Overclocking the GTX 650

[@juniorfio1196]

The old Green Ham gaming vibes are hitting hard with this new video

[@MJ-uk6lu]

It seems that jobs are temporary, but gaming is forever.

[@awesomeguysuncle]

ikr, it reminds me of the HD 5450 video. He's eating in that one, too.

[@yasugi0153]

just found this channel but it feels like og youtube

[@melancholia7k]

the smoke at the start of the video reminds me of the video with the 360 smoking a cigarette@@awesomeguysuncle

[@NACHO1111NAC]

Tim's pc being a ryzen 5 3600 and a rx 5700x is the least surprising thing I've ever seen. It's also comforting knowing this man hasn't changed a bit. Also what a great touch that the start off this video is the exact same to the one he did about the hd5450

[@d3fault1420]

the hd5450 was my 1st gpu

[@CromulentEmbiggening]

@@d3fault1420 reported

[@aleksandarristic5783]

@@d3fault1420 my 2nd GPU, I put it through hell tbh

[@d3fault1420]

@@aleksandarristic5783 i did the same with mine until i got a new pc

[@Carson_Garrett]

So glad to see more regular uploads. I watched these videos as a kid with no money trying to game on terrible pcs. I have a powerful pc these days, but still love these low end videos.

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

Lol same. I got a 4070ti now but still watch low end computer content. It's fascinating seeing somebody try to squeeze every last frame out of something that's already very tired!.

[@someboringperson9359]

Bro same. In fact I didnt have any PC and was totally broke as a kid(my parents were not really financially good back then). However this video gaved me hope and motivation that one day I will build or get something similar, which indeed happened few years later when I got into high school. Crazy to think that now I have a PC which back then I couldnt even dream of! This just proves that If you believe into something you can accomplish anything. It make take some time, step by step but It will be worthy. Damn, typing this comment made emotional for f sake 😅

[@0852657luis]

Hard to believe these cards are overs 10 years old now. I remember when it was brand new.😅

[@xBruceLee88x]

What's even crazier... The 8800gt I have laying around is less than 3 years away from 20

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

I had one of these in 2014 for my first build 😂. It was terrible but I was fairly young and just happy to have a PC. Quickly updated it to the gtx 1070 on 2016 when that launched which then lasted me 7 years.

[@KebongaPvP]

The nostalgia brought me back love your videos. And i still rewatch older videos till this day

[@0852657luis]

@@KebongaPvP you accidentally responded to my comment.😅

[@646464mario]

The internet is truly blessed to have a "PC Gaming" channel like yours! Aside from the cinematography being just absolutely unique for this genre of KZbin videos, you explore things that many others do not really look back on too often (like the GTX 650 or an HD CRT). I think it would be cool to do something with Windows 7 one of these days since everyone in their 20s seems to be getting quite nostalgic about it now. It truly was the peak of Windows.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

she's smoking hot baby yeah

[@neonsky595]

I love the fact that the intro is JUST LIKE The older one where the 5450 was overclocked! Love the nostalgia bro!

[@ypoora1]

I remember buying this exact 650 brand new and being so, so impressed coming from antique Pentium 4 systems with equally antique video. And yet, it's beyond even low-end now and i've got an RTX 3090. Where'd the time go? And yes, mine had that same buzz coming from it's fan. Probably the most audible noise my PC made at the time. Loved it anyway.

[@caramelldansen2204]

I had a Pentium 4 back when it was... well, only slightly old, but still viable! 😊

[@brett_norris]

This video inspired me to revitalize a thrift store pc I wasn’t sure what to do with using a 600 series card. Granted, I went with the 680, but I wouldn’t even have thought to go that far back if not for this video. Love the vibes and the inspiration!

[@leangxd]

so glad to see more or less regular updates on the channel I actually have a gtx 650 and a very similarly performing card - a gt 740 lying around now I want to see what they have to offer in 2024 Can't believe that one more year just ended, time is really flying by Thank you for the video, Tim Very happy you are back Best wishes, Daniil

[@jm036]

Think the 650 and 740 are the same GK107 chip.

