NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card Review Ft. MSI Gaming X and Gigabyte Gaming OC – Is Entry Level ($150 US) Turing Worth It?

MSI GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X and Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming OC Power Consumption

I compiled the power consumption results by testing each card under idle and full stress when the card was running games. Each graphics card manufacturer sets a default TDP for the card which can vary from vendor to vendor depending on the extra clocks or board features they plug in on their custom cards. The default TDP for the GTX 1650 is 75W (Reference) while the cards I tested feature custom PCBs with better power delivery. This puts the TDP of the card at the same level as the GeForce GTX 1050 series.

Also, it's worth noting that the 12nm FFN process from TSMC is a refinement of their 16nm FF node. NVIDIA is cramping even larger amount of transistors and more cores than their previous cards, making it one of the densest chip built to date. It's likely to consume a lot of power and the results are reflective of that.

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7.7

WCCFTECH RATING

MSI went all out with their GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X which retails at the MSRP price of $149 US, offering a stunning 1860 MHz overclock out of the box, their iconic Twin Frozr VII cooler with Mystic RGB Lighting and idle fan stop technology for the card to run quieter under non-gaming loads. The MSI GTX 1650 Gaming X is the perfect model you should aim for when considering to buy the GTX 1650.

Pros

• Turing's Best-in-class Efficiency at $149 US
• Good performance improvement over GTX 1050
• Decent upgrade from GTX 1050 / GTX 950
• Decent gaming performance at 1080p resolution
• Great performance for eSports Gaming Titles
• Great thermals with MSI Twin Frozr VII cooler
• Good Noise levels with MSI Twin Frozr VII cooler
• Features Idle Fan Stop Technology
• Power efficiency has increased drastically
• Support NVIDIA Adaptive Shading Technology
• Good driver support for GeForce products, compatibility with DX11, DX12, Vulkan, OpenGL titles
• Good Display Connectivity, support for VESA Adaptive-Sync and G-Sync Compatible Monitors

Cons

• Much slower than the Radeon RX 570
• RX 570 4 GB can be bought for $20 US less
• No Turing NVENC support, only Volta tier
• No backplate on MSI Gaming X model

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