NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 1630: An Entry-Level Graphics Card For The Sub-$150 US GPU Segment-April 2024-www.yitit.com

NVIDIA has officially launched its most entry-level graphics card of 2022, the GeForce GTX 1630, which aims to be positioned in the sub-$150 US GPU segment.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 Graphics Card Launched: Designed For Entry-Level PCs

TheNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 utilizes a cut-down TU117 GPU with 512 CUDA cores, lower than the GeForce GTX 1650 model, which offers 896 cores, and even lower than the GTX 1050 Ti which packs 768 cores. The card will also pack a 4 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 64-bit memory bus, a huge cut-down from the 128-bit bus that the TU117 GPU has at its disposal.

As such, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 graphics card delivers a maximum bandwidth of 96 GB/s which is half that of the GTX 1650.

The bandwidth is also less than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card, a Pascal series graphics card from six years ago, but retains the 4GB GDDR6 memory base clock of 12 Gbps. The graphics card will feature a TDP of 75W and core clocks will be configured at 1785 MHz though there are several custom models that ship with an external power connector and deliver over 1800 MHz max clocks.

With the specs out of the way, the only review for the card at the moment comes from Tech Power Up. The tech outlet managed to get hands-on a GTX 1650 Ghost custom model from Gainward and while the card does offer 3x the performance improvement over its predecessor, the GT 1030, the RX 6400 offers 55-60% higher performance at a similar price point and at the same power figures.

Overall, if you look at this card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 is primarily designed for the entry-level and OEM segment. As such, it will be a very silent launch that will go unnoticed by several gamers but you would be surprised to see large quantities of these GPUs on market shelves as Turing is abundant in supply and NVIDIA wants to get rid of as many old chips as they can.

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MSRP has been suggested as around $140-$150 US though retailers may offer the card close to $155-$160 US and even as high as $200 US. The card is mainly going to be available in Asian Pacific markets and there's already a new driver out, the Game Ready 516.59 WHQL, which adds support for the new graphics card.

NVIDIA GeForce 16 Series Specifications

	GeForce RTX 2060 FE	GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB	GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB	GeForce GTX 1660 6GB	GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB	GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB	GeForce GTX 1630 4 GB
Architecture (GPU)	TU106	TU116-400	TU116-300	TU116-300	TU116	TU117 TU106	TU117
CUDA Cores	1920	1536	1408	1408	1280	896	512
Tensor Cores	240	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A
RT cores	30	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A
Texture Units	120	96	88	88	80	56	32
ROPs	48	48	48	48	32	32	32
Base Clock	1365 MHz	1500 MHz	1530 MHz	1530 MHz	TBD	1485 MHz	TBD
GPU Boost	1680 MHz	1770 MHz	1785 MHz	1785 MHz	TBD	1665 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory	6GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR6?
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit	192-bit	192-bit	128-bit	128-bit	64-bit
Memory Clocks	14 Gbps	12 Gbps	14 Gbps	8 Gbps	12 Gbps	8 Gbps	12
L2 cache	3 MB	1.5 MB	1.5 MB	1.5 MB	1.5 MB	1.5 MB	1.5 MB
TDP	160 W	120W	125W	120W	100W	75W	>75W
Transistors	10.8 billion	6.6 billion	6.6 billion	6.6 billion	6.6 billion	4.7 billion	4.7 billion
Die Size	445 mm²	284mm2	284mm2	284mm2	284mm2	200mm2	200mm2
Price	$349	$279	$229	$229	$159	$149	$119?