NVIDIA Readies GeForce GT 1030 to Compete with Radeon RX 550

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GP108 only has a 64bit memory bus, like the GK208 & GM108 to save costs and die size.

Quadro P600 clearly uses GP107 for the 128bit memory bus.
 
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P400 is 16 ROPs on 64-bit bus, P600 is 16 ROPs on 128-bit bus. GT 1030 is half the ROPs disabled so 8 ROPs and a 64-bit bus.

Anyway, the details don't matter, I said that it will be 384 cores, and it turned out that way, not 512 cores as some other people were claiming.
 
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http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-1030

https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/GT1030-SL-2G-BRK/

https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/PH-GT1030-2G/

https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/PH-GT1030-O2G/

https://www.evga.com/articles/01108/

http://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1030SL-2GL

http://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1030D5-2GL

http://www.inno3d.com/products_detail.php?refid=298

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2GH-LP-OC.html

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2G-LP-OC.html

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2GH-LP-OCV1.html

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2G-LP-OCV1.html

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2GH-OC.html

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-AERO-ITX-2G-OC.html

http://www.palit.com/palit/vgapro.php?id=2883&lang=en

https://www.zotac.com/product/graphics_card/zotac-geforce-gt-1030-2gb-gddr5

GP108 only has PCIe 3.0 x4 bus on x16 physical connector and maximum 2 simultanenous monitors output support also single-link DVI-D only so max 1920x1200/1080 res, it won't support those 2560 x 1600/1440 Korean monitors. So it's not used in Quadro P600 or P400 which has 4 & 3 monitor support, those use GP107.
 
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nvgpu said:
maximum 2 simultanenous monitors output support also single-link DVI-D only so max 1920x1200/1080 res, it won't support those 2560 x 1600/1440 Korean monitors.
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Would like to see one of the OEMs release a card with dual link DVI-I. (Then have 3 total outputs on a passive dual slot low profile card)
 
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30W and cheaper than RX 550 makes it very atractive, it will be interesting to see how performance compares, specially because of half the memory bandwidth vs better efficiency.

the PCIE x4 could be a problem for older PCs with PCIE 1.x or 2.x I guess
 
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So far RX 550 vs. GT 1030:

Pros;

RX 550 has greater bandwidth (128 bit GDDR5 @ 7000 Mhz vs. 64 bit @ 6000 Mhz)
RX 550 is available with 4GB VRAM as an option (GT 1030 is only available with 2GB) NOTE: 4GB VRAM on such a low end card is of questionable value though.
RX 550 has ability to have 3 display outputs (GT 1030 is only available with two display outputs)
RX 550 has PCIe 3.0 x 8 (GT 1030 is PCIe 3.0 x4). I did wonder if this would be an issue for systems with PCIe 1.0 bus but extrapolating from this review I think there only be a loss of a few percent when going from PCIe 3.0 x 4 to PCIe 1.0 x 4 in Core 2 (ie, LGA 775) system)

Cons:

RX 550 has higher TDP (50W vs. 35W)
RX 550 is not available in low profile single slot (or even low profile dual slot....though the XFX card is on the way)
RX550 is more expensive
RX550 doesn't have ability to play 4K netflix (though GT 1030 may not either unless Nvidia can lower the 3GB VRAM requirement)
RX550 has a weaker GPU core.
 
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SPBHM said:
the PCIE x4 could be a problem for older PCs with PCIE 1.x or 2.x I guess
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I was thinking about that too, but check out this review using the GTX 1080:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080_PCI_Express_Scaling/24.html

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Based on those results for 2560 Pascal cores (at 1607 Mhz/1733 Mhz), I think a card with 384 Pascal cores (at lower clocks) would only lose a few percent going from PCIe 3.0 x 4 to PCIe 1.0 x 4.
 
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those tests are kind of limited yet x4 1.1 is clearly problematic, and I think it's possible that the 1030 only having 2GB of vram might suffer more with the limited pcie speed?
 
