The GT 1030 GDDR5 Isn't a bad card at all

[Mattk13]

It can play literally any game 20-70 fps MSAA Off

GTA V High Settings 45-60FPS

Minecraft Max settings (With optifine) 100-1000Fps

Rocket League high settings MSAA Max 60fps solid

GTA IV 60 FPS Very High settings

Doom (new) Medium Settings MSAA Turned off 40-50 fps lows to 30-25

Overwatch High settings 50-60 FPS

Witcher 3 Wild Hunt High settings 30-40 fps

This is all based on the processor you have

and the ram installed on your machine

this card isn't bad just don't get the DDR4 Version as it is clocked lower and has half the performance.

 

[emosun]

status update

[Jurrunio]

So what, the 750ti cost much less (because it's used), is slightly faster, and supports Geforce Experience features like Shadowplay

[seon123]

A $80 card that performs as well as the iGPU of a $100 CPU? That's really bad value. 

[emosun]

1 minute ago, seon123 said:

A $80 card that performs as well as the iGPU of a $100 CPU? That's really bad value. 

We didn't ask what he payed maybe they got it for free

I guess anything isn't that bad when it's free

[Spotty]

Does this mean you replaced the i3 3240 that was causing you issues? If so, what did you replace it with?

 

 

[Mattk13]

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

Does this mean you replaced the i3 3240 that was causing you issues? If so, what did you replace it with?

 

 

i7 3770

[TheKDub]

1 hour ago, Mattk13 said:

It can play literally any game 20-70 fps MSAA Off

GTA V High Settings 45-60FPS

Minecraft Max settings (With optifine) 100-1000Fps

Rocket League high settings MSAA Max 60fps solid

GTA IV 60 FPS Very High settings

Doom (new) Medium Settings MSAA Turned off 40-50 fps lows to 30-25

Overwatch High settings 50-60 FPS

Witcher 3 Wild Hunt High settings 30-40 fps

This is all based on the processor you have

and the ram installed on your machine

this card isn't bad just don't get the DDR4 Version as it is clocked lower and has half the performance.

 

At what? 480p?

[Spotty]

2 minutes ago, Mattk13 said:

i7 3770

Very nice!

Glad to see you were able to remove the CPU as the bottleneck and improve your performance.

[Syntaxvgm]

as far as really low end goes not bad if you're stuck with it like it was included with a desktop or something, but just flat out a bad value to buy. 

[Arika]

Lol, now i remember you. you're always hostile when people tell you the GT 1030 isn't good, maybe it's buyers remorse and you're trying to convince you're self you bought the right thing because its better than admitting fault.

 

however you look at it, the price to performance of the GT1030 is terrible, is it a bad card? technically no, but there are much much better options for the same price

[Canada EH]

We can all make bad buying decisions, its how we learn from them and move on in life and enjoy our purchases.

My friend recently paid $15k for an suv and the gas mileage is not good, there is no storage so he needs to buy a box for the roof. People do that all the time.

[aisle9]

1 hour ago, Mattk13 said:

It can play literally any game 20-70 fps MSAA Off

GTA V High Settings 45-60FPS

Minecraft Max settings (With optifine) 100-1000Fps

Rocket League high settings MSAA Max 60fps solid

GTA IV 60 FPS Very High settings

Doom (new) Medium Settings MSAA Turned off 40-50 fps lows to 30-25

Overwatch High settings 50-60 FPS

Witcher 3 Wild Hunt High settings 30-40 fps

This is all based on the processor you have

and the ram installed on your machine

this card isn't bad just don't get the DDR4 Version as it is clocked lower and has half the performance.

 

Yes and no. The GT 1030, like the GT 730 before it, has a handful of situations in which it's very useful. Of course, if you find a used GDDR5 model in good shape for $40-50, yeah, grab it. If you find a $40-50 GTX 750 Ti, get that instead, because it outperforms the GT 1030 and costs considerably less on the used market. Truthfully, there's really no situation in which I'd consider a brand new GT 1030 to be a good buy.

