Nvidia's next budget graphics card will be the rumored GTX 1630. It was expected to be unveiled today for immediate purchase, but it appears the launch date has been delayed until June 15th. Along with the apparent delay, new rumors suggest the GTX 1630 could be up to 72% slower than the GTX 1650 GDDR6 in 3DMark's synthetic benchmark tests.
VideoCardz quotes an anonymous source, and they claim that the information embargo lifts on June 15, 2022. That would be the day the GPU would hit the shelves. This is a two-week delay from previous predictions.
Benchmarks give little positive results for the imminent GTX 1630
The embargo schedule only mentions a release date. It's possible that NVIDIA decided not to send samples to publications for pre-launch testing. This could be due to the reception of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT , which received mostly unfavorable reviews, leading Nvidia to anticipate a similarly negative reception for its rival. It's difficult to recommend a graphics card that's even slower than one that's currently popular because it meets the minimum requirements of many cutting-edge games, but is quickly becoming obsolete.
According to VideoCardz, the upcoming GTX 1630 will feature the TU117-150 GPU. The number of CUDA cores has been reduced to 512 , fewer than the 896 cores in the GTX 1650. Its 64-bit memory bus can be considered small for GDDR6 memory, with 4 GB of memory running at 12 Gbps and a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.
The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is 6 years old, and has higher memory bandwidth than the GPU that hits the market in two weeks. According to 3DMark synthetic tests, the old GTX 1650 GDDR6 should be at least 72% faster than the new GTX 1630.
Although it must be said that the GTX 1630 is not for enthusiasts. Possibly its intention is to offer an alternative to the AMD Radeon RX 6400 for low-budget computers that do not want integrated graphics. The price-sensitive low-end market stands to gain a lot from being the preferred choice of manufacturers who can promise an affordable PC that can run a lot of video games.
Source: Digital Trends
