Product Info

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

11/22/2019

Type

Graphics Card

Price

$159.99

NVIDIA introduced their Turing GPU architecture last year, making a complete departure from traditional GPU designs and creating a hybrid architecture that would include a range of new technologies to power the next-generation immersive gaming experiences.

While initially announced with Quadro lineup under the new Quadro RTX brand, we all knew that the Turing architecture was coming to the GeForce lineup. It arrived in the GeForce lineup a few months later under the new GeForce RTX branding. NVIDIA's first big naming departure for two decades of GeForce GTX.

The GeForce RTX 20 series was the enablement of real-time raytracing which is the holy grail of graphics and something NVIDIA spent 10 years to perfect. In addition to raytracing, NVIDIA also aims to place bets on AI which will play a key role in powering features such as DLSS or Deep Learning Super Sampling, a unique way of offering the same quality as the more taxing MSAA AA techniques at twice the performance.

NVIDIA has announced for cards under the GeForce RTX 20 series family, the flagship GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, the Enthusiast GeForce RTX 2080, the high-performance GeForce RTX 2070 and the main-stream GeForce RTX 2060. Now, NVIDIA is looking to offer Turing for more reasonable prices, so is also going back to the good old GeForce GTX branding and for good reasons. While GeForce RTX and GeForce GTX will exist alongside each other in this generation, the GeForce GTX lineup as the name suggests would be aiming for raw performance over the graphics intensive RTX features which only the RTX cards support.

A few months back, I got to take a look at the new GeForce 16 series cards based on the Turing GPU architecture, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and the GeForce GTX 1660. Today NVIDIA has finally unveiled that they aren't just supercharging the GeForce RTX lineup but also the GeForce GTX line up. NVIDIA introduced the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER first which I tested here but today, I will be taking a look at the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, a $159 US graphics card which completely replaces the GeForce GTX 1650 and offers the biggest performance jump we have seen yet on a SUPER series graphics card.

When it comes to pricing, the GeForce RTX 20 series are some of the most costly cards NVIDIA has offered to consumers. The GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER replaces the GTX 1050, promising far better performance than the GTX 1060 around $150 US. The GeForce GTX 16 SUPER series would also continue the trend of introducing a higher performance out of the box at the same price tag. Following is the current per segment price structure of the entire NVIDIA Turing lineup compared to its predecessors.

NVIDIA GeForce GPU Segment/Tier Prices

For this review, I will be taking a look at Zotac's Zotac Gaming GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Twin Fan, a compact custom graphics card that will retail at $159 US. The reference card will be priced at $159 US so we are looking at a fairly reference performing version of the GTX 1650, if you want to see a premium overclocked version of the card check out the MSI Gaming X version review.

The main barrier with overclocking on Turing GPUs is by far the power limit and those that offer the highest power limits out of the box are generally the ones with the best overclocking potential and performance output.

In case you want to read our full NVIDIA Turing GPU architecture and RTX/DLSS features deep dive, head over to this link.

Contents

1. Intro2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER and Turing TU116 GPU3. ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Twin Fan ($159.99 US) Overview4. Test System And Methodology5. Synthetics, Thermals, And Power6. 1080P Gaming Performance7. Overclocking, Should You?8. Conclusion - A Knockout Entry

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Wccftech Rating

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER walks away with an easy win of the Great Value Award and is absolutely worthy of the SUPER moniker.

Pros

Great Pricing 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 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

No backplate included No RTX / DLSS Support

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