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MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS OC Edition - Review

The Turing architecture launched by NVIDIA last year has two different variants to make it accessible to all users. For the basic range, those who only want to enjoy gaming, we have the GTX 16 Series. These graphics cards are characterized by not having RT Cores and Tensor Cores. We have had the pleasure of being able to review the MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS OC Edition graphics card.

This graphics card is designed for users looking for an economical solution for gaming at 1080p resolutions. Something excellent about this graphics card is the heatsink, more than enough. Another very interesting feature of this graphics card is that it does not have a power connector, so it is only powered by the 75W that the PCIe 3.0 offers.

Presentation

If we have chosen the MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS, we have chosen it because we want a solution to play at 1080p. It is also a great option if we want to set up an HTPC or an office automation system with which we will play casually. It is a Turing architecture graphics directly designed to play titles more focused on eSports. Light titles, which we can run without problems-

A modest graphics card that arrives in a sober box in which we see the design of the final product. This graphics card does not have traces of RGB, therefore, that we remove. While the back shows us the specifications of this MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS OC Edition.

Inside we find the graphic very well protected by a large block of polystyrene and inside an antistatic bag. We also have a user guide and a CD with drivers that we will not use. The chart's registration card is also included.

Details of the product

As we have mentioned in passing, this graphics card is very compact. It is barely 190mm long, 120mm high and 40mm high. It occupies two PCIe slots, like most graphics cards and it would not be a problem to put it inside a mini-ITX box.

The heatsink on this MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS OC Edition is simplicity in person. We have a fairly compact aluminum fin system on the GPU and a separate heatsink for the VRMs. It has two fans that facilitate the dissipation of heat from the graphics. This one is very cool, so you won't have a hard time with this task.

It uses a very trimmed Turing silicon without RT Cores or Tensor Cores, it's for playing 1080p without fanfare. Being very compact and not generating excessive heat, there is no backplate. We do not need this element because it weighs little, it will be difficult for the PCB to bend and there is not much heat to dissipate.

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Technical aspects

It makes use of this MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS OC Edition of the TU117-300-A1 silicon from NVIDIA. It has 896 CUDA Cores and as we said, it completely lacks Tensor Cores and RT Cores. It works at a base frequency of 1 485MHz and reaches 1 875MHz in Boost mode. It is accompanied by 4GB GDDR5 @ 8Gbps with a bandwidth of 128.1GB / s

The number of CUDA cores is small, the frequencies are 'normal' and it uses GDDR5 memory, not GDDR6. The consumption of this graphic is minimal and it does it directly through the PCIe 3.0 interface. This interface offers us up to 75W, so it is enough to power this graph and for this reason, it does not add a power connector.

We can see in the left area a heatsink that covers the three MOSFETs of the VRM. This graph makes use of a 2 + 1 power phase system. It really doesn't take much more to feed the graph. If we look at the images, we can see that to the right of the memories there is a piece that 'remains'.

About connectivity, this graph has DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and a DVI-DL. A graphic that adapts to any need the user has.

Heatsink

The MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS OC Edition generates so little heat that it doesn't even have a base with copper heatpipes. We see a completely aluminum block, more than enough for this graph. The heatsink of the VRM phases touches the heatsink of the GPU and the memories and that is enough.

Above all, the aluminum base stands out, which is giant and touches the GPU and the memories (the latter through Thermal Pads). The surface is very large, which allows the dispersion of heat and helps cooling. Possibly on load, there is MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS OC Edition due to its characteristics, it would not even need fans.

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Conclusion

Who expects outstanding performance or something special from this MSI GTX 1650 Ventus XS OC Edition, is wrong. It is the simplest solution within the Turing architecture. MSI has done a little overclocking and has put a super dissipation system. If you are looking for a graphic to play at 1080p this graphic is a very good solution.

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Robert Sole

Director of Contents and Writing of this same website, technician in renewable energy generation systems and low voltage electrical technician. I work in front of a PC, in my free time I am in front of a PC and when I leave the house I am glued to the screen of my smartphone. Every morning when I wake up I walk across the Stargate to make some coffee and start watching YouTube videos. I once saw a dragon ... or was it a Dragonite?

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