 

Some other perfectly good uses for it:

• SFF gaming rig. The 1030 takes up something like 30W at full load, so if you've got a SFF Optiplex that you want to do some light gaming on, you could do a whole lot worse. I'd actually argue that the 1030 is a better option for that use case than the MSI low-profile GTX 750 Ti I'm using in my Optiplex is because of its lower power draw and lower heat output in a very compact case with iffy airflow.
• Giving a suitable GPU to an old system. If you've got a Core 2 Quad system sitting around and you just want to play Overwatch as cheaply as you can, a used 1030 would be a good card for it. But again, 750 Tis are cheaper, and if your system can support a 750 Ti comfortably, do that.
• Low-profile HTPCs. Yes, it's the best "value" Pascal card for an HTPC, as the slim form 1050 and 1050 Ti still have a pretty sharp premium on them, but even a 4K HTPC would be fine with something like a GT 730 or R7 240 for a whole lot less. Hell, even the lowly GT 710 can push 4K at 24 Hz. If your low profile HTPC needs to do some basic gaming at 1080p while pushing 4K for video content, a 1030 makes sense.

It bears noting that the RX 550 is a stronger card than the 1030, but for whatever reason it still sells at a price approaching (or past) $100 new, at which point you're better off spending up a little for a 1050 or a 460. The real 1030 killer, though, is the Ryzen 5 2400G. Vega 11 performs very similarly to the GT 1030, but the AMD APU is a much better buy. For one, the cost of parts would probably come out in AMD's favor if someone was pairing the 1030 with a G5400 Pentium, and definitely would come out in AMD's favor is the GT 1030 were being paired with an i3-8100 or i5-8400 to try and match the performance of the stronger Ryzen chip. Bottom line, if you're buying new, there is absolutely no reason to go with a GT 1030 over a Ryzen APU, even the Ryzen 3 2200G.

 

If you're buying used or just need a GPU, you could do worse than the 1030, but the prices it goes for used still don't make a whole lot of sense when a more powerful GTX 750 Ti goes for the same price or less.

[N1NJ4W4RR10R]

It's a bad card.

 

If you're in that range there is absolutly no reason you should be spening more for what you can(more or less) do with a Ryzen APU (for much less, thanks to Ryzen 3 pricing, AM4 MoBo pricing etc).

 

And if you're willing to spend that cash, ultimately better to just go higher...or, of course, just go used.

[Mattk13]

6 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Yes and no. The GT 1030, like the GT 730 before it, has a handful of situations in which it's very useful. Of course, if you find a used GDDR5 model in good shape for $40-50, yeah, grab it. If you find a $40-50 GTX 750 Ti, get that instead, because it outperforms the GT 1030 and costs considerably less on the used market. Truthfully, there's really no situation in which I'd consider a brand new GT 1030 to be a good buy.

 

Some other perfectly good uses for it:

• SFF gaming rig. The 1030 takes up something like 30W at full load, so if you've got a SFF Optiplex that you want to do some light gaming on, you could do a whole lot worse. I'd actually argue that the 1030 is a better option for that use case than the MSI low-profile GTX 750 Ti I'm using in my Optiplex is because of its lower power draw and lower heat output in a very compact case with iffy airflow.
• Giving a suitable GPU to an old system. If you've got a Core 2 Quad system sitting around and you just want to play Overwatch as cheaply as you can, a used 1030 would be a good card for it. But again, 750 Tis are cheaper, and if your system can support a 750 Ti comfortably, do that.
• Low-profile HTPCs. Yes, it's the best "value" Pascal card for an HTPC, as the slim form 1050 and 1050 Ti still have a pretty sharp premium on them, but even a 4K HTPC would be fine with something like a GT 730 or R7 240 for a whole lot less. Hell, even the lowly GT 710 can push 4K at 24 Hz. If your low profile HTPC needs to do some basic gaming at 1080p while pushing 4K for video content, a 1030 makes sense.

It bears noting that the RX 550 is a stronger card than the 1030, but for whatever reason it still sells at a price approaching (or past) $100 new, at which point you're better off spending up a little for a 1050 or a 460. The real 1030 killer, though, is the Ryzen 5 2400G. Vega 11 performs very similarly to the GT 1030, but the AMD APU is a much better buy. For one, the cost of parts would probably come out in AMD's favor if someone was pairing the 1030 with a G5400 Pentium, and definitely would come out in AMD's favor is the GT 1030 were being paired with an i3-8100 or i5-8400 to try and match the performance of the stronger Ryzen chip. Bottom line, if you're buying new, there is absolutely no reason to go with a GT 1030 over a Ryzen APU, even the Ryzen 3 2200G.

 

If you're buying used or just need a GPU, you could do worse than the 1030, but the prices it goes for used still don't make a whole lot of sense when a more powerful GTX 750 Ti goes for the same price or less.

