The GTX 1630 - Does This GT 1030 Successor Really Need To Exist?

[@zWORMzGaming]

Wow, so the rumours were right... It is in fact slower than a 1050Ti 🤦‍♂️ I really can't see the appeal of it at 150$, should've been an 80$ or 100$ card to truly replace the 1030... Hey at least it's PCIe 3.0 16x and has shadowplay, but still. If it's near 150$ it's definitely a no-go! Thanks for the review, great as usual 😉💪

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

I am waiting for you to test this one kryzzp

[@Odinsday]

For $150, the RX 6400 is a much better buy, and you don’t even need a power connector to use it.

[@Thelango99]

Yeah, even an old RX 460 will give this GPU a run for its money.

[@RK-zf1jm]

Gotta agree if its a replacement for the gt 1030 it should be gt 1030 money cheapest of which new in the UK while still getting gddr 5 is 69.99 if this would of been nearer 89.99 it would be the go to budget gaming card. but at 150 hell no especially with the six pin requirement the rx 470 goes for 75 second hand on cex and it destroys the competition in that price range.

[@Churchgrimm]

Techpowerup says it's PCIe 3.0 x8, though I'm unsure if that varies model to model

[@MlemDotaPersonal]

Why on earth is this $150? It gets smoked by the RX 6400 at the same tier of price point, and that card was criticized for being overpriced. Needing a 6-pin for this level of performance in 2022 is crazy! If it were half the price and had 50W TDP it would be a great card, but it seems ridiculous.

[@SapphireThunder]

The 6-pin power here is simply Palit's own choice of including one. The Official TDP of GTX 1630 is 75W. You can blame Palit for uselessly adding extra power plug for this model. But there definitely will be models without one. Even low profile ones.

[@iceboyzz2]

The real reason the RX6400 got criticized for is the lack of hardware de/encoding support and the limited amount of monitors that can be hooked up to it. It can't game very well, but for all the other use cases it was also kind of useless. This 1630 could be a great addition to a Plex server or a system that needs 3x 4k to be hooked up to it. There's actual use cases for it. Gaming was never the main focus of this card.

[@churro54]

The Evga version also has a 6 pin and is 200 usd

[@emonlevircni4617]

@@iceboyzz2 Then why buying the 1630 instead of the 1050 ti? Same price and same function.

[@emonlevircni4617]

@@churro54 Bruh

[@SinisterSkar]

I got my RX 580 8GB for $130 from microcenter at the end of 2019. Now in 2022 we have the 1630 for $150 which performs less than half of a 580, what a time we live in.

[@Joopitah]

lucky timing

[@luckyowl10]

remember the days when 1030 were sold for more than 130$? 1630 might be a steal in comparison with 1-2 years ago

[@arturdrelich9881]

The rx 580 is a beast and a wayyy better choice than this 1630

[@singlsrvngfrnd]

I bought a Powercolor Red Devil RX580 8gb on eBay with a janky chrome fan super glued in place of the dead stock fan for $80. $20 replacement fans from inRobert (sus name) and it runs like a dream in my travel rig.

[@arturdrelich9881]

@@singlsrvngfrnd that's one hell of a deal, i got a rx 580 4gb with a broken fan for 150$ during the gpu crysis and thought that was a deal lol. Got a replacment fan from aliexpress for 4$.

[@flux_6223]

Congratulations nvidia, you did what AMD couldn't do. You made the RX 6400 look good.

[@AndyMitchellUK26]

And then AMD made the 1630 look good with FSR. Irony at it's finest!

[@sweetsurrender815]

@@AndyMitchellUK26 But that doesn't count because every GPU looks good with FSR

[@bwv1044]

The World is in desperate need of DDR4 version of this value monster.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

My goodness that is evil thinking

[@Oz-gv5fz]

Gt 1610 super duper ultra 🗿

[@96blocks]

@@RandomGaminginHD 4gb ddr4 32 bit bus width pcie 3.0 x1 gtx 1610

[@boufenarafetooh]

What a war it will be with the RTX 3090 Ti in terms of price/performance KING

[@takehirolol5962]

That would be like if today's meeting of the G7 asks if the population really needs oxygen to live and if it can be rationed...

[@Choralone422]

2 reasons why it exists; 1. Making use of partially failed chips or binning. Let's Nvidia make some income on chips that would otherwise be e-waste. 2. It helps Nvidia to try and justify the higher MSRPs of everything above it. A few years ago this would have been a lousy $75-100 GPU but at over $150 and requires extra power this card is a DOA IMO. Sadly it will still draw in suckers who think they're getting a deal. smh

[@thedeejlam]

But is is e-waste anyway, yeah? ;-)

[@JCmeister9]

This is definitely a pointless card at its current price point. Had this been below $100 and no external power connector then it could've been decent at least.

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

It'll prolly find it's way into budget prebuilts

[@mingyi456]

How does the gtx 1650 die require binning? It is on a relatively ancient tsmc 12nm node and the die size is so small that yield rates should be almost perfect.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

$100 faming GPUs are dead. Yearly inflation is near 50%. Few years ago Trump was president, now we have Brandon and WW3 is looming.

