<s>
The	O
GeForce	B-Device
16	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
units	I-Architecture
developed	O
by	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Turing	O
microarchitecture	O
,	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
16	O
series	O
,	O
commercialized	O
within	O
the	O
same	O
timeframe	O
as	O
the	O
20	B-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
aims	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
entry-level	O
to	O
mid-range	O
market	O
,	O
not	O
addressed	O
by	O
the	O
latter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
media	O
have	O
mainly	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
AMD	O
's	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	I-Device
500	I-Device
series	I-Device
of	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GeForce	B-Device
16	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
Turing	O
architecture	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
GeForce	B-Device
20	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
omitting	O
the	O
Tensor	O
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
and	O
RT	O
(	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
)	O
cores	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
20	B-Device
series	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
announced	O
that	O
via	O
a	O
driver	O
update	O
in	O
April	O
2019	O
they	O
would	O
enable	O
DirectX	B-Algorithm
Raytracing	I-Algorithm
on	O
16	O
series	O
cards	O
starting	O
with	O
GTX	B-Device
1660	I-Device
,	O
together	O
with	O
certain	O
cards	O
in	O
the	O
10	B-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
a	O
feature	O
reserved	O
to	O
the	O
RTX	O
series	O
up	O
to	O
that	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GeForce	B-Device
16	I-Device
series	I-Device
launched	O
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
GeForce	B-Device
GTX	I-Device
1660	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cards	O
have	O
a	O
PCIe	O
3.0	O
x16	O
interface	O
,	O
which	O
connects	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
produced	O
with	O
TSMC	O
's	O
12	O
nm	O
FinFET	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
22	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
GTX	B-Device
1650	I-Device
,	O
Nvidia	O
announced	O
laptops	O
equipped	O
with	O
built-in	O
GTX	B-Device
1650	I-Device
chipsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
TU117	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
use	O
Volta	B-General_Concept
's	O
NVENC	B-General_Concept
encoder	O
(	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
marginally	O
better	O
improvement	O
over	O
Pascal	O
)	O
instead	O
of	O
Turing	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
two-star	O
review	O
by	O
Jarred	O
Walton	O
in	O
Tom	O
's	O
Hardware	O
criticised	O
its	O
price	O
,	O
especially	O
considering	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
3	O
years	O
after	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
16	O
series	O
,	O
while	O
only	O
performing	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
GTX	B-Device
1050	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walton	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
only	O
real	O
contender	O
for	O
the	O
GTX	O
1630	O
is	O
AMD	O
's	O
recently	O
launched	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	O
6400	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
new	O
Nvidia	O
card	O
actually	O
makes	O
the	O
lackluster	O
6400	O
look	O
good	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
no	O
one	O
should	O
give	O
the	O
GTX	O
1630	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
day	O
"	O
and	O
instead	O
recommended	O
the	O
GTX	B-Device
1650	I-Device
and	O
1650	O
Super	O
for	O
their	O
dramatically	O
improved	O
specs	O
and	O
performance	O
for	O
a	O
similar	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechSpot	O
characterized	O
the	O
GTX	O
1630	O
's	O
specs	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
cutdown	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
GTX	B-Device
1650	I-Device
"	O
from	O
April	O
2019	O
which	O
is	O
"	O
3-year-old	O
silicon	O
that	O
to	O
put	O
it	O
mildly	O
was	O
pretty	O
pathetic	O
back	O
then	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jacob	O
Roach	O
of	O
Digital	O
Trends	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
GTX	O
1630	O
released	O
in	O
2022	O
was	O
outperformed	O
by	O
an	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
RX	O
470	O
from	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
's	O
Hardware	O
criticized	O
the	O
GTX	B-Device
1650	I-Device
,	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
8GB	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
570	I-Device
is	O
"	O
faster	O
,	O
less	O
expensive	O
and	O
better	O
able	O
to	O
handle	O
games	O
with	O
big	O
memory	O
requirements.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Forbes	O
described	O
the	O
GTX	B-Device
1650	I-Device
as	O
"	O
a	O
tempting	O
choice	O
for	O
a	O
super-small	O
and	O
power-efficient	O
gaming	O
PC	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
"	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
value	O
and	O
bang	O
for	O
your	O
buck	O
,	O
AMD	O
's	O
RX	B-Device
570	I-Device
is	O
the	O
clear	O
choice	O
overall.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
described	O
the	O
GTX	B-Device
1650	I-Device
Super	I-Device
as	O
a	O
"	O
no-brainer	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
super	O
easy	O
recommendation	O
"	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
1650	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
only	O
costs	O
$10	O
more	O
and	O
is	O
"	O
consistently	O
around	O
30	O
percent	O
faster	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Altogether	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
"	O
great	O
overall	O
value	O
"	O
and	O
for	O
now	O
"	O
claims	O
the	O
crown	O
for	O
best	O
budget	O
graphics	O
card	O
"	O
,	O
being	O
consistently	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
580	I-Device
and	O
coming	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
590	I-Device
when	O
the	O
VRAM	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
limiting	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
GTX	B-Device
1660	I-Device
Super	O
"	O
almost	O
makes	O
the	O
1660	O
Ti	O
look	O
redundant	O
"	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
outperforms	O
anything	O
AMD	O
currently	O
offers	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
price	O
range	O
"	O
,	O
being	O
"	O
about	O
20	O
percent	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
590	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
