ZOTAC Rolls Out a Low-profile GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics Card

btarunr · Jul 18, 2019

ZOTAC rolled out its first low-profile GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card, close to a month after MSI released the very first card of its kind. ZOTAC's 16 cm-long card uses a 2-slot thick chunky aluminium heatsink to cool the GPU, memory, and a portion of the VRM. This heatsink is ventilated by two 40 mm fans. The card relies on the PCI-Express slot for all its power, and runs the GPU at NVIDIA-reference clock speeds of 1665 MHz boost, and 8 Gbps GDDR5 memory. The card uses 4 GB of memory across a 128-bit wide memory bus. Based on the 12 nm "TU117" silicon, the GTX 1650 packs 896 CUDA cores, 56 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. Display outputs include one each of HDMI, DisplayPort, and DVI-D. The company didn't reveal pricing.

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lexluthermiester · Jul 18, 2019

This is cool. Very nice upgrade for low-profile systems.

sam_86314 · Jul 18, 2019

Really wish they'd either cram all of the ports in one slot or make the DVI port removable like the VGA port on older low profile cards.

On another note, hope this helps bring down the price of low profile GTX 1050s. Even used ones are all over $100, which you can find used RX 480s for nowadays.

Aerpoweron · Jul 18, 2019

Yea, i really wish for a one slot version. I am still running a GTX 750 from MSI because it hat 2 seperate slots. I just can't fit in a dual slot card into my case

Vayra86 · Jul 18, 2019

dual slot low profile

Okay.. what's next, a compact mobile phone that fits snugly in your backpack?

B-Real · Jul 18, 2019

lexluthermiester said:
This is cool. Very nice upgrade for low-profile systems.

Sadly, 1650 is actually overpriced as hell.

GoldenX · Jul 18, 2019

Why the Vega fans?

lexluthermiester · Jul 18, 2019

sam_86314 said:
hope this helps bring down the price of low profile GTX 1050s

Unlikely, see below...

B-Real said:
Sadly, 1650 is actually overpriced as hell.

Oh?

ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Video Card GTX1050TI-O4G-LP-BRK - Newegg.com

Buy ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Low Profile Video Card GTX1050TI-O4G-LP-BRK with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Video Card GTX 1050 Ti 4GT OC - Newegg.com

Buy MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Video Card GTX 1050 Ti 4GT OC with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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You were saying?

And before anyone whips out the Radeon argument;

MSI Radeon RX 550 Video Card RX 550 4GT LP OC - Newegg.com

Buy MSI Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express x16 (Uses x8) Low Profile Video Card RX 550 4GT LP OC with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.com

Low profile cards are purpose built and thus fetch a mild premium. So if you already have a decent performing system you're choices are get a new system with standard size cards, or keep your current system and spend a bit more for a GPU.

Aerpoweron said:
Yea, i really wish for a one slot version. I am still running a GTX 750 from MSI because it hat 2 separate slots. I just can't fit in a dual slot card into my case

There's always this;

Radeon Pro WX 4100 100-506008 4GB 128-bit GDDR5 Low Profile Workstation Video Card - Newegg.com

Buy Radeon Pro WX 4100 100-506008 4GB 128-bit GDDR5 Low Profile Workstation Video Card with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.com

Aerpoweron · Jul 24, 2019

Thanks for all the links luxluthermiester. The RX 550 is even slower than the 750ti from what i have seen online. The Pro WX 4100 looks like the best option, but it is quite expensive

lexluthermiester · Jul 24, 2019

Aerpoweron said:
Thanks for all the links luxluthermiester. The RX 550 is even slower than the 750ti from what i have seen online. The Pro WX 4100 looks like the best option, but it is quite expensive

While true, it's performance will justify the price and not having to build a whole new system. You might also be able to find a Radeon Pro WX 3xxx series card used somewhere.

hojnikb · Sep 10, 2019

Does this card (or any other higher performance low profile) support semi passive mode?

lexluthermiester · Sep 10, 2019

hojnikb said:
Does this card (or any other higher performance low profile) support semi passive mode?

What do you mean by "semi passive"? Fan speed thing?

hojnikb · Oct 3, 2019

lexluthermiester said:
What do you mean by "semi passive"? Fan speed thing?

Like, it shuts down fans when temparature is below a certain threshold, effectively making it passive.

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ZOTAC Rolls Out a Low-profile GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics Card

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