[@kajurn791]

Oh it's simple. The 1630 exists to 'justify' the higher MSRP for the other higher end GPUs. Nvidia doesn't want people buying GPUs from the sub 150usd pricepoint anymore. I hope this GPU sits on shelves unsold for a very long time. Bitter disappointment as i was hoping for something like a GT/RT 3030 with DLSS support to be on the roadmap.

[@ZackSNetwork]

Seriously those cheap GPU’s are a waste of money period. Go for a 60 series GPU at the lowest because 50 series and below are never good performance or longevity.

[@ThatLaloBoy]

@@ZackSNetwork hold on. I agree the -30 cards are kinda a waste, but the -50 cards have historically been good enough for basic gaming. The GTX 750 Ti was once the most popular card and is still relatively popular even now. The 1650 was a bit of a wash, but the 1650S was decent and even the 3050 is fine if you get it at a good price. Not everyone needs the highest graphic preset and if all you want is decent 1080p gaming, the -50 series is perfectly fine for that.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

150 $/€ GPU segments is about to be done for. APUs will take over. Ryzen 7000, then Intel 14th gen desktop (13th gen will keep the lackluster graphics of 11th gen...)

[@hamoudy98productions]

@@ThatLaloBoy 3050 is a defective 3060 and it's overpriced af for what it is. RX 6600 is way better choice even considering dlss into the equation

[@kajurn791]

@@Spido68_the_spectator Ryzen 7000 is running only 3 CUs of RDNA2, both intel and AMD are skimping on the IGPU for their desktop chips from now on.

[@clochard4074]

The gt 1030 made sense because it didn't need a power connector and it was single slot. What were they trying to achieve here?

[@scroopynooperz9051]

They're trying to achieve justification for the big price hikes coming for RTX 4000 series. If such a pisswilly low tier card is coming in at $150 - $200, what do you think will be happening up the stack? Lol

[@scroopynooperz9051]

$500+ MSRP RTX 4060 coming in hot lol

[@samuelobed6541]

Bad jokes.. :)

[@aleksazunjic9672]

People need to understand that due to 50% yearly inflation $100 gaming GPU segment is dead and buried. Now entry level price is around $150. 6400 and 1630 confirm that.

[@archgirl]

My GT 1030 isn’t single slot.

[@SantiagoSantiago]

Interesting, this would be awesome without a 6 pin connector, otherwise seems to be a good improvement over the 1030

[@czbrat]

this would be awesome if it's at the same price point as 1030, otherwise just get 1650.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah from the 1030 successor perspective it’s a solid upgrade. From any other perspective it’s questionable 😂

[@elpman001]

Agree. There are fanless low profile versions of the 1030 which does add some use cases which the 1630 doesn't have.

[@boufenarafetooh]

Maybe if it had the same MSRP like the GT 1030 which was 79$

[@iBroTuber]

I saw a single fan version from Gigabyte which might come without pcie connectors, I would be disappointed if there wasn´t any model that supported this considering the 1050ti could work with only the motherboard providing power.

[@melodiclodgings8]

wow i never thought the GTX1630 would actually come out

[@oompalumpa7224]

nvidia is really desperate lately, they are going to launch anything now

[@TheColdLegend-978]

@@oompalumpa7224 Desperate? Will Nvidia launch Gtx 2040 the successor to the 1630?

[@Foxlum]

@@TheColdLegend-978 I'd expect they'd do something like a 17 series if they keep the GTX brand around. I'd say you'd have 1650 performance in the 1730

[@hoholu4650]

@@Foxlum actually, the RTX 2050 is planned to replace laptop's MX cards so it isn't impossible that successor will be RTX..

[@MrDilldock]

I love how we are now conditioned into thinking that $200 is now 'budget' tier.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Because APUs and inflation

[@hextobyte]

@@Spido68_the_spectator shouldn’t apus reduce demand for low end cards?

[@hansbehrends438]

I think the shortage during the pandemic was abused to gaslight us into this kind of thinking

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

@@hextobyte they will obviously. No need to waste power and space into dGPU for no performance gains

[@hextobyte]

@@Spido68_the_spectator and that would reduce prices

[@Thomas.5020]

Why does it have a 6 pin? You've just alienated 100% of the market for this thing, nice one Palit.

[@NinTech]

2016: GTX 1050 Ti for around 150$ with no extra pcie connectors🔝 6 years later... 2022: GTX 1630, slower than a 1050ti for the same price, but with a 6pin extra connector 😅

[@Moyano__]

Moore's law is dead. Capitalism has killed it.

[@TheMasterOfSafari]

EXACTLY my thoughts! What is Nvidia thinking...

[@tourmaline07]

It's worse. Seems like a slower version of 2014's GTX 960 for the same money ;)

[@_shadow_1]

It could be worse, the gtx 1630 will most likely have driver support long after 1050 ti, it has a newer architecture than it, and it probably uses less power and stays cooler. Now I think this thing should be cheaper, but with the chip shortage and inflation being every valid issues, I can understand the pricing a bit more.

[@Droogie128]

@@_shadow_1 newer architecture doesn't mean jack when it performs far worse. It's a waste of money. The 1050ti is just a better card for the money.

[@MirrorsMercury]

1070s can be found for less than $150 and 1070ti/1660S go for about $180 on ebay. I wouldn't consider this card unless you have a phobia of used hardware.

