PCIe 3.0 still limits slot power to 75w just like 2.0 and there is no way a 1650 is saturating the 2.0 bus to its limits. Performance should not suffer, and it is good to know there is a 16 series card that works in old systems, so thanks for that info. One of my techs tried a 1650 in a client's old Phenom II X6 system, MSI iirc, and it would not work. Swapped for a GTX 660. Turned out all he plays is Borderlands 1 and some other old stuff, making it a great fit and saving him some cash.
Starry Guy says: Found the 3 HDMI ports on the GTX 1650 are good to go, but the DisplayPort seems not active. Hope that is not due to the PCIe 2.0 slot limitation. Have to investigate the Nvidia control panel or update a driver (for Win 10).
BITD that was normal during post on many systems. The vid bios would run first.
I have a Dell Precision T7500 w/ 2xXeon 5667s and it will not play nice with my Vega 56. It has a 1000w 80plus Silver PSU with 1 8 pin and 2 6 pin, but it will not boot using a 6 to 8 pin adapter and the 8 pin. Nor will it boot with its own PSU. Tried all 3 bios I currently have on the card. Tried both PCI-e x 16 2.0 slots. Dell has the firmware update for it from last year addressing Intel security issues, so about to put that on and see how things go. I am hoping they updated the microcode for more than just meltdown and spectre stuff,, but I strongly doubt any other areas were addressed.
Techtuber Timmy Joe could not get his 2080 or 2070 supers to work with a an old 2006-2009 parts list dual Opteron workstation. A 1070ti fired right up. I just picked up a oem GTX 970 for this project from fs/ft because I know it will work out of the gate.
I am going to try a 2060 super in it for giggles, but have low expectations given Timmah! had so much trouble.
Even with the Quadro 600 it has, the 2 games I have tested -Batman Arkham Asylum and Fallout 3 NV are good at 1080p with a mix of med to high settings thanks to the gameplay mechanics not demanding the fps something like Crysis needs. Could serve as a retro gamer as is, but he will want to use it with game pass and newer games.