Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics cards to start shipping with TU106 GPUs

Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics cards are known for using TU117 GPUs, but that might change soon. With the stock of these chips diminishing and Nvidia reportedly planning to replace them, GTX 1650 cards will supposedly start using higher-end Turing GPUs.

The report is from the BoardChannels forums (via VideoCardz), where a user claims that the Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics cards will start using TU106 GPUs instead of the usual TU117 GPUs. For reference, the TU106 GPU is the same chip used on RTX 20 series graphics cards, such as the RTX 2060, 2060 Super, 2070 and Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile GPUs.

Using TU106 GPUs on GTX 1650 graphics cards may require board partners to adjust their designs. Still, these alterations will probably be made to deliver the same level of performance as the original GTX 1650 cards, so getting a new GTX 1650 variant shouldn't bring any benefit over older models.

With the TU106-powered GTX 1650, Nvidia now has at least four variants of the GTX 1650. Besides the two TU117-based versions (one with GDDR5 and the other with GDDR6), there's also a TU116 version.

KitGuru says: Changing the GPU of the three-year-old GTX 1650 suggests Nvidia isn't planning to discontinue it just yet. 

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