NVIDIA GeForce GTX: 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 GeForce RTX 20 series.
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 enabled 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 GeForce GTX 1650 Super Twin Fan Review
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 it 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.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
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 lineup. NVIDIA introduced the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER first, which I tested here. Still, today, I will be taking a look at the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, a $159 US graphics card that completely replaces the GeForce GTX 1650 and offers the biggest performance jump we have seen yet on a SUPER series graphics card.
The GeForce RTX 20 series are some of the most costly cards NVIDIA has offered to consumers when it comes to pricing. 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 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.
GPU Segment/Tier Prices
| Graphics Segment | 2014-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titan Tier | Titan X (Maxwell) | Titan X (Pascal) | Titan Xp (Pascal) | Titan V (Volta) | Titan RTX (Turing) |
| Price | $999 US | $1199 US | $1199 US | $2999 US | $2499 US |
| Ultra Enthusiast Tier | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | GeForce RTX 2080 Ti |
| Price | $649 US | $649 US | $699 US | $999 US | $999 US |
| Enthusiast Tier | GeForce GTX 980 | GeForce GTX 1080 | GeForce GTX 1080 | GeForce RTX 2080 | GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER |
| Price | $549 US | $549 US | $549 US | $699 US | $699 US |
| High-End Tier | GeForce GTX 970 | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 2070 | GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER |
| Price | $329 US | $379 US | $379 US | $499 US | $499 US |
| Mainstream Tier | GeForce GTX 960 | GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GeForce RTX 2060 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GeForce GTX 1660 |
| Price | $199 US | $249 US | $249 US | $249 US | $399 US $349 US $279 US $229 US $219 US |
| Entry Tier | GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 |
GTX 950 | GTX 1050 Ti GTX 1050 |
GTX 1050 Ti GTX 1050 |
GTX 1650 SUPER GTX 1650 |
| Price | $149 US $119 US |
$149 US | $139 US $109 US |
$139 US $109 US |
$159 US $149 US |
GeForce GTX Super Twin Fan Review
For this review, I will be looking 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. Those that offer the highest power limits out of the box are generally the ones with the best overclocking potential and performance output.
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