[@leangxd]

@@jm036 Damn man I knew that those two are pretty close in terms of performance but I didn't even realize they are the same thing but clocked differently Thanks for the information, brother

[@yasugi0153]

can you run them in SLI?

[@flr_rr]

I'm so happy you're back, thank you so much for this

[@rahulr03]

My face instantly lit up when I heard that Gran Turismo music. Knew this was going to be a great video.

[@jimmyhopkins1]

This was a proper return to form mate great stuff

[@jackmcdonald8355]

Absolutely love your new videos. Getting some hardcore OG GHGTV vibes, and it couldn’t be any better!!

[@lukeweeks3470]

Seeing you back regularly, like the good old days, is something I’ve been looking forward to seeing for years. I’ve been watching you since about 2017, and this is my first comment (that I can remember). Love your content, man!

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

is the gpu burnt nope just over cooked🤣🤣

[@funkycarlover]

The smoothness of the infographics at like 7:00 is just buttery; great stuff

[@atefaborez2262]

used to watch your channel 9 years ago I wondered if you still made videos, back then I had a GTX 570 there is something that you captured perfectly and is the feel of the low end 2000s to 2010s era, there is a vibe special to this channel, now I have a 4080 but I still remember when the GTX 750Ti was the stuff that I dreamt for... I went absolutely nowhere with this comment, awesome video like always

[@inuush]

The GTX 650 was my first ""gaming"" GPU, before that I had one of the GT GPUs not the GTXs, when I first tried Battlefield 3 with it and went from 19~21 fps at lowest settings 1366x768, to 30 fps on Ultra at the same resolution (that was the native res from my monitor), my mind was blown, I have only good memories with it and now that I have a laptop with the GTX 1650, I feel like this card never really left me, great video.

[@yasugi0153]

i remember the old GT cards being a console gamer i was so co fused why someone would want a non performance models and now im looking at prices of gpu"s today and just wow

[@csucsanat]

Again a video that could be a boring mess of KZbin junk. The 1000 time test of an old hardware. But no my friends this video is informative and sparkles from the creativity and effort put into it. Thanks again GHG.

[@starzainia]

15:43 *THERE I AM GARY THERE I AM!!!* by gravy i dont think ive ever laughed so hard seeing that mailbox segment amazing as always! also nice callback to the HD 5450 episode!

[@Laowaixianggang]

Delighted to see uploads from you in my feed! Had a lot of fun watching this one

[@ofrancis]

This video was magic. Each of your videos is like a meditation. I feel calmer and better, inspired after watching.

[@teefffa]

Thank you for making this video about THIS specific graphics card that i happen to be used by my family for 10 years, i got my pc cheap hdd swapped for a little newer cheap hdd, and because of that i lost the said old overclock. so thank you very much for bringing me this wonderous information, because i am truly grateful.

[@awesomeguysuncle]

i love how you still use some music you used years ago, it gives me a lot of memories from watching your videos when i was a kid Also i had to do a double take at 2:44 when you said 4060 lol

[@Sneckit]

Throwback to the HD 5450 video from like 10 years ago in the beginning, awesome!

[@outtheredude]

2GB EVGA 750 Ti SC user over here in the UK. Still runs nicely on a Q9650 XP/8.1/Zorin 17.1 build. Comes complete with the limited edition optional extra metal backplate as well. Thanks for giving it's cousin some love here on your video.

[@bingokemski4473]

My friend once had a GTX 650. It was actually the exact same model as the one in the video. EVGA always tended to trend on the side of caution, with overpowered cooling and VRMs. The overclocking potential of the GTX 650 comes as no surprise. Kepler is a very interesting architecture, it was unrefined but had lots of potential. The GTX 650 paved the way of the Maxwell GTX 750 and GTX 750Ti. It could be said Kepler and Maxwell was the last generation for budget gamers on price to performance on the new market. Truly a legendary card from back in the day.