[@TheGameBench]

Considering you can get a 1060 6GB for close to $100 these days... this pricing is absurd. But perhaps that's the point and what we can expect for the MSRP on the incoming cards. Then again, I expected a worse price to performance ratio this coming gen.

[@esuil]

Yeah, I got 1080 for $190 week ago from miner. Some 1630 models are $200... No one savvy enough is going to buy this when you can buy 1070/1080 on used marked for same price.

[@erickalvarez6486]

Bought the 1060 6gb for 99 gbp which is less in dollars, only downside is I had to pay like 40 gbp for it to be sent but I'm from México so anyone from the US or UK won't be paying that much. Still I'd havd payed same for sending the 1630 so not worth it though, would be higher than 150$ if found at MSRP.

[@TheGameBench]

@@esuil Yep, got a 1070 for about $160 recently and even the 6600 is going for close to $200 on the used market. People really need to get over this fear of used GPUs.

[@TheGameBench]

@@erickalvarez6486 Yep, I just got one recently for $118 off eBay after taxes and shipping. And I think the prices are only going to get better because I don't think we've seen the bulk of the mining sell off yet.

[@ZoruaHunter]

I got mine at $350 just six months ago 😢

[@kodiebac]

For only $20-40 more, you could get a used gtx 1070, which is WAY better than this

[@DweebLord]

@@denis2381 Thanks Dennis we didn't know.

[@marlon.8051]

yeah nvidia just made this card to try to make the higher price point of the 3000 cards are not just overpriced for no reason

[@bjornna7767]

@@denis2381 Well, I only had 1 new GPU in 25 years, rest was used, what's the matter here? Warranty? The only card that died was a dumb overclock while being stoned on my side.

[@bjornna7767]

@@marlon.8051 Ye, think the same, also so that the 4000 series can be overpriced further.

[@shapman280]

@@denis2381 even if is used id rather go for that than a new version of a 1050ti lol

[@ceph042]

This card makes the 6500XT look good, can't believe I'm saying that. You can find them around £150, even though at MSRP it was £199.

[@luckyowl10]

I feel like both are a waste of sand, mostly. I would just get a RX 6600 or RTX 3050, those have more longevity in them and value.

[@SenpaiRov]

3050 for longevity and value he said 😂😂😂🤡

[@zerobalance4027]

@@SenpaiRov it has dlss and rtx which will help it maintain its value for a while

[@aymen.d1372]

@@zerobalance4027 bruh its more than400 380& the rx 6500xt is 160 170 $ so you cant say no dont buy the rx 6500xt get 3050 better 💀

[@zerobalance4027]

@@aymen.d1372 it got a 3050 for 300

[@DrEvilTag]

Wow $150!!!!! for a “30-level” GPU, I remember when Nvidia would make a ton of “GT” cards back in the day, I owned a GT 620, GT 630, GT 640 back in 2013 lol and those videos cards where at least decent prices when new

[@dexmiermaxime8583]

My gt640 was around 80 euro brand new in low profile. And they didn't even tried to brand it as a gaming hardware

[@hiRyan329329]

On FB Marketplace I've been seeing GTX 1080s showing up for $100-$150 here and there if that speaks for this "value". Also I agree, I actually pre-ordered the EVGA GT 710 for my old Acer machine that didn't have power pins for a GPU so I needed a pcie powered card. Was only like $50 or so I think and it took that pc from running minecraft with minimum settings and no real framerate all the way to 90fps with far render distance and "fancy" graphics. Was so my little sister could play MC in the living room when she wanted to

[@RJARRRPCGP]

IIRC, in the mid-2010s, I got a GT 640 and it was like an old version of a GTX 750 series, except for no hardware encoding of course. Loved it that it decimated my 2008 GeForce 9500 GT. It showed that time was up for the eVGA GeForce 9500 GT, which was slow, but reliable. Time was up, because it was too limited, for even early-2010s' games. I got it used, marked as "refurbished" and it looked like it was from 2012 or 2013.

[@slxsh596]

Very interesting! always good to see a new rghd video in the evening!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😁

[@harleyn3089]

I'm curious how this compares to the Quadro T600. They are both turing, and I believe similar prices.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

It would be pretty close!

[@akaviolaqrif350]

well t600 is very close RX560 if techpowerup is anything to go by, i think 1630 would be a tad faster : I am surprised the t600 actually performed a bit better than 1050ti in almost everything

[@azurinetan5909]

T600 is a low profile card good for small form factor pc builds, with lower tdp energy efficiency, imo better tech.

[@blast7625]

@@akaviolaqrif350 i have a t600 it is always faster than 1050 ti and sometimes even better than 1650, the 1630 doesn't stand a chance

[@blast7625]

@@akaviolaqrif350 do check for research yourself t600 can be 50% faster than 1050 ti depending on game and is always 10%-15% faster reagardless of title

[@taxevasion2403]

If you really want to go new, I don't see a reason to pick this over an RX6400, despite all its flaws. Even in a 3.0 system, the 6400 would outperform the 1630 in every game, without a 6 pin.

[@Cornelius87]

I was wondering if this beats the 6400 in pcie 3.

