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GeForce GTX 1650 vs GTX 1050 vs GTX 950

by Tarinder Sandhu on 13 May 2019, 14:01

Tags: Gigabyte (TPE:2376), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Conclusion

And it's the RX 570 thorn in the GTX 1650's side that continues to cause problems for cards such as the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming OC...

GeForce GTX 1650 has had, at best, a lukewarm reception from PC gamers. Our examination of its performance compared to direct predecessors shows that Nvidia has made reasonable gains in performance across generations.

The troubling aspect for GeForce GTX 1650 isn't its performance relative to what has gone before. Rather, the sticking point is a combination of pricing that's too high, starting at $149/£138, that's really brought into focus by the continued availability of faster Radeon RX 570 GPUs at a lower price.

And it's the RX 570 thorn in the GTX 1650's side that continues to cause problems for cards such as the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming OC, priced at £160. It makes little sense against a backdrop of faster AMD cards costing just £125, so as we have already mentioned in other, related editorial, Nvidia and its partners need to hammer down the price to that same £125 for GTX 1650 OC to make sense.

Though representing solid gains over older generations, evidenced by this editorial, Gigabyte's card struggles against the Radeon threat.

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that's quite a decent increase in performance, an 1650 seems to have about 150% of the performance of a 1050 or about 185% of a 950
Problem is they're charging a 45% mark up in cost (cheapest 1650 @ £138, va 1050 @ £95, quick google search), for a 45% mark up in performance. No increase in bang per buck for almost 3 years.

Additionally, unless power consumption is a major factor for you, you can get an RX 570, which offers 20% more performance than the GTX1650 for £110 (£28 less) new, from CCL. So lets compare:

Card Performance Price
1650 100% 100% (baseline)
RX570 119% 80%

Sources:
https://www.cclonline.com/product/284906/11266-34-20G/Graphics-Cards/Sapphire-Radeon-RX-570-Pulse-ITX-4GB-Graphics-Card/VGA5546/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwzunmBRDsARIsAGrt4mu–Azh47O0OawDtjMHrKn5D1WUqR5iGvYtl3pyQite63sE31aw1qQaAks6EALw_wcB
https://www.ebuyer.com/882284-asus-geforce-gtx-1650-phoenix-4gb-oc-gddr5-graphics-card-ph-gtx1650-o4g?mkwid=sWA3N2WiH_dc&pcrid=51630194939&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzunmBRDsARIsAGrt4mvTTMieEgBQbZNsr27FcCtfbPg9XXfjS6vhn8-3WegslhhFD9BhvLEaAuzfEALw_wcB
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1650-vs-AMD-RX-570/4039vs3924
Ah, but wasn't the 1050 similarly expensive on release, and many only have 2GB of vram? So whilst the 1650 is overpriced, the rip-off is actually consistent.

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/MSI-GTX-1050-2GT-OCV1/product/B076B38WPN?context=search
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Ah, but wasn't the 1050 similarly expensive on release, and many only have 2GB of vram? So whilst the 1650 is overpriced, the rip-off is actually consistent.

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/MSI-GTX-1050-2GT-OCV1/product/B076B38WPN?context=search
Erm 1050 came out in 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_10_series so looking at a sales graph that started in 2018 isn't that great. According to Hexus https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/98836-evga-geforce-gtx-1050-sc-gaming/ MSRP was £115 for the 1050 at launch.