiba RD400 (1TB) | ||||
| Memory | G.Skill TridentZ DDR4-3200 4 x 8GB (16-18-18-38) |
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| Case | NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition | ||||
| Monitor | LG 27UD68P-B | ||||
| Video Cards | ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1650 OC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB) AMD Radeon RX 570 8GB AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB AMD Radeon RX 460 4GB (14 CU) AMD Radeon RX 370 (2 GB) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Founders Edition (1260 cores) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (1152 cores) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4GB) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (2GB) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti |
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| Video Drivers | NVIDIA Release 430.39 AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.4.3 |
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| OS | Windows 10 x64 Pro (1803) Spectre and Meltdown Patched |
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Driver-wise, in addition to not being made available before launch, the 430.39 release was not the smoothest either, with a 430.59 hotfix coming out just this week to resolve bugs and performance issues. In our testing, we did observe some flickering in Ashes.
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nevcairiel - Saturday, May 4, 2019 - link
A P-Frame (Predictive Frame) by definition is only in one direction - backwards. B-Frames (Bidirectional Predictive Frame) are allowed in both directions. This is an import distinction because it matters in which order those frames are put into the encoded video. "Future" frames of course need to be send first, or you can't use them for prediction.Thats where pattern like "IPBBB" come from. You start with a single I frame, a single P frame referencing that I frame (the P might be shown after some B frames), and then an array of B frames that reference both the I and P frames - and possibly each other.
P and B frames are otherwise identical in how they work. Both contain motion vectors and entropy data to correct the interpolation.
Also note that H264 already supported up to 16 reference frames for interpolation. Its called bidirectional not because its two frames, but two directions - past and future.
Opencg - Friday, May 3, 2019 - link
please include fortnight average fps over 10 hour playtime. for all cards. all on the same patch. thxBulat Ziganshin - Friday, May 3, 2019 - link
The "NVIDIA is holding back a bit" part is duplicated on pages 1 and 2Ryan Smith - Friday, May 3, 2019 - link
Whoops. That was meant to get excised when I rearranged the article. Thanks!eva02langley - Friday, May 3, 2019 - link
This card shouldn't exist.R7 was making sense because it was cheaper than a 2080, however this is more expensive than a RX 570... AND WEAKER!
Oxford Guy - Saturday, May 4, 2019 - link
It apparently exists for the GTX 960 buyers (the people who don't do their homework).eek2121 - Friday, May 3, 2019 - link
In before 1650ti. ;)AshlayW - Friday, May 3, 2019 - link
Wow. This card makes no sense. Go watch hardware unboxed's video where he conveniently shoots down the "power efficiency" argument. It's a load of rubbish, there is absolutely no reason to buy this card over even the 4GB 570, for any new gaming build. This review tried so hard to paint this turd in a positive light, continually underscoring AMD's "technological disadvantages" and "thin profit margin". P20 isn't even that much bigger than TU117 also.I'm sorry I just feel it is too friendly to nvidia and doesn't criticize this terrible product pricing enough. RX570 8GB pulse, fro sapphire is cooler running, quieter, vastly higher build quality, >10% faster, twice the vram and 135W board power, which is perfectly fine even for potato OEM builds anyway.
Seriously, drop Ty efficiency arguy. This card is DOA at 149 because 570 killed it.
1024 CC card at 130 bucks would've been passable, not this joke.
AshlayW - Friday, May 3, 2019 - link
The 570 8Gb pulse is also the same price or cheaper than 1650, at least here in the UK. Forgot to mention that important point.AshlayW - Friday, May 3, 2019 - link
Typos as I'm on my phone and I have fat fingers.Should read: "drop the efficiency argument"