The Card

Visually, EVGA follows the design theme they introduced last year with their GeForce 20 lineup. The card is 20.0 cm long and 11.5 cm tall. Unlike other GTX 1650 models, EVGA is including a backplate.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include two standard-sized DisplayPort 1.4 and a HDMI 2.0b.

NVIDIA has updated their display engine with the Turing microarchitecture, which now supports DisplayPort 1.4a with support for VESA's nearly lossless Display Stream Compression (DSC). Combined, this enables support for 8K@30Hz with a single cable, or 8K@60Hz when DSC is turned on. For context, DisplayPort 1.4a is the latest version of the standard that was published in April, 2018.

Since earlier this year, NVIDIA has enabled support for VESA Adaptive Sync (aka FreeSync) on all of their cards. While only a small number of FreeSync monitors have been fully qualified for G-SYNC, users can enable the feature in NVIDIA's control panel regardless of whether the monitor is certified or not.


The board uses a single 6-pin power connector. This input configuration is specified for up to 150 watts of power draw.


GeForce GTX 1650 does not support SLI.

Disassembly

EVGA's thermal solution uses a single heatpipe. The VRM and memory chips are not cooled.


The backplate is made out of metal, which not only improves looks, but also helps protect against damage during handling and installation.

On the next page, we dive deep into the PCB layout and VRM configuration.