Packaging

The Card

Visually, the card looks identical to the Gainward GTX 1650 Ghost, which isn't surprising as the TU117 GPU used on both cards is the same, just with a different number of active units. Two semi-transparent fans are installed on a matte black heatsink frame with a metal heatsink underneath. A backplate is not available.


Dimensions of the card are 17 x 11.5 cm, and it weighs 405 g.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity includes two standard DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.0b.


The card has one 6-pin power input. This configuration is rated for up to 150 W of power draw.


The GeForce GTX 1630 does not support SLI.

Teardown

Gainward's card design makes removing the cooler shroud from the card easy. As such, end-users could replace the fans themselves when they break.


The heatsink is a big slab of metal that's surprisingly heavy. There are no heatpipes or other advanced means of cooling, and none is required—temperatures are low and noise levels outstanding. As you can see from the thermal pads, the main heatsink not only cools the GPU chip, but also the memory chips and VRM circuitry.