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Hardware 9.5

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Review – The Best SUPER Card Yet!

Hassan Mujtaba

MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Gaming X Benchmarks (DirectX 11)

Assassins Creed: Origins

Assassins Creed Origins is built by the same team that made Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag. They are known for reinventing the design and game philosophy of the Assassins Creed saga and their latest title shows that. Based in Egypt, the open-world action RPG shows its graphics prowess in all corners. It uses the AnvilNext 2.0 engine which boosts the draw distance range and delivers a very impressive graphics display.

We tested the game at maxed settings with TAA enabled and 16x AF. Do note that the game is one of the most demanding titles out in the market and as such tweaks and performance issues are being patched out.

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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Armor OC
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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
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MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X
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Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56
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MSI GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X OC
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ASUS ROG STRIX RX 580 8G OC
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XFX Radeon R9 Fury X
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Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5 is a standalone successor to its predecessor and takes place in Hope County, a fictional region of Montana. The main story revolves around doomsday cult the Project at Eden’s Gate and its charismatic leader Joseph Seed. It uses a beefed-up Dunia Engine which itself is a modified version of CryEngine from Crytek.

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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium
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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Armor OC
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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
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MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X
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MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Gaming X
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XFX Radeon R9 Fury X
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ASUS ROG STRIX RX 580 8G OC
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Grand Theft Auto V

GTA V is the most optimized gaming title that has been made for the PC. It’s so optimized, it even runs on my crap GT 840M based laptop with a smooth FPS on a mix of medium/low settings. I mean what???

Aside from being optimized, GTA V is a great game. It was the Game of The Year for 2013. At 1440p Ultra quality, the game gave us smooth frames on all cards tested.

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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Armor OC
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GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EX OC
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MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X
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ASUS ROG STRIX RX 580 8G OC
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Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Using the new Anvil Next engine that was developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Ghost Recon: Wildlands goes wild and grand with an open-world setting entirely in Bolivia. This game is a tactical third-person shooter which does seem an awful lot similar to Tom Clancy's: The Division. The game looks pretty and the wide-scale region of Bolivia looks lovely at all times (Day/Night Cycle).

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XFX Radeon R9 Fury X
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The Witcher 3 Game of The Year Edition

Witcher 3 is the greatest fantasy RPG of our time. It has a great story, great gameplay mechanics and gorgeous graphics. This is the only game I actually wanted to get a stable FPS at 4K. With GameWorks disabled, I gave all high-end cards the ability to demonstrate their power.

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Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56
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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Armor OC
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MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI Gaming X
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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
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GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EX OC
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MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X
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MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Gaming X
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ASUS ROG STRIX RX 580 8G OC
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Middle Earth: Shadow of War

The successor of 2014’s epic, Shadow of Mordor, Shadow of War continues the previous game’s narrative continuing the story of the ranger Talion and the spirit of the elf lord Celebrimbor, who shares Talion’s body, as they forge a new Ring of Power to amass an army to fight against Sauron. The game uses the latest Firebird Engine developed by Monolith Productions and is very intensive even for modern graphics cards.

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MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI Gaming X
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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Armor OC
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GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EX OC
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MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X
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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
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MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Gaming X
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XFX Radeon R9 Fury X
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ASUS ROG STRIX RX 580 8G OC
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MSI GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X OC
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9.5
WCCFTECH RATING

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER is the best SUPER graphics card of them all, offering a much-needed performance uplift that finally makes the Radeon RX 500 series irrelevant. With custom designs like the MSI GTX 1650 SUPER Gaming X, the $159 US graphics card is the best choice for a budget 1080p gaming setup right now!

    Pros
  • Turing's Best-in-class Efficiency, Starting at $179 US
  • Great Performance Improvement over GTX 1650 (Non-SUPER)
  • Turing NVENC onboard vs Volta NVENC on GTX 1650 (Non-SUPER)
  • Great upgrade from GTX 1050 / GTX 950
  • Features 12 Gbps GDDR6 Memory chips for extra bandwidth
  • Great 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
  • MSI's slightly higher premium (+$20 US)
  • No backplate included
  • No RTX / DLSS Support
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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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