I have a sff optiplex or i would have put a 1050ti in this the power is a big issue

[Mattk13]

1 minute ago, N1NJ4W4RR10R said:

It's a bad card.

 

If you're in that range there is absolutly no reason you should be spening more for what you can(more or less) do with a Ryzen APU (for much less, thanks to Ryzen 3 pricing, AM4 MoBo pricing etc).

 

And if you're willing to spend that cash, ultimately better to just go higher...or, of course, just go used.

not really...

[emosun]

45 minutes ago, Arika S said:

buyers remorse and you're trying to convince you're self you bought the right thing because its better than admitting fault

many men are guilty of this so frustrating lol

[N1NJ4W4RR10R]

2 minutes ago, emosun said:

many men are guilty of this so frustrating lol

I learnt my mistake last time I bought electronics. Turned out the phone didn't support the 4g frequency in my area and the laptop was...bad.

 

The gut knows all, don't ignore the buyers remorse!!!

[Mattk13]

Just now, N1NJ4W4RR10R said:

I learnt my mistake last time I bought electronics. Turned out the phone didn't support the 4g frequency in my area and the laptop was...bad.

 

The gut knows all, don't ignore the buyers remorse!!!

a friend told me to get this card cause it was '' good '' bought had fun want something better now XD

[N1NJ4W4RR10R]

5 minutes ago, Mattk13 said:

not really...

Eh, maybe I just have to much money :shrug:

 

Was gonna say how it'd be better to just buy an APU then save moey for a grphics card. But then I realised people buying 1030s will probably be running with chips like the Athlon 200GE (assuming they go new).

 

So I suppose for the budget line it might be somewhat worth it. Though I'd personally still just go with a 2200G then save for something like a 1050 (only about $100 more than the cheapest 1030 I found).

 

All, of course, assuming new parts...because I can't b bothered searching up used parts prices.

[aisle9]

On 10/11/2018 at 9:23 PM, N1NJ4W4RR10R said:

Eh, maybe I just have to much money :shrug:

 

Was gonna say how it'd be better to just buy an APU then save moey for a grphics card. But then I realised people buying 1030s will probably be running with chips like the Athlon 200GE (assuming they go new).

Athlon 200GE: $55

GT 1030 GDDR5: $80

 

Ryzen 5 2400G: $159

 

That's a difference of $34. For that price, you get integrated graphics right on par with the GT 1030, more or less, and a processor with two more cores, four more threads, a higher base clock speed and overclockability. There's no real competition there. The 200GE is not a "stepping stone" to a better CPU/APU. It's an endpoint for office PCs, HTPCs and ultra budget gamers who want an A320 board, cheaper 2666MHz RAM and a used RX 460 to play Fortnite with.

[JoostinOnline]

It's not a bad card, it's a bad value.

[GamerDude]

On 10/12/2018 at 7:10 AM, Mattk13 said:

It can play literally any game 20-70 fps MSAA Off

GTA V High Settings 45-60FPS

Minecraft Max settings (With optifine) 100-1000Fps

Rocket League high settings MSAA Max 60fps solid

GTA IV 60 FPS Very High settings

Doom (new) Medium Settings MSAA Turned off 40-50 fps lows to 30-25

Overwatch High settings 50-60 FPS

Witcher 3 Wild Hunt High settings 30-40 fps

This is all based on the processor you have

and the ram installed on your machine

this card isn't bad just don't get the DDR4 Version as it is clocked lower and has half the performance.

 

Wow, impressive! Maybe I should have gotten the GT1030 instead throwing away a wad of cash for the RTX 2080 Ti I had gotten.

[Brent744]

I just purchased this card as well (Gigabyte OC GDDR5 version) to throw into a retired xeon server as a project build. So many claim that its a terrible value, and yes that is true, but so is every card on the market these days. GPU prices have gone through the roof thanks to GPU miners. A lot of people recommend going used, which isnt a bad idea considering you can get a 750 Ti at a great price these days however, there's some counterfeit cards on the used market these days as well so it's a gamble. So someone looking for a deal, The 1030 GDDR5 version is the way to go in my opinion as its only $100 CAD, The GTX 1050's start at $180 CAD.

[F7GOS]

Problem is that is is roughly 50% the performance of the GTX 1050Ti but at 75% the price... 

 

If you are short on moolah go used.