Msi geforce gtx 1650 gaming x review in Spanish (full analysis)

MSI GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X enters the market as one of the most interesting options for this entry range. This new series of graphics cards features Turing technology, a heatsink like the TWIN FROZR dual fan and the new GTX TU117 chip turned upside down.

And is that it is the most economical option of the new generation Nvidia is capable of giving us a performance in 1080p that exceeds 70% of what the GTX 1050 offers us.

Are you thinking of mounting a cheap gaming PC? Maybe this GPU is the one you're looking for, so stick around and take a look at its performance and looks.

First of all, we must thank MSI for the trust placed in us when transferring this product to us for its in-depth analysis.

MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X technical features

MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X
Chipset	TU117
Processor speed	Base frequency: 1485 MHz Turbo frequency: 1860 MHz
Number of graphics cores	896 CUDA No Tensor Core or RT
Memory size	4 GB GDDR5 at 8 Gbps
Memory bus	128 bit (128 GB / s)
DirectX	DirectX 12 Vulkan OpenGL 4.5
Connectivity	1x HDMI 2.0b 2x DisplayPort 1.4
Size	250 x 145 x 35 mm (2 slots)
TDP	75 W

Unboxing and design

Tas many leaks and many news. Finally, the GTX 1650 is a reality and it has also arrived at our facilities from the hand of MSI. A graphics card expected not for its power, but for its price, since it will emerge as the natural substitute for the GTX 1050 in this generation, to assemble inexpensive gaming equipment aimed at playing in Full HD at a good graphic quality.

The presentation of this MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X has nothing different from its older sisters, in fact, if we do not look for the "1650" model, it is possible that we may even be confused with GPU. In its front area we have a forceful photo of the graphics card with its beautiful and sophisticated TWIN FROZR 7 heatsink next to the model, which in this case is the Gaming X variant.

What does this translate into? Well, we will have a good advance on the back of the cardboard box. Presence of a powerful heatsink such as this FROZR and also LED lighting in the side case, although at no time do we have the distinctive RGB Mystic Light.

The interior presentation consists of a cardboard box with a top opening and a graphic card perfectly fitted to a cardboard mold with an antistatic bag to protect it. In addition to the card, inside we will find a CD-ROM with drivers, MSI stickers and the instruction book and user guide. So nothing special or unexpected.

We could now play to find the differences between this MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X and the 1660 version, and the truth is that there are absolutely none in the outside area. We have the exact same dual bearing 90mm dual fan heatsink configuration and implemented TORX 3.0 technology. We highlight that this outer shell is entirely made of hard plastic in black and gray tones with visual carbon finishes.

The measurements we have obtained from this card are 250 mm long, 145 mm wide and 35 mm wide. We have already found the first difference from the 1660 !, and it is nothing other than the measurements. The heatsink is considerably smaller, the brand considers that with 35 mm we have more than enough to cool the overlocked TU117 GPU that is hidden inside. In addition, the weight we have obtained is only 590 grams, making it clear that it is not at all a high weight for a PCIe slot without steel reinforcement. We will see later how all this affects refrigeration.

Speaking a little more about the fans, we are presented with a configuration with alternating movement, that is, one fan rotates the opposite of the other to generate a positive and continuous air flow in the fins of the heatsink. Something that practically all manufacturers have already implemented and that really gives good results, especially in fans like these with 14 propellers.

ZERO FROZR technology also makes these only activate when the GPU exceeds a temperature of 60 degrees, helping to have a quieter and more energy-efficient PC.

Something that we did not like, is that this MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X does not have a backplate. We know that it is not an essential element, but at least it helps a lot to improve the external appearance of the card and also to avoid that the PCB area is in contact with the external action. At least one of plastic yes that would be something much more successful than leaving it naked.

As for the LED lighting, we do not have presence of the MSI Mystic Light technology, although we will obtain lighting in the MSI logo located on the side of the card. It is not something important, but it is worth mentioning.

We are still located on the side of the MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X to highlight the 6-pin PCI power connector. While it is true that Nvidia details that its GPU GTX 1650 does not need external power to have a TDP of 75W, a really tiny figure, manufacturers like MSI, with overclocked models, have indeed made use of this power connector.

The reason? It is none other than getting enough power to move the fans and a GPU that will demand more power when going uphill, manufacturers are not going to risk depending only on the power of the PCI-E slot are the limitations that this entails, especially reliability and integrity of the board power bus.

We go to the back to take a look at the panel of video ports that we have in MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X. In this case the card supports a total of 3 monitors thanks to 2 DisplayPort 1.4 and an HDMI 2.0b port that supports a maximum digital resolution of 7680 × 4320 @ 60Hz (8K). We must say that a fourth video connector would not have gone wrong, since we know in good ink that the GPU is capable of supporting it.

PCB and performance

If something good comes out of not having a backplate, it is that disassembling the heatsink of this MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X is quite simple. We just have to remove the four screws that attach it to the PCB and that would be it. We found? Well, a fairly simple configuration and quite distant from what we would see in a 1660.

We then have an aluminum heatsink with a small base that makes contact with the graphics processor through a single nickel-plated copper heatpipe. This tube extends to both sides of the heatsink to distribute the heat as much as possible throughout the area. Then we will see the temperatures, but it seems to us that a second tube would have been a better ally in this card, especially considering that the heatsink is very thin.

The configuration of components on the PCB is very clear: four chips that provide 4 GB of RAM, the processor in the central area with an IHS attached to the chip to provide better heat transfer. Then on the periphery we have a VRM consisting of 3 + 1 MOSFET power phases.