[@jm036]

750 wasn't Kepler

[@bingokemski4473]

@@jm036 comment edited to fix error, Geforce 700 series was complicated 😂

[@hidde1626]

Nice video, also liked that the intro was exactly the same as the 5450 video, watched that so much back in the day, instantly recognized it

[@chibilawl]

Love the throwback to the 5450 video intro

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

is it burnt? no just well cooked... but. not burnt

[@BenjiDingus]

Heya, I just wanna say that it's awesome to see more uploads by you, dude! Especially with this level of editing, still. Genuinely, love this stuff and have loved it for like, the five or six-ish years that I've watched it. Been watching the olds and the news and just feel such a charm with it all

[@PiroKUSS]

You have no idea how much I missed your performance showcases. Love your vids, TJ.

[@melancholia7k]

so glad your back uploading I used to watch your videos back in the day when I was like 14/15

[@supertaba10]

I love the 650 (i had a 2GB as my main GPU not so long ago) and the decision about buying and old used GPU came in big part thanks to your videos. I never got to overclocking it since i didn't wanna break it, but its a card that served me well since 2020 till last year when it was replaced with a GTX 1050ti which just a few weeks ago got replaced for a RX6600. I just want to let you know i value each upload you make.

[@AatroxSuppMain]

HOLY SHIT, I've been looking you up like once or twice a year waiting for this return

[@Wii1235]

Im so glad youre back making new videos consistently! Its cool seeing what this little card can run when overclocked

[@alexk8965]

Love you man, I am so happy you've come back. Keep it up:)

[@robertroberts7137]

i love this type of content! seeing what type of gaming you can squeeze out of "dead" cards like this is right up my alley. i hope to see more!

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

1:04 love the colorful 650 text that matches ur channel logo, details matter !

[@ruipedroleite]

This video just convinced that you're 100% back. Fantastic, thank you.

[@Dino-p7q]

the same lines as in the other overlocking video from years ago...you're the best

[@TheVarietyVendor]

HALLELUJAH! I'm so glad you're making videos again! Always enjoyed your content!

[@InsanityPrevails]

Oh my LORD, THANK you for putting the names of songs near the end. I KNEW I had heard one of them but couldn't pinpoint it. It as the Kung Foo Theme from EyeToy Play! I hadn't heard that in YEARS, ever since I last played it on my PS2 :D Thank you for the flashback x3

[@jesusnavas2935]

Love you mate, keep making fun video's and experimenting. ❤

[@Chaswick_felipe]

Been watching since I saw Draynor get more ram to prove a point. Ill never forget you Tim your videos always make me feel better when I am down. Keep up the good work !

[@dbzssj4678]

yeah and its 2am friday morning and I'm watching this

[@TrippTech]

Omg guys he’s paying homage to the hd5450 video!!! He’s using the same lines and camera angles and everything Tim, you’re tugging at my heart strings. The Nostalgia is killing me

[@TheAverageAaron]

I owned one of these in my first (built by me anyways) gaming rig, this was the best card ever because its so understated, the 1 gb of VRAM is the limiting factor but the fact their is a 2 GB version makes it actually be a compelling extreme budget choice. I have a 2 GB and the aforementioned one I owned was a 1 GB card. Both are beautiful GPUs in their own rights.

[@yesman3601]

just what i needed. thanks for the video bro!

[@LMFTMFMCEC]

Intro music is fire! Great video just as before!

[@alphaoctav9019]

Had the 650 until 2015, can't believe a low end gpu could play everything in that period at high settings easily. Now with a 6600xt I could barely play AW2 at low settings 720p lol! Your vibe hasn't changed a bit man, so glad you're back!!

[@yasugi0153]

sounds like you have extreme gpu bottleneck bro with a gpu that strong you need a strong CPU as well plus you should be running 32gb of ram atleast

[@alphaoctav9019]

My cpu is a skylake i7, runs doom eternal in triple digits framerate, minimum requirement on AW it's an i5, so optimisation doesn't exist.

[@alonsocastrovive]

I love the energy this channel emanates!

[@idlelabor]

Oh shit nice seeing this in my sub box - Hope youve been well mate!

[@littledudejoey]

Nice having you back GHG.