[@BC-pl3df]

It's AMD though, eww drivers and what would my friends think of me.

[@spookyskellyskeleton609]

@@BC-pl3df you care about that?🤡

[@peterpan408]

The 6 pin on this card is probably cosmetic to make it look 'gamer'. There is also no reason not to make this low profile.

[@taxevasion2403]

@@BC-pl3df I went from a 3070 to a 6900xt and I'm happy with it. But yeah, I get more crashes when alt tabing than with Nvidia.

[@josejuanandrade4439]

This is awful... as powerful as a 1050ti, but with the requirement of a 6 pin connector? And obviously won't come in low profile... i guess the rx 6400 it is!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Bet you never thought you’d say that 😂

[@91vasi]

exactly my thoughts....like wtf nvidia🙄

[@josejuanandrade4439]

@@RandomGaminginHD And you are right!

[@TheSpotify95]

In some cases, it's worse than a 1050Ti. I reckon that even at PCI 3.0, an RX6400 or RX6500XT would beat this. Not to mention you could try comparing this to an RX 5XXX series GPU (in terms of cost) and seeing how they perform.

[@luceknieznajomski2205]

Even my 1650 doesn't have 6pin connector

[@pauls4522]

To me this card would have only been worth it if it was 1. 70$ 2. 35w TDP similiar to the GT1030. One of the big selling characteristics of the GT1030 was that because its TDP was so low that you could literally toss it into any aging prebuild and give it an adequate gaming experience. If the 1630 hit that mark and was price right it truly would have filled that gap that has been missing 2017.

[@tourmaline07]

I think this release is even *worse* than the RX 6500 from AMD - probably the worst GPU in terms of price/performance I can think of for all of the 15 years I've been interested in PC hardware. I reckon the fact that prices on GPUs beginning to fall has had something to do with that there doesn't seem to be the widespread outrage there was at the RX 6500 - maybe there being a lot of pent up demand at the low end. The best way of summarising this situation is that while the 6500XT was an RX 590 for PCIe 4.0 systems , an RX 480 for PCIe 3.0 systems for what you'd have paid for an RX 590 in 2019. Not good at all , but wait until you see what Nvidia presents you... A slower GTX 960 for what you'd have paid for a GTX 960 in 2014. More like a 4GB GTX 950 with a slight clock bump , and would have been an underwhelming card back then if nVidia released it for £170 then , this is a complete ripoff in 2022. Yes , you get some basic encoders and an extra display out for your trouble this time round to go for the pitiful performance for £180 , as Scan price it up at. /rant

[@luckyowl10]

What I hate is that RX 6500 was almost a great GPU. If it had encoders, full x16, 128-bit bus and 6GB of RAM (for the same price) it would have been sold like hot bread. It would have made Nvidia reconsider their budget line-up.

[@tourmaline07]

@@luckyowl10 I agree with that entirely - here's hoping AMD refreshes that model and restores the cut features next year

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@luckyowl10 If it had all of that it would be 6600 :P

[@luckyowl10]

@@aleksazunjic9672 nope, check your facts before posting comments. - RX 6600 has 28 compute units, RX 6500 XT has just 16 compute units; - 6600 has 32mb of Infinity Cache, 6500 xt just 16mb; - RX 6600 has 8GB of VRAM. Even they did a version of RX 6500 XT without cut features it would have been a totally different GPU to a RX 6600.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@luckyowl10 It was a joke :D What I wanted to say is that with your proposed performance increase cost of production for 6500xt would be dangerously close to 6600, i.e. they would aim for the same market segment.

[@edwardbenchmarks]

This is definitely good low end gpu which has NVENC but price isn't good for sure. But now, we will need half of GTX 1630 without encoder, GT 1610 would be beast.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

I’d actually like to see a 1610, would be interesting 😂

[@finnbianga4189]

2gb ddr5 (not gddr, mind you), no encoders whatsoever, internal 32 bit bus, pci-e 5.0 x2, also it's slower than a 750ti. But hey, msrp is only 129€ and it's low profile

[@prateekpanwar646]

Although I have 1050 TI. I want low end GPU market to be better. Because people who currently buy new PCs. Only options they have are GT 710, 730, 1030 which are even worse than Intel's integrated graphics. AMD's GPUs are expensive (In Asia atleast), Even RX 570 costs more than 1050 TI as of 2022 and only if you're lucky to find one. They're leaving entire market of users who won't pay too much but want something better than integrated GPU. I hope Intel / AMD figure this out and make something out of it.

[@Reknilador]

Ohohooh finally gettin dem free stuffs huh? Congrats! You're in the big leagues now for sure, it's a small step but you never know what awaits in the future, maybe a 4080 for review 😄, very happy for ya!

[@couriersix2443]

I ended up buying a used 1070 Ti for around $180 now that things aren't as atrocious as they once were. Still, the 1630 isn't bad for a glorified display adapter. Although with a proper PCIe Gen 4 system, the RX 6400 seems to do better in that regard

[@emonlevircni4617]

Even in PCIe 3.0 the RX 6400 is better if you're going to use it for gaming, the 1630 is very useless.

[@ZackSNetwork]

Why would you buy an ancient 1070ti in 2022? Especially when Lovelace launches in 4 months from know. It’s literally a 6 year old 4 GPU generation product.

