Palit GTX 1650 StormX OC 4GB Review

1. Introduction2. Palit GTX 1650 StormX OC3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. Battlefield V (1080p, 1440p, 4K)6. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. Far Cry 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Clock Speed12. Temperatures13. Acoustics14. Power Consumption15. Overclocking: 3DMark and Games16. Overclocking: Thermals, Acoustics, Power17. Closing Thoughts18. View All Pages

When Nvidia first announced the GTX 1650 – the latest Turing-based graphics card – one of the main features spoken about was the GPU's 75W TDP, meaning it doesn't require an external PCIe power connector. We've already reviewed one GTX 1650 which had a 6-pin connector anyway, but the Palit GTX 1650 StormX OC is one of the cards that draws all its power from the PCIe slot. Can this make GTX 1650 a more attractive proposition?

Not only does Palit's GTX 1650 StormX OC forgo the need for additional power connectors, but it is also an incredibly small card – measuring just 145mm long. Palit is clearly targeting the Mini ITX audience with this one – perhaps those looking to build a compact system for HDTV gaming in the living room.

Despite its size, as the model name suggests, Palit has still applied a factory overclock – with a boost clock of 1725MHz which is up from the reference-spec 1665MHz. Can it compete with AMD's RX 570?

GPU	RTX 2060 (FE)	GTX 1660 Ti	GTX 1660	GTX 1650	GTX 1060
SMs	30	24	22	14	10
CUDA Cores	1920	1536	1408	896	1280
Tensor Cores	240	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tensor FLOPS	51.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
RT Cores	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Texture Units	120	96	88	56	80
ROPs	48	48	48	32	48
Rays Cast	5 Giga Rays/sec	–	–	–	0.44 Giga Rays/sec
RTX Performance	37 Trillion RTX-OPS	–	–	–	N/A
GPU Boost Clock	1680 MHz	1770 MHz	1785 MHz	1665 MHz	1708 MHz
Memory Data Rate	14 Gbps	12 Gbps	8 Gbps	8 Gbps	8 Gbps
Total Video Memory	6GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR5	6GB GDRR5
Memory Interface	192-bit	192-bit	192-bit	128-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	336.1 GB/sec	288.1 GB/sec	192.1 GB/sec	128 GB/sec	192 GB/sec
TDP	160W	120W	120W	75W	120W

We've already touched on the new TU117 GPU that's used for GTX 1650 in our Gigabyte Gaming OC 4G review – it's essentially a scaled-down TU116, with 14 SMs and 896 CUDA cores. Remember, only the RTX 20-series cards have dedicated cores for ray tracing and DLSS, so there's no RT or Tensor cores with GTX 1650.

As mentioned, GTX 1650 reference spec has a boost clock of 1665MHz, but Palit has applied a 60MHz factory overclock to this card, though it is worth mentioning that the 4GB of GDDR5 memory is left at the stock 8Gbps.

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