Nvidia Could Launch A Proper GTX 1050Ti Replacement Soon
As the rumor-mill surrounding the inevitable announcement of Nvidia's RTX 4000 series of graphics cards ramps up, it's all too easy to forget that the lowest end of the GPU spectrum has been mostly underserved for a long time now. Even the GT 1030 is now 5 years old, and it is mostly outperformed by the modern integrated CPU solutions for graphics processing.
To that end, rumors suggest that Nvidia might be working on a new affordable low-end GPU: the GTX 1630. According to Videocardz, this could very well be Nvidia's next dedicated low-spec graphics processor, and it's supposed to be roughly comparable to the GTX 1050Ti in regard to performance, which would be a substantial upgrade compared to the currently available GT 1030.
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While Nvidia could launch its RTX 4000 GPU lineup over the next couple of months, Videocardz' sources suggest that the GTX 1630 might also be coming out sometime in the near future. This GPU would likely draw less than 75W of power and come with an updated set of GDDR6 memory, though it's bound to be specced lower than the likes of GTX 1650. Naturally, it would also have to be cheaper than GTX 1650, which launched with an MSRP of $149 and is currently priced at about $190.
Both Nvidia and AMD GPU prices are falling as of late, though it's clear that a GPU such as the RTX 3070 won't be interesting to low-end users even at MSRP. Up until now, the only real options for HTPC and workstation builders looking for a cheap, low-profile graphics card were aging chips with questionable feature support, and it would make sense for Nvidia to be working on a more up-to-date GPU for future release.
It goes without saying that power draw, too, is a major consideration.
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