[@Nanigu]

I love this channel ;; so many memories from 2010 when I overclocked and vmoded a nvidia 8400gs, put a big heatskin on it and put it next to the A/C fresh air to be able to play

[@BenEsherick]

My goat is SO back

[@golamas1999]

The gingerbread house transition was beautiful. My first graphics card was a gtx 650. Coming from a MacBook with NVIDIA 320m was amazing whole new level of graphical fidelity.

[@ItsPikablu]

Hello Tim, I am very long time fan! It may be worth researching fan made, open source or community made drivers that keep old cards alive. These can help extend it's life, as well as the overclocking. It was great to see some huge gains with the OC, especially some of the 0.1% lows that doubled. LowSpecGamer has now left the scene of getting the most out of minimum specs, moving to a journalistic approach of the industry. This does leave a gap for someone who has a love of old cards to optimise game settings, using settings file tweaks, low resolutions/settings, frame generation wth FSR and many more techniques to make what seem impossible to run games, actually possible. A series testing games minimum specs, and then overclocking those parts to see what you can get out of them would be great. Furthermore how with a small budget you can increase your FPS per 'currency'. The good thing about minimum specs is that they are old, affordable and easy to work with, with lots of online documentation.

[@tonyx4yt]

where was this channel on my many year of youtube, "chefs kiss for appreciation"

[@bradyameister611]

your films and the style are a thing a beauty

[@jakezxz1352]

I love the casual runescape music in the background

[@androidgear2114]

you're Finally back to making videos so happy

[@mogumogu3686]

Another excellent video by the Maestro... Keep up the great work bro... You Are The Best...👍👍👏👏

[@LexiVAD]

I haven't overclocked in forever but I still find 1306 with no instant crashes pretty impressive, great job GHG!

[@skyleaned]

Great job on editing and visuals, very pleasant to watch

[@Dd25476]

and they say that only men age gracefully this baby is still rocking 10 years after the fact

[@themultiplechristopher8066]

I got this video in my suggestion today, on KZbin I was so excited, a new ghg video are you kidding me. my face lit up. Then it said it was like 10 years old. Oh man I can’t wait for him too make another video. 😂

[@Tmanstomp100]

Glad you made this video bro, I once built a secondhand gaming PC for my friend to play with me and it had a 650 in it that sadly went a bit too high in clockspeed and gets no signal to the monitor anymore. Happy to finally see the benchmarks lol.

[@jody5661]

I LOVE this video. Wanna know why? You sound excited and your friend seems to be helping with that! Its great to see you doin good

[@Chesterfried]

My first build after leaving home in 2012 started with a humble EVGA GTX 660 FTW and ended with the beastly EVGA 1080 TI SC2 before being retired in 2020. Crazy to see modern games being able to run on an even lesser card than what i started with all those years ago.

[@MorbidlyObeseChihuahua]

11:33 I had that same ASUS GTX 650, it was the first card I ever saved up for and bought myself. An upgrade from the pre-installed GT 610. And despite the extra horsepower I pretty much exclusively used it to get better FPS in Source games. Great card until the plastic fan thingy literally fell off inside the tower and I was out of warranty.

[@solanumtuberosa]

Thank you for the guide! Previously running Starfield on my gtx 650 fps fluctuates between 0-1 fps. Now its a stable 1 fps!

[@travissandry]

WHY 😂 I absolutely adore seeing your videos, back in the days as well! Let's strap in and see what this Ole card has!

[@zusplacestudio]

I remember the GTX 750Ti by Zotac such a capable card, nostalgia is hitting so hard. Thanks for video :D

[@DistractedTrader]

This evga overclock is better than linus's recent evga vid hahaha. Well done mate!

[@kostiantynhlyz]

It's Kepler (not Keplar), as in Johannes Kepler. Also, love that intro!

[@PorkeyPineOnline]

🤓 I had to restrain myself from saying that in my other comment, but now I see someone else said it for me so I'll earn myself a nerd emoji another way: It's also frowned upon to use the "old terminology" and call them CUDA Cores, as that term is misleading. The "correct" term would be shaders, execution units, or maybe even ALUs.

