The 1030, is this video true?

[TommoIRL]

Hi all,

So I am picking up a 1030 next week as its only a temp system on a very tight budget as am moving this month. Am building a better one in 2 months but thats not why im here.

I seen this video about the 1030 and wondering is it true about what he said about 2 different versions of the 1030.

I never heard anyone else say it and even though its a lower end card I'd like to believe that Linus would of called them out on this.

Does anyone know if this is true or not?

 

 

[Jurrunio]

It's true. GDDR5 variant is faster than DDR4 variant.

 

I'd get a used 750ti rather than any 1030 in the first place, so not like I care.

[Wh0_Am_1]

4 minutes ago, Coppz said:

Hi all,

So I am picking up a 1030 next week as its only a temp system on a very tight budget as am moving this month. Am building a better one in 2 months but thats not why im here.

I seen this video about the 1030 and wondering is it true about what he said about 2 different versions of the 1030.

I never heard anyone else say it and even though its a lower end card I'd like to believe that Linus would of called them out on this.

Does anyone know if this is true or not?

 

 

It would make sense Nvidia did do the same thing with the MX150.

[TommoIRL]

@Jurrunio Problem is here in Ireland our second hand market is quite poor, a lot of console pessants in Ireland.

I can get a gddr5 1030 for 90€ or I can get a Radion 360 for 100€. Which would you recommend? 

[Jurrunio]

Just now, Wh0_Am_1 said:

It would make sense Nvidia did do the same thing with the MX150.

MX 150 got its TDP chopped, with VRAM unchanged. It's different.

 

Just now, Coppz said:

@Jurrunio Problem is here in Ireland our second hand market is quite poor, a lot of console pessants in Ireland.

I can get a gddr5 1030 for 90€ or I can get a Radion 360 for 100€. Which would you recommend? 

gddr5 1030. It's the slower card, but low-end cards not using a 6pin is easier to sell than one that does.

[kelvinhall05]

IMO, the only reason to get a 1030 is if you have a very tight budget and an SSF system. Otherwise, I'd avoid it.

[TommoIRL]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

IMO, the only reason to get a 1030 is if you have a very tight budget and an SSF system. Otherwise, I'd avoid it.

Its not SSF but is ITX and is only temp. Don't really game much anyway its going into an old system I have with a fx6300 just so I can actually use the system because I need a gpu to actually use the system.

Building a new Ryzen build once money is better, all I play is csgo & hoi4 anyway which both will run fine hell they both run fine on my shit hp laptop with no ded. gpu

[kelvinhall05]

1 minute ago, Coppz said:

Its not SSF but is ITX and is only temp. Don't really game much anyway its going into an old system I have with a fx6300 just so I can actually use the system because I need a gpu to actually use the system.

Building a new Ryzen build once money is better, all I play is csgo & hoi4 anyway which both will run fine hell they both run fine on my shit hp laptop with no ded. gpu

Well, if you're pairing it with an FX CPU and the used market is shit in Ireland, I'd go for it TBH.

 

 

 

Everyone else, please don't kill me.

[Pip313]

Why do you need a dedicated gpu? Does your board not have video out?

[JoostinOnline]

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

IMO, the only reason to get a 1030 is if you have a very tight budget and an SSF system. Otherwise, I'd avoid it.

That and a low power build. Any card you buy used at that price (assuming you aren't getting ripped off) is going to be much better.

 

The ONLY good thing about the 1030 is how little power it uses. Other than that it's a weaker version of the GTX 750.

[ZcanKal]

37 minutes ago, Pip313 said:

Why do you need a dedicated gpu? Does your board not have video out?

FX doesn't have a GPU built in.

[Clyne]

24 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

That and a low power build. Any card you buy used at that price (assuming you aren't getting ripped off) is going to be much better.

 

The ONLY good thing about the 1030 is how little power it uses. Other than that it's a weaker version of the GTX 750.