[@randomlycasual4941]

@@ZackSNetwork cause the 1070ti is still a 1070ti

[@luckyowl10]

@@ZackSNetwork you will need a nuclear reactor to power a Lovelace GPU and a separate breaker just for the PC

[@tourmaline07]

@@ZackSNetwork 1070ti's aren't too bad in 2022 unlike this...

[@IamTheWightKnight]

You are amazing! I love these reviews! Fast, to the point and not a lot of needless graphs all over the place. You report your findings on a level that anyone can follow without alienating them in technical details. Kudos to you! Keep up the fantastic work!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks :)

[@TheEnhas]

I'd like to know why it has a 6-pin power connector while most GTX 1650's don't, I still own a low profile Zotac 1650 which outperforms this and never had any issues

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah I’m not sure. It’s not necessary really

[@thedeejlam]

Me, too! I'd only wish mine was DDR6

[@nuradio5048]

Greetings from Croatia. Just wanted to let You know that this is the most relaxing, informative and witty content I've ever encounter around internet. Keep up the good work!!!

[@CasualGamers]

Ha! Finally someone who uses Xbox One X equivalent settings from DF to test rdr2. Good review mate, card is shite, we all knew it, thanks for confirming it. Looking forward on more data.

[@renanwillian4006]

Olha aonde o Casual apareceu kk

[@magnusbevaart2477]

Didn’t expect this to drop so soon :-)

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

Even at $150 US it's a bad deal. Right now for $159 you can get a RX6400 and the cheapest new 1650 is $180 (though for $20 more you can get a Super version). The RX6400 even in a 3.0 PCIE slot runs better in most games than this card and it only use 54W and it's half of the bus lanes you would think that it's a disadvantage, but it ain't. This is a pointless card at it's asking price. Now if the card was being sold for under $100 then I can see this as a okay choice. But to be frank I would just go straight to the used market, and take my chances. At the time of posting I can get a OEM GTX 1660 for around $100 used or a Ti/Super for $20 more on eBay.

[@samuelobed6541]

$ 50

[@EvocativeKitsune]

Opening a video to see you prodding the GPU fans is such a nice experience each time. Love it.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😁

[@Morrow420]

I love the vids, feel free to ignore and disagree with this opinion. I run a machine with a rx 570 and one with a 1050ti, FSR is great for getting fps, but tbh my eyes can always tell the difference even at higher scales. I always take the frame dip and prefer full 1080p as it just looks nicer than FSR. FSR is just grainy too me.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Honestly I prefer native res too and I can usually see the difference as well. FSR 2.0 has made it a lot harder to tell though!

[@Photo0021]

Hell yeah, a card that's worse than my 1650ti laptop. I finally feel like I have something good.

[@camehill4399]

1650ti ain't bad mate, I used to have 1060 3gb version in my last laptop.

[@Osu930]

With FSR 2.0, your laptop should handle the next few years of games just fine

[@tobbe5189]

There is no reason to buy this if the 1050ti exists. It costs more and gets outperformed by a 1050ti

[@tobbe5189]

@you dont know me But it will in the used market for a good couple of years

[@TheSpotify95]

Maybe Nvidia were hoping that, by releasing this GPU, almost all of the used 1050 and 1050Ti stock would dry up, thereby leaving a gap that this would slot into. There's literally no reason to buy this when you can get a used 1050Ti for the same price.

[@engishgerman610]

I’ve been watching your content for a while now pal and it never disappoints

[@juanignacioaschura9437]

Just when we thought the RX6400 was a big turd, this comes and blows it out of the water. Hopefully Intel comes along with the Alchemist A380 and teaches both AMD and nVIDIA a lesson in providing value, because this is disgraceful.

[@SapphireThunder]

Except RX 6400 is much bigger turd. No hardware encoding and awful frametimes especially at 3.0 slot.

[@mariokuppers5686]

That will not happen A380 ist mostly slower than the RX 6400. There are a few exeptions but you can count them at one hand

[@14stockfan]

By all accounts it looks like the A380 is going to be a steaming pile of garbage too.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

@@14stockfan Blame drivers for that. See AMD giving massive fps boost every few months

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

@@mariokuppers5686 slower... for now ! Wait until driver updates after updates unleach the true power of alchemist. AMD released recently a driver giving a big boost in some open GL titles

[@cremacream8983]

Really love this channel, it reviews budget hardware unlike other tech youtubers

[@P2PC]

I said it for the 6500XT and I'll say it again. If your looking to build a cheap gaming PC Save your money Buy a 980 Ti instead. Seriously, Don't give these greedy Clown Companies money for these low effort excuses to keep their cash flow up, Its their fault for a forecast of dry sales to come due to their willingness to play with Crypto.

[@professionalbluebiker]

Glad I got my rx6400 and didn't wait for this.

[@HyperShinchan]

The bit about the GPU being silent was also mentioned in TPU's review of Gainward's 1630, I wonder if they are all really silent because they come with an oversized cooling solution compared to what is inside the shroud...

[@Magnulus76]

Most likely. Some of the 1050's were remarkably quiet, too.

