ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix 4GB GDDR6
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix 4GB GDDR6
This GTX 1650 is cherished as an ideal drop-in upgrade for prebuilt office PCs or older systems, delivering solid 1080p gaming at high settings without needing extra power cables. Users praise its whisper-quiet operation, minimal heat output, and how it breathes new life into outdated hardware. Criticisms are few, mainly noting elevated pricing due to market conditions and occasional minor quirks like slow monitor wake from sleep.
Pros
- No external power required
- Drop-in upgrade for prebuilt PCs
- Quiet fan operation
- Solid 1080p gaming performance
- Easy installation
Cons
- Overpriced due to market conditions
- Slow monitor wake from sleep
- Exhausts heat into case
- Fan can become noisy under load
- Past fan failure reports
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Very quiet operation
- Efficient cooling with low temperatures
- Compact size for a high-end card
- 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
- High power consumption
- Occasional coil whine
- Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
- Large 4-slot design
Scores
Specifications
| ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 12 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 96★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 2.9839999675750732 | 61.38999938964844★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 50★ | 339 |
| Recommended PSU | 250★ | 800 |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 2★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| USB-C | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 174★ | 320 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 4 |
| Form Factor | Full Height | ATX |
| Weight | 0.32 kg★ | 1.00 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | FSR 3.1 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix 4GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong affordability (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (72nd percentile)
- Below average compute (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average ai (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average vram (18th percentile)18th %ile
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (15th percentile)15th %ile
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 39 specs.