Tuesday, May 16th 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Specifications Revealed
Ahead of its launch on 17th May, specifications of NVIDIA's entry-level implementation of the "Pascal" GPU architecture, the GeForce GT 1030, were leaked to the web. This tiny GPU, with a TDP of just 35W, will power entry-level graphics cards of all shapes and sizes, including half-height (low profile) cards with passive cooling. NVIDIA could set the baseline price of the SKU as low as USD $59.99, given that in China, it is expected to start at RMB ¥450.
Based on the GP108 silicon, the GT 1030 will be endowed with 384 CUDA cores across three streaming multiprocessors holding 128 CUDA cores, each. In essence, the GP108 is half the chip the GP107 is, which powers the GTX 1050 Ti. With its three SM units, the GP108 features 24 TMUs, and 16 ROPs. It features a 64-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory. The host interface is narrow, too, with the chip featuring a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 bus (cards will fit in x16 slots). The chip will be clocked at 1227 MHz core, 1468 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory, working out to a memory bandwidth of 48 GB/s. Below is a quick block diagram we made.
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Based on the GP108 silicon, the GT 1030 will be endowed with 384 CUDA cores across three streaming multiprocessors holding 128 CUDA cores, each. In essence, the GP108 is half the chip the GP107 is, which powers the GTX 1050 Ti. With its three SM units, the GP108 features 24 TMUs, and 16 ROPs. It features a 64-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory. The host interface is narrow, too, with the chip featuring a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 bus (cards will fit in x16 slots). The chip will be clocked at 1227 MHz core, 1468 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory, working out to a memory bandwidth of 48 GB/s. Below is a quick block diagram we made.
- GP108 "Pascal" silicon
- 35W TDP, relies on PCIe slot power
- 384 CUDA cores
- 24 TMUs, 16 ROPs
- 2 GB, 64-bit GDDR5 memory
- 1227 MHz GPU clock, 1468 MHz GPU Boost
- 6.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory, 48 GB/s bandwidth
- Possible $59.99 baseline price
15 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Specifications Revealed
Will be nice to compare the performance with my stock overclocked GTX 1080 (It'll get hammered lol) and to some of my older cards from around a decade ago as it's more mid to highish range compared to them. I'll only be able to test in DX9 or DX10 for a direct comparison with them, of course.
The 1050 Ti can't do AAA games at ultra so the 1030 can't do them in any capacity except for very low quality or low resolution. The exception being eSports games but not at high FPS. The RX 550 isn't as cut down from the 560 and it is undoubtedly going to be a faster card. I would still go with an RX 550 for eSports simply because it's going to get more FPS. That or for $10 more the RX 560.
At least this has everything what Pascal has, but with a low price and a low power consumption. I'd get this for my HTPC, but I want some gaming horsepower in that, so this is not an option because of that.
Good upgrade for my nephew's GT620.
gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-vs-Intel-HD-530-Desktop-Skylake/3162vsm33102
(if we assume that this gtx 1030 will be as powerfull as good old gtx 750).
BUT I still would not throw out 60$, because if one needs graphics adapter - then there is that iGPU or 20$ gpu's (and used ones even cheaper), but if one wants a graphics adapter and also to run some light games - for gods sake - get some 20$-30$ extra for 80%-100% performance jump, but if one uses "I do not have 30$ extra" - then he/she should look for job and/or evaluate his life choices so far or something and NOT thinking about PC building in near future
www.pcworld.com/article/3190695/components-graphics/amd-radeon-rx-550-review-a-thrilling-budget-graphics-card-with-a-perplexing-price.html?page=2#toc-3