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SPBHM said:
those tests are kind of limited yet x4 1.1 is clearly problematic, and I think it's possible that the 1030 only having 2GB of vram might suffer more with the limited pcie speed?
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After factoring in clockspeed advantage GTX 1080 is at least 7x stronger in GPU core than GT 1030 so wouldn't GT 1030 at PCIe 1.0 x 4 would almost be like the GTX 1080 running at PCIe 2.0 x 16?
 
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So the official price of 1030 is $70?
If that's the case then that makes 1030 an easy choice over RX 550.
Would be interesting to see what the price difference in my country will be because 550 is $110 so if 1030 comes in at $90 then its going to sell way more than 550 because the difference of $20 is way too much in this price bracket especially considering 550 isn't going to be any faster than 1030.
AMD really can't do anything right. Other than 570, not a single Amd card is worthy of recommendation.
 
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Looks compelling against the AMD RX 550, although I'm bummed over 2 display outputs: select DisplayPort and HDMI for high-resolution support, and get additional adapters for DVI. Also, I was spoiled with a NVIDIA GT 730 costing me 51 USD; one day a 1030 might cost that much :p
 
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Looking around the web for the first reviews of the GT 1030. I know such a low end card is not a high priority for most tech sites, but if anyone comes across a review, please post a link.
 
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Well, this is now the card to get for those simply looking for HDMI 2.0 and H265 addon. RX 550 can no longer be recommended because price and wattage are all that matters for this market. Anyone with any desire to play video games would surely ante up to the RX 560 or GTX 1050, so even if the RX 550 is faster in gaming (any benchmarks yet?) it hardly has a purpose.

Really liking the single slot passive cards.
 
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DO IT ALL. FASTER.

Video editing. Gaming. Transforming your pictures at HD resolutions. This powerful card lets you do it all faster.

GET READY TO GAME.

The GeForce GT 1030 comes with all the performance goodness of GeForce Experience. This is the gateway to great PC gaming, giving you industry-leading NVIDIA drivers for optimal performance and best-in-class stability—all with one-click convenience.
 
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If it can hit the stores without price jacked up too much, it'll be a hit in third world countries especially for people that just want to play moba such as dota 2 and league of legends at 1080p
 
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mohit9206 said:
DO IT ALL. FASTER.

Video editing. Gaming. Transforming your pictures at HD resolutions. This powerful card lets you do it all faster.

GET READY TO GAME.

The GeForce GT 1030 comes with all the performance goodness of GeForce Experience. This is the gateway to great PC gaming, giving you industry-leading NVIDIA drivers for optimal performance and best-in-class stability—all with one-click convenience.
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Did you mean to quote something or is this just an ad post?

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-1030/features
 
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GTA V and Overwatch at 1080P high running well,
Witcher 3 1600x900 = 40FPS on low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hn3e6b0mwQ

I haven't seen any other reviews or interesting performance numbers so far.
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Thanks! I wanted to find the performance numbers for dota 2 on this card, because my friends had tight budget and just never plays any other game other than dota 2 hahhah

Found another video:
GT1030 slightly faster overall in dx11
RX550 in trouble.
GT1030 is cheaper, smaller, lower power consumption and slightly faster.

Maxwell is a great architecture, making pascal runs well even when on much lower memory bandwidth vs the polaris
 
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with the performance from the second video it's possible to say this card is no far from the 750 ti performance, but with a 30W TDP, up to date video block and $70 price, not bad.
 
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SPBHM said:
with the performance from the second video it's possible to say this card is no far from the 750 ti performance, but with a 30W TDP, up to date video block and $70 price, not bad.
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This is probably the first $70 card that isn't complete trash in gaming in a long time. Last i remember was probably the amd 5570.
Did they try to overclock it? It comes with base 1227mhz so with an overclock to around 1400mhz it could perform even better.
Edit : One weird thing i noticed is one video shows Witcher 3 only getting 40fps on low settings at 900p while the rx550 comparison video shows the 1030 getting 40 fps on medium settings at 1080p in Witcher 3.
That doesn't make sense. One of the benchmarks is wrong.
 
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