[@heyitsdazy]

That was quick. I like how your one the few ppl who get budget cards and dont dump on them immediately. I like my 6500xt.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

I like to try and see the good in everything, even if that is sometimes very difficult to do 😂

[@dan167]

Definitely would love to see this vs an Rx 6400 at pcie 3.0 speeds

[@dorktales254]

I'm sure it's already somewhere on KZbin

[@MaxIronsThird]

the 1630 doesn't even come close, it's weaker than a 1050Ti. 1630 > 1050Ti > 6400(3.0) > 1650/6400 > 6500XT(3.0) > 1650S/6500XT

[@gamingreflections6476]

Hardware Unboxed tested the 1630 against a bunch of lower spec gpu's ( including the Rx 6400 at pcie 3 and 4 )

[@A7XstefanA7X]

love your content as always, watching every video over morning coffee religiously :) although I do have a note, I really think you should start adding a little comparative data to your videos (how whatever gpu or cpu scales to a few we all know)

[@iambrd1543]

All we need now is a DDR3 version that is significantly worse without telling anyone right nvidia?

[@QuiteLunacy]

There is just something so nice about Palit cards.

[@AGAMERTEAM]

I mostly feel like the card shouldn't exist because you can actually get a better card for a little more or if lucky you can get it for cheaper than the 1630. Like RX 570 can be a great budget card.

[@Josue31627]

Seems rather pointless with the 6-pin power connector. Palit should've sent ya a low-profile one as that's the only real reason to buy this. Most 1650s don't even need a 6-pin connector. Yet a weaker card needs one. It shouldn't at all. Imagine a GT 1030 needing one. It also has the same TDP as the 1650 despite having much less shaders and actual power consumption is high enough to sell one with the 6-pin. The temperatures aren't that good either for what it is. It probably is meant to compete with the RX 6400, yet it should perform noticably worse. Honestly this GPU could have a silver lining IF it was priced right. And I have a feeling it won't be.

[@MaxIronsThird]

$100 is already expensive for this card

[@AverageLatvianDude]

Well, I guess that my RX560 will live to see another day 😌 RX6400 or even some used 1660(ti) will be welcomed later

[@hassanraza6477]

I see you are rx 560 user as well (Man of Culture)

[@AverageLatvianDude]

@@hassanraza6477 yes, I do. Fun fact - got it cheap from friend before the all madnes came to be. And it serves me good 😌

[@hassanraza6477]

@@AverageLatvianDude I got it for 60$ Myself before all this

[@AverageLatvianDude]

@@hassanraza6477 almost same amount I payed for mine. I live in europe, so I got mine for 50 euro. But as I sed - serves me wery well for what it is. Even at ulrawide FHD 😌🤘

[@GabrielCarvalho-gd8op]

Nice video, as always! However, I just want to mention that this is NOT PCIe x16, you can clearly see missing contacts. That is x8. Same bandwidth as PCIe 4.0 x4, but with the advantage of being x8 on PCIe 3.0. Anyway, just wanted to point that out since I seen some people got confused down the comments.

[@8bits955]

150 might aswell get an 1050ti for like 50 pound second hand

[@8bits955]

@@konz2891 yeah exactly it a the 1530 is a pointless card that no one would buy unless they have a special need otherwise stuipd

[@vanfly6731]

pretty awesome thank you for the video really appreciate it

[@Antares-dw9iv]

Between the Arc A380, the 6400 and this it really feels like Intel, AMD and NVIDIA have a competition going to create the worst and most overpriced low end GPU.

[@Tate525]

Nvidia is winning so far

[@monk-vy6st]

Well the best KZbin channel for PC gaming

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

>successor to gt1030 >takes up two slots ...What

[@TheSpotify95]

Interesting, I did wonder myself whether there would be any future xx30 series GPUs, and this answers the question. Though as you say, I don't know why one would want to pick a GTX 1630 when the GTX 1050, 1050Ti and (6GB) 1060 exist, whereas if you want a display adapter, you can get one of the older X30 or X10 series GPU's for much less (or use the integrated graphics).

[@subbookkeeper]

wonder why 6-pin. 1050 Ti and 1650 didn't need one.

[@HardWhereHero]

Im glad you reviewed this card. there is a gainward that looks identical to this card. just different branding. At $100 it could be a good card for the kiddos but there are other options out there. RX 570, RX 6400, an older card like a GTX 780 would gobble this card up alive but would draw much more power but would be a much lower initial cost. for $100 bucks I would build PC's to the ceiling with this card but this and the RX 6400 are both kinda overpriced. However gas is up to $4.50 a gallon in the USA so they might as well milk the shit out of everything else too.

[@BonusCrook]

The 6400 uses like 40W when i tested it

[@DankerTVTimeCapsule]

An RTX version of a 2030 would have been nice for just being able to use dlss.

[@tourmaline07]

Tensor cores should have been put into the low end Turing cards to enable DLSS IMO - no need for RT hardware but would have really helped the cards.

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

Agree, i remember when i choose rtx 2060 instead on gtx 1660 ti laptop purely due to dlss support that of course beneficial for long term device like laptop although the difference in fps is not that huge right now it will be huge in future unless if the games stupidly cpu heavy like cities skylines etc

[@michaelthompson9798]

Wow! Ch-ching Nvidia again!!!! what's with the OTT pricing here? Do we really need a 6-pin supplemental power connector....... I'm sure some AIBs will come in with designs without the 6-pin connector which will be great. But I do hope the pricing drops quickly on this!