 

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

IMO, the only reason to get a 1030 is if you have a very tight budget and an SSF system. Otherwise, I'd avoid it.

It is the cheapest GPU with HDMI 2.0, it's still viable as a 4K HTPC card. 

[sharknado34]

even if the used market isn't great couldn't you still use sites like ebay? (I am American so you will have to excuse me for any ignorance)

[JoostinOnline]

11 hours ago, Bubblewhale said:

 

It is the cheapest GPU with HDMI 2.0, it's still viable as a 4K HTPC card. 

It's still way too expensive. Graphics cards can fail like anything else, but they're still the safest thing to buy used.

 

If the 1030 cost $60US new I'd say go for it. It doesn't perform terribly, but price to performance it's pathetic. A used 750 Ti (or even a regular 750) performs noticeably better, and you can use a DVI-D port and built in audio to get the same results. It's not too hard to get one for $50US with a little haggling.

 

I don't have any experience in Ireland, but the OP should still do some digging if he hasn't already.

[i_build_nanosuits]

13 hours ago, ZcanKal said:

FX doesn't have a GPU built in.

doesn't need to, some AM3+ motherboards had radeon HD4290 graphics chips built in...

[Herman Mcpootis]

15 hours ago, Coppz said:

@Jurrunio Problem is here in Ireland our second hand market is quite poor, a lot of console pessants in Ireland.

I can get a gddr5 1030 for 90€ or I can get a Radion 360 for 100€. Which would you recommend? 

look on ebay instead, a 280x costs just over 100 euros after shipping.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/ASUS-AMD-Radeon-R9-280X-DirectCU-II-3072-MB-R9280X-DC2-3GD5-Graphics-Card/183222493717?hash=item2aa8e96215:g:~i0AAOSwoDFa9wWS

[Clyne]

2 hours ago, JoostinOnline said:

It's still way too expensive. Graphics cards can fail like anything else, but they're still the safest thing to buy used.

 

If the 1030 cost $60US new I'd say go for it. It doesn't perform terribly, but price to performance it's pathetic. A used 750 Ti (or even a regular 750) performs noticeably better, and you can use a DVI-D port and built in audio to get the same results. It's not too hard to get one for $50US with a little haggling.

 

I don't have any experience in Ireland, but the OP should still do some digging if he hasn't already.

That's not the point...a 750 Ti can't do 4K 60HZ from it's HDMI port. 

[JoostinOnline]

12 hours ago, Bubblewhale said:

That's not the point...a 750 Ti can't do 4K 60HZ from it's HDMI port. 

Why does it need to?

[Clyne]

3 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Why does it need to?

I just said my reason was 4K HTPC card, the 1030 can do it as it has a HDMI 2.0 port. 

[JoostinOnline]

12 hours ago, Bubblewhale said:

I just said my reason was 4K HTPC card, the 1030 can do it as it has a HDMI 2.0 card. 

The same result for less money seems like a better deal to me, but to each his own.

[ZcanKal]

4 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

doesn't need to, some AM3+ motherboards had radeon HD4290 graphics chips built in...

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/ATI-Radeon-HD-4650-vs-ATI-Radeon-HD-4290/m7844vsm7847
The HD 4650 is the weakest GPU I have.

[TommoIRL]

4 hours ago, JoostinOnline said:

Why does it need to?

I have a 4k tv and didn't know it could actually do 4k. Would be handy for content watching which will be a major thing on this system

[JoostinOnline]

1 hour ago, Coppz said:

I have a 4k tv and didn't know it could actually do 4k. Would be handy for content watching which will be a major thing on this system

Anything with a DVI Dual Link or DisplayPort will output at 4k as well. You just buy an adapter for a couple bucks and you've got an HDMI 2.0 port. You need DisplayPort to do 60hz though.

[Pip313]

If you seriously don’t care about games at all, the 1030 with it’s hardware decoder 10bit support does sound like a fair deal.