Nvidia Fans Will Have To Wait 2 More Weeks For The GTX 1630
The launch date for Nvidia's upcoming GTX 1630 graphics card has reportedly been delayed by two weeks. The GTX 1630 was originally expected to launch on May 31 as part of Nvidia's plans to revive the GTX branding. The full spec sheet of the card was also leaked earlier this month, revealing that it would feature a TU117-150 GPU and 4GB of GDDR6 VRAM clocked at 12 Gbps. The report also claimed that the card will ship with 512 CUDA cores and feature a 64-bit memory bus (96 GB/s total bandwidth). Other specifications include a 75W TDP and a 1800MHz boost clock.
The GTX 1630 will be Nvidia's latest offering in the entry-level segment, and one that the company hopes will be able to compete with AMD on even terms. While Nvidia typically holds the sway at the top-end of the market, it has generally struggled to offer value at the lower-end of the spectrum. This is one area where AMD continues to rule the roost, offering not only affordable discrete graphics cards, such as the Radeon RX 6400 and 6500 XT, but also a slew of APUs that include decent integrated graphics for casual gaming.
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According to unnamed sourced cited by Videocardz, Nvidia just pushed back the GTX 1630 embargo timeline for its partners by two weeks. Instead of May 31, the embargo now extends to June 15, suggesting a new release date for the upcoming graphics card. Interestingly, the new time-frame only mentions the 'on-shelf' date with no review embargo listed, which has prompted speculations that the company does not want reviews for the new graphics card to go live any time soon. There can be multiple reasons for this, but the most plausible one is underwhelming performance that could render the
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