[@jasonandrews7355]

I paid $165USD about a month ago for a used 1660 Super. A 1630 for $150 seems totally unjustifiable. RX480s can be had for under $100USD on eBay, if you get a decent deal.

[@tadeuszmarin5704]

I just built a tiny HTPC which is barely bigger than several laptops stacked on top of another, and I was looking for a nice low profile, low power GPU. Nvidia has definitely convinced me with this awesome release... I am going to wait for the 6400 to drop in price and get that one!

[@MungaiTheOne]

I upgraded from integrated graphics on my i5 3470 ( hd 2500) to a gtx 1050 and i couldn't be happier since i've never owned a gpu. This card is certainly aimed at people like me looking to make that transition to discrete graphics.

[@Oz-gv5fz]

With $150+ ?? 🗿

[@Photo0021]

Enjoy! Still works as a solid card. Even if you won't be able to play the latest AAA games well. There's still lots of wonderful games that run great on the 1050.

[@TheSpotify95]

At that price though, you're better off getting a GTX 1050 or 1050Ti. You might even be better off seeing if you can grab a GTX 1650 or 1660.

[@MungaiTheOne]

@@TheSpotify95 The gpu market in my country is pretty bad and thus you will never find any GPUs being sold for MSRP even when used

[@MungaiTheOne]

@@Photo0021 I can play valorant now at over 100fps and that's all I wanted

[@Saturn2888]

I have a need for more monitors and having cards like this are useful. Right now, my lowest-power card is a GTX 970 on a PCIe x4 slot which is still pretty high-power. Over time, driver support gets worse, and it's useful to have something new enough and up-to-date enough. This is where I see a card like this fitting in for me. I can install my existing universal nVIDIA drivers, and they can control more than just my 3090.

[@thebahooplamaster]

Dudeeee that graphics card is actually adorable though. I’m almost tempted to get it just for that fact alone

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😂

[@94XJ]

Cards like this have traditionally come into existence for OEs like Dell and HP to have "gaming" computers with budget parts. One thing the OEs found in the past was that when the cards were specific to them and not available at retail, they sold worse so we started getting these weird cut-down cards in retail packaging. The upside is you can always find one on sale somewhere for well under MSRP. Shoot, I picked up a pair of GDDR5 GT 1030s several years ago for $29.99 each and, with some promo gift certs, paid a whopping 99 cents each. Grabbing an old refurb office PC and one of these things on sale could let you put together a PC that'll let someone play older games like GTA V with ease (GTA V RP is still mighty popular) and even modern games at 1080p/medium settings without issue.

[@Khloya69]

When internal recording is a feature, that’s when you know AMD fucked up with their ultra low end offerings. NVIDIA had it since 600 series.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

It’s a feature that was essential to me during my early days on KZbin

[@xPandamon]

ReLive just isn't really needed anymore with Windows build-in recording capabilities. And this requires GeForce Experiences, which I and many others like to avoid for several reasons

[@luckyowl10]

I agree that cutting encoding on a GPU was peak stupidity on AMD's part, but it's not like 1630 is a GPU worth the price it has

[@Jomenaa]

Would be nice to see OC results especially on these budget cards, some do OC quite well!

[@anng3ls294]

I’m waiting for the 1610

[@baccusx13]

Don't get me wrong: I also like the simple but elegant design but... 2 fans? Did they expect the average consumer to overclock this GPU or it's just a reason to justify the 6 pins connector? Anyways, like the video!

[@atiedebee1020]

I find it weird that this card came out half a decade after the 1050 ti, consumes the same energy and has worse performance

[@atiedebee1020]

@n n both

[@mikesunboxing]

Does it overclock well?

[@NayNayelvWolf]

Nobody asked nvidia for this card

[@johnleff7119]

Would be interesting to see this tested with older motherboards/cpus. I understand the people saying a used 1070 is around the same price point, but this is for older cpus that would otherwise bottleneck a 1070 over 50%, plus it has a warranty-if you're unlucky with a used 1070 there's no way of telling when it will fail. OEM builders will love this card though because they probably get a bulk discount so they can build a zillion general use prebuilts and push them out to stores/offices.

[@justinpatterson5291]

Yay. More garbage tier video adapters. You should punish it with high res gaming like Dawid did with the RX 6400.

[@PaintedZeus-]

It's nice to see that we're back to the point we're sub 50bseries cards are capable of playing modern titled again... And it didn't take as long as I thought it would tbf. Need to do something about that price though 😅 you can get a used 1060 from CEX for around the same price.

[@jonnyc429]

I saw a 1660ti, fully working, sell used for £136 on ebay the other day. For the same money as this 1630 basically. Mad

[@officialrhythmicthoughts]

the best thing about this card, imo, is that the palit card actually LOOKS really nice

[@TomHarrendorf]

We will find this card in all of these cheap pre-built "gaming pcs" in a near future, so nvidia will be definitely very successful with this card ^^

[@christiaanblignaut1296]

Literally just opened up KZbin to look for GTX 1630 video's and didn't have to look at all this video was first on my recommendations

[@GugureSux]

1050ti has one massive pro over this 1630: There are low-power variants that run on the PCI-E port's power only, and do not need any kind of power connections. That's one reason I got said card years back to upgrade my family's other PC for cheap.