Now let's take a closer look at the features offered by the main components of the MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X. We then have a GPU named TU117 (Turing architecture) with a 12 nm FinFET manufacturing process, which is of a different construction than previous TU116s. The main objective is to offer a perfect balance between 1080p performance at a low cost and with maximum energy efficiency.

Nvidia promises that in its base configuration of 1485/1665 MHz it offers a performance that surpasses by 70% the previous GTX 1050 which is not bad. We have a unified L1 cache with 64 KB for each SM, with a total of 14 of them, and 1024 KB L2 with adaptive Shading. Of course this model is overclocked, getting to get an extra compared to the reference model.

Inside we have a total of 896 CUDA cores without the presence of RT or Tensor cores, something obvious. You will already know by now that the new Nvidia drivers provide support for the GTX to do Ray Tracing in real time, to the detriment of the overall performance of the GPU. In any case, we have a count of 32 ROPs (rendering units) and 56 TMUs (texturing units) generating a theoretical performance of 53.28 GPixel / s and 93.24 GTexel / s.

The performance at 1080p resolutions exceeding 60 FPS will be almost guaranteed thanks to the 4 GB of GDDR5 memory at 8 Gbps of effective speed. The bus width of this interface is 128 bits, compared to 192 in the GTX 16x and RTX 2060 family, thus generating a speed of 128 GB / s.

Before we move on to our gaming and synthetic performance tests, it's a setup that closely resembles, especially in memory to, the GTX 1050 Ti, with the obvious best in processing chip architecture. How will it behave inserted in our impressive test bench? Here we go.

Test bench and performance tests

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel Core i9-9900K
Base plate:	Asus Maximus XI Formula
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB 16 GB @ 3600 MHz
Heatsink	Corsair H100i V2
HDD	Kingston UV400
Graphic card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming OC 4G
Power supply	Corsair RM1000X

For benchmarks we will use the following titles:

• 3DMark Fire Strike normal. 3Mark Fire Strike 4K version. Time Spy.VRMARK.

All tests have been passed with the filters to the maximum unless we indicate otherwise. In order to have adequate performance, we have carried out three types of tests: the first is the most common at Full HD 1920 x 1080 and the second resolution is making the leap to 2K or 1440P (2560 x 1440P) gamers. The operating system we have used has been Windows 10 Pro 64 bit and the latest drivers available from the Nvidia website (just released at launch).

What are we looking for in the tests?

First, the best possible image quality. The most important value for us is the average FPS (Frames per second), the higher the number of FPS the more fluid the game will go. To differentiate the quality a bit, we leave you a table to assess the quality in FPS, but we will also have the minimum Fps in the tests that were thus possible:

FRAMES BY SECONDS
Frames for Seconds. (FPS)	Gameplay
Less than 30 FPS	Limited
30 ~ 40 FPS	Playable
40 ~ 60 FPS	Good
Greater than 60 FPS	Fairly Good or Excellent

Game Testing

We have decided to make the leap to checking various games manually. The reason? Very simple, we want to give a much more realistic vision and cover tests with current games. We've revamped the old 2016 Tomb Raider for this new Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

Overclocking

Note: Each graphics card can go up at different frequencies. Does it depend a little on how lucky you are?

At the overclocking level we have been able to give it a little pull of 1615 MHz in the graphic core and in the memories we have reached 2341 MHz. With this improvement we have reached ~ 2070 MHz. At the benchmark level we see a great improvement, but and in Games? We have chosen DEUS EX to test the total gain in FPS.

Deus EX	MSI GTX 1650 Gaming X Stock	MSI GTX 1650 Gaming X Overclock
1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	48 FPS	54 FPS
2560 x 1440 (WQHD)	31 FPS	35 FPS

Temperature and consumption

At the temperature level, we are very happy with the results obtained with the new MSI Geforce GTX 1650. We have obtained 43 ºC in idle, we have to remember that it is a GPU that in low load does not activate the fans and that when we make intensive use of the graphics card they activate. Once active at maximum power, we have not seen it rise from 61 ºC on average.

We also leave you a picture after 12 hours of operation with Furmark running. As we can see the temperatures are great.

Consumption is for the entire team *

Regarding energy consumption, we find an average of 68 W at low load and 175 W at maximum power. When we also stress the processor we reach 273 W. Once again NVIDIA takes advantage of having one of the best performance / consumption that the market offers.

Final words and conclusion about MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X

We are surprised that Nvidia launches a product without previous drivers for the press. We had to wait until launch day to test these new series of graphics cards. That as you will have been able to see from the performance tables have left us with a very very bittersweet taste.

Regarding the MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X we are very happy with the work that the guys at MSI have done. Quality components, a good design, a custom PCB and very good temperatures thanks to its Twin Frozr heatsink.

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Regarding performance we see it superior to the GTX 1050 Ti, but not at all what we expected from it. We believe it is because we are testing some very green drivers… Without a doubt, this graphics card can give much more of itself. Currently an AMD Radeon RX 570 is a much better choice for 1920 x 1080p (Full HD) resolutions. Which by the way, we will soon make a comparison of this model versus this model.

Currently we can find it in online stores for a price of 194.90 euros. A high price, but it is understandable because it is on the average of the RRP of the other models. If you are looking to buy a GTX 1650 now, we recommend the Ventus XS that is for about 20 euros less.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ QUALITY DESIGN	- NO BACKPLATE
+ CUSTOM PCB	- HIGH PRICE, BUT LIKE ALL 1650
+ LIGHT ILLUMINATION
+ TEMPERATURES AND CONSUMPTION
+ SOFTWARE

The professional review team awards him the silver medal.

MSI GeForce GTX 1650 gaming X

COMPONENT QUALITY - 77%

DISSIPATION - 75%

GAMING EXPERIENCE - 70%

SOUND - 78%

PRICE - 70%

74%