[@kostiantynhlyz]

You rightfully earned that nerd emoji! Keep on nerding on! ✊🤓👍

[@CorvoAttan0]

Happy new years! 🥳

[@NotPaws]

I absolutely loves these videos, thank you :)

[@Smort747]

I had this card for way longer than i would like to admit

[@PawsMacFlynn]

Nice used to have the same brand/card couple years back in my second pc for old games/ lower/mid range games back then hooked up to a tv/bigbig monitor to watch KZbin and films of in the background. Loving the new vids ❤

[@gravitone]

Perfect timing. I've just put together a E8400 core2duo machine and paired it up with a radeon 260x and spent the afternoon pushing both the core and memory as far as they will go.

[@ascens1on112]

That whole intro sequence was a trip down memory lane. I sort of find it hard to believe how old these cards are now.

[@daveduznotrull]

good to see you agin bud. i had that exact card but the sc version i replaced it with what i still have and Asus R9 Nano

[@jorgeortiz41395]

I forgot how much I loved these videos

[@manuelarcecubas8888]

Amazing video, absolute banger

[@anon_y_mousse]

I had forgotten all about your channel because you hadn't posted in years. Now that I've got a KZbin ID and they recommended a video I'll have to catch up with the past two years, all 8 videos that I apparently missed.

[@Faithy2386]

that intro gave me the most pleasant deja vu i've ever felt haha

[@gamigem]

When I first started watching your videos I picked up a 750ti and it served me well for a long long time 😁

[@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns]

Great choice in music, Gran Turismo 3, ETS2 and Runescape.

[@AzariusR]

Ahh reminded me of the days when I had a 860M Laptop. Probably not exact performance but maybe somewhere there. Right after that laptop I managed to snatch a GTX 1060 full sized GPU in a laptop and it still serves me till today. Never underestimate older hardware.

[@EhRandomGuy]

Time flies! I remember wishlisting and bookmarking the ASUS 650 and the 660/ti's because they seemed so good

[@americanman5270]

My buddy sent me the xfx r7 360 in the mail as a place holder for my rig when i built it back in 2015. That old card paired with my I5 4690k always surprised me. I was never playing anything crazy though. Alot of Bad company 2, Warband, Arma 3, and CSGO. I was more than happy to replace it with my GTX 970 (which i was still using that 970 up until last year), but i sure did appreciate that little card and what it was capable of.

[@aleeq9662]

that nostalgia hits when the benchmark music came

[@coccoborg]

I remember having my 650 ti boost! But that thing was a completely different beast: twice the CUDA cores and was closer to a 660 (same core, but slightly cut down) it felt like a steal! No way Nvidia would do anything like this now.

[@mattparker9726]

10:44 SUBSCRIBED. Us old computer fiends must stick together.

[@mat-mat101]

Damn, I was around grade 6 when that came out. By the way, welcome back! :)

[@diogomarques3563]

This video reminded me of my msi gtx 650 ti boost oc . Super proud of having that card, maybe some day you can try to do the same with this model

[@tom3056]

please tell me i’m not the only one getting the constant references to “overclocking the dreadful 5450”😭 Love that GHGTV is making videos again.

[@garrettmitchell5657]

Been waiting for a redux of the Overclocking an HD5450 video for a long time. Especially because I now have an HD5450 kicking it in Eugene, my beloved server.

[@llawliet4512]

Man, I remember being 10 or 11 and begging my parents to buy this card for the family computer. They did eventually get it for me and I remember it tripled my FPS in Minecraft.

[@pacomatic9833]

Shame the optimization is so bad. Thank goodness there are now mods like Sodium.

[@Pepperoni_Toni]

GHG uploading makes my day

[@Felix-ve9hs]

The first GPU I ever bought was a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 OC 1GB and ran it OCed from 1110 to 1254 MHz for years. Played a lot of Far Cry 3, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Tomb Raider (2013), Minecraft and CS:GO on this thing, and it still works today.