GeForce GTX 1650 Gets Complicated: GIGABYTE Releasing New GDDR6 Models with Similar Names, Packaging

[Tsing]

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Those rumors about the GeForce GTX 1650 getting a memory upgrade appear to be true, as GIGABYTE Windforce OC cards with GDDR6 RAM instead of GDDR5 have appeared at a German retailer called Service Point. There’s a potential for some slight confusion here, however, due to similar naming conventions and re-use of packaging materials.



D6 pic.twitter.com/Bbxe89V1lf— 188号 (@momomo_us) March 31, 2020



While GIGABYTE’s revised cards – the GeForce GTX 1650 D6 Windforce OC (GV-N1656OC-4GD) and GeForce GTX 1650 D6 OC (GV-N1656OC-4GD) – feature design changes (e.g., different display connectors), they’ll be sold in nearly...

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[Niner51]

IMO there are too many cards out as there is. It's confusing enough with all these variants of the same card, and then you add some cards in with little to no gain over others.

 

[LeRoy_Blanchard]

This isn't the first time this has happened.

 

[Brian_B]

This isn't the first time this has happened.

Seems like its every generation we get some naming convention shenanigans

 

[LeRoy_Blanchard]

Seems like its every generation we get some naming convention shenanigans

Seems real suspicious that it never benefits the uninformed consumer.