[@dan167]

Remember when the Rx 570 was 150$? Good times man, good times.

[@Amfneey]

This seems way too much for the price to performance ratio. You could pay about $170 USD more and gets probably around triple maybe even more than triple of performance with the 3060, if you can find the 3060 at MSRP that is. Great review as always!

[@Мирич-з4е]

I guess technology is going backwards. The GTX 1630 is on the same level as GTX 760, which is a mid-range card from 9 years ago.

[@sinful9347]

I mean, I believe the reason why the 1050ti performs slightly betters is just because of driver support, since the 1050ti has been out for so long, game developers and new drivers had it in mind to enhance performance on average hardware, as this card ages and gets cheaper, say 100 dollars or less, then, yeah, it's just a updated 1050ti that's newer and could be a bit faster RAM wise once drivers are better optimized, and considering there will be low profile and no pin connector versions of this card, I definitely think it has a purpose, it *is* to replace the 1050, 1050ti, and the awful 1030, so after a couple of months, I think most people's opinion on this card will change, even still though, they could've handle the launch better by being more transparent and releasing non-pin required cards first, don't forget there are version of the 1050ti that require power pins as well

[@OmRaZaTa]

I was expecting an FSR 2.0 bench as well... It wouldn't be too much of an improvement probably, but still interesting to see as an result.

[@Beisepimp]

That the card is worse then the 1050Ti is a no go at this price! Without AMD's FSR it would be very bad :D It will still be listed everywhere on amazon / ebay / marketplaces as a gaming pc. Thanks for the review 🙂

[@luckyowl10]

Can't wait for Steve from GN to say this is a waste of sand

[@Jwalker76]

After seeing this video and never have heard of this card, I went to my favorite Australian website to see the price only to find out they don't have this card sadge. Low end options atm are in a bad way for new cards here. The gt 1030 options are all ddr4 models and the gtx1050ti, gtx1650, rx6400 are so close in price to the Rx 6500xt that it's the best cheap option. You can buy a gtx1660 which will be available on the 1st of July but it costs as much as a Rx 6600.

[@dovahkiin2108]

It's quite good for jellyfin acceleration, it supports all of nvenc and nvdec except av1 which you won't find much releases using it anyway. Bought one for less than $130 for my personal sonarr, jellyfin, etc server to be there until i upgrade my main pc's gpu and is doing quite well.

[@xPandamon]

A colleague has an R7 260x, which struggles due to the 2 GB of VRAM. If this is cheap, this might actually be a decent upgrade!

[@elsmile4114]

if you want something cheap and nice i recomend you the rx 6400 is way powerful than this and it should be in a similar price.

[@xPandamon]

@@elsmile4114 Thing is, we're in Germany. Currently any alternative is way above what this should probably cost. It depends, he really just needs something cheap with more vram, so games like Borderlands 3 don't crash anymore

[@peternikitas7178]

2022 and i still think rx 5600 xt is the king for 1080p... price and perfomance..still rocking to my second rig with this little beast and i still have no regrets ;) cheers

[@janwitkowsky8787]

Just read the Techpowerup review. The power-consumption section is interesting, as thier particular model for testing (Gainward) also had a 6-pin power connector, but their tests showed that it never exceeded 75W consumption. Heck, gaming was at around 50W. So the 6-ppin power isn't necessary. Even OC'd it spiked at 71W, if I read the article correctly.

[@Thelango99]

I guess the 6-pin is there in an attempt justifying the $149 price tag... Even worse when the EVGA model is going for $199.

[@madran7584]

Watching these videos make me thankful for my 4gb rx 570 😅

[@Skukkix23]

I think your at a stage where you should implement two data sets and implement them in your videos and also give some comparisons to other cards you tested. It would be very helpful to be able to see the difference. Just provide a standard data set, where all settings are the same for every card, and then the optmized data set for the individual cards.

[@unholysaint1987]

personally, i like the idea behind this card... my stepson has a dell 5050 sff with i5 7500 and a 1030... at the moment he plays 2 games, fortnite and farm sim... he doesnt need some 16+ gb card that plays the latest games at 4k and costs 1000 dollars or more, 1080p on a 4gb card is acceptable... plus with a 1630 youre almost guaranteed to get something that doesnt happen with a used card, a warranty

[@settantahp8615]

Out of context thought from the masses: "Polaris was the best Budget GPU line-up made in the last 10 years for sure" no one will ever be at that level of price/performance ratio, if i'm not wrong an RX570 8GB was around 180/200$ back then ad it's still rocking after 4/5 years letting you play still in 1080p native at Low/Medium or even High details depending on the game, before the pandemic these card were ez to buy at 100/120$, with RX590 going for as max as 170$ on the used market (Got my XFX BlackWolf RX580 2048SP 4gb that is a rebranded RX570 for China market at 90euros here in Italy on January 2021 bcs the card has the fans stuck at 3700RPMs and make a lot of noise)

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

Can't wait for the gtx 1630 Super version.. 😁