ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 OC edition gaming graphics card review

How good is ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 for gaming? Axial-tech fan design features a smaller fan hub that facilitates longer blades and a barrier ring that increases downward air pressure. Ultra-fast GDDR6 with over 50% more memory bandwidth for high-speed gaming. Find more in ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 OC edition gaming graphics card review.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• GPU Interface PCIe x16
• 4GB 128-Bit GDDR6
• TDP 75W
• Core Clock 1410 MHz
• Boost Clock OC Mode: 1635 MHz

Cons

• Get heated

Specs

• 4GB 128-Bit GDDR6
• Core Clock 1410 MHz
• Boost Clock OC Mode: 1635 MHz
• Gaming Mode: 1605 MHz
• 1 x DVI-D 1 x HDMI 2.0b 1 x DisplayPort 1.4
• 896 CUDA Cores
• PCI Express 3.0
• GPU Interface PCIe x16
• GPU Chipset GeForce GTX 1650
• GPU Memory Size 4GB
• GPU Memory Type GDDR6
• GPU Memory Interface 128-Bit
• GPU Clock Rate 1410MHz
• GPU Boost Clock Rate 1665MHz
• OpenGL OpenGL 4.6
• Max Resolution 7680 x 4320
• TDP 75W
• Length 178mm
• Cooling Type 1 Fan
• Power Connectors None
• SLI Support: no
• CrossFire Support: no
• DVI-D (Dual Link) 1
• DVI-I (Dual Link) 0
• DisplayPort 0
• HDMI 1
• G-SYNC Support
• FreeSync Support
• Expansion slots required 2

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ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 OC edition gaming graphics card review

Design

It offers a wide range of compatibility with small chassis. With 1.1 pounds, it measures ‎6.85 x 4.96 x 1.53 inches.

Ports

You’ll notice this GPU has no extra GPU power cable requirements. It simply draws power directly from the motherboard. However, around the back connectivity look decent, with 1 x HDMI, 1 x DP, and 1 x DVI-D.

Frame rates

At 50 FPS, the performance is pretty spot on here. Not the magical 60 FPS, but only 2 FPS off the more expensive Gaming OC? That’s impressive. Plus we’re running high settings, so dropping down to some medium settings, and you’re golden. 33 FPS at 1440p is a bit cinematic, but it’s still very much playable too.

The fantastic optimisation of this game, and its love for Nvidia cards pays off, hitting a respectable 56.32 FPS at 1080p and just shy of 40 at 1440p. The RX570 is still ahead though, but as you’ll see later, it requires a crap-load more power to keep that lead.

Temperature

The Phoenix ran quite a bit warmer than the Gaming OC. However, Gigabyte have a huge dual-fan cooler configuration vs the Phoenix which has a dinky little blower fan. Sure, it’s still enough, 68.7c is fine, but it’s clear the difference a big cooler makes.

Power consumption

With a rated board TDP of 75W, it relies entirely on the PCI Slot for power, meaning no extra connectors are required. It is recommended you have a 300W or greater Power Supply Unit (PSU).

G-SYNC Ready

When used with a monitor that has G-SYNC hardware installed, the monitor’s refresh rate will sync and lock with the graphics card’s output frame rate. Establishing this sync removes tearing and stuttering which can result from conventional fixed-screen refresh rates. This is especially important for gaming in stereoscopic 3D. An additional benefit of G-SYNC is reduced lag so gamers will benefit from the improved command response time as well.

ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 OC edition gaming graphics card Performance review

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Forza Horizon 5 on the GeForce GTX 1650 Asus Phoenix OC 4GB to see that it got a weak set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p – L: 38FPS, M: 30FPS, H: 20FPS, U: 14FPS. Another popular game to test at 1440p with this card was Resident Evil 8 which seemed weak in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 14 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Dying Light 2 where its predicted Ultra 1440p Frame rates were weak at 10 FPS. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 1650 Asus Phoenix OC 4GB we get the impression that it is unable to perform adequately across modern games at this increased resolution.

Alternate of ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 OC edition gaming graphics card

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Finally, a reason for every 10-series gamer to upgrade

SPECIFICATIONS

CUDA cores: 5,888Base clock: 1,500MHzBoost clock: 1,725MHzTFLOPs: 20.37Memory: 8GB GDDR6Memory clock: 14GT/sMemory bandwidth: 448GB/s

REASONS TO BUY

+Turing-topping frame rates+Relatively low power+This FE card is smol

REASONS TO AVOID

-Annoying 12-pin power connector

Perhaps the only high-end Ampere that’s anything close to reasonably affordable, the RTX 3070 is also impressive for its ability to match the top-string Turing graphics card, the RTX 2080 Ti, for less than half of its price tag.

At $499, it’s still a significant sum by any means—we’re talking next-gen console equivalent pricing here—but it’s hardly an exorbitant sum when compared to PC gaming’s top graphics silicon today. In return, you’re gifted a 4K-capable graphics card that doesn’t require too much fiddling to reach playable, if not high, framerates. And it’ll absolutely smash it at 1440p, no question about that.

Its gaming performance credentials are undoubtedly impressive, but what makes the RTX 3070 our pick for the sensible PC gaming connoisseur is the entire Nvidia ecosystem underlying the RTX stack today. DLSS is a neat trick for improving performance, with only a nominal loss in clarity, and other features such as Broadcast and Reflex go a long way to sweetening the deal.

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