MSI Rolls Out a Passive Cooled GeForce GT 1030 Graphics Card

[btarunr]

MSI rolled out a full-height, passive-cooled GeForce GT 1030 graphics card. The MSI GT 1030 2GH OC features a large, 2 slots-thick monoblock aluminium heatsink cooling the GPU and memory. Armed with 2 GB of memory, it features factory-overclocked speeds of 1265 MHz core, 1518 MHz GPU Boost, and an untouched 6.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory. With a typical board power of 30W, the card relies on the PCI-Express bus for all its power. Based on the GP108 silicon, the GeForce GT 1030 features 384 CUDA cores, 24 TMUs, 16 ROPs, and 64-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory.



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[dj-electric]

That's one disappointing display output setup

 

[Ruru]

That's one disappointing display output setup

Agree, even that they are the connectors I use. DP would be a requirement for a great HTPC card like this. But at least it's passive which is a great thing

 

[Fx]

Nice card with its cooling. I wonder how much.

 

[Blueberries]

I've always enjoyed the idea of a passive GPU but the extra heat pumped into the chassis has made it pretty unrealistic, the TDP on these chips seems like a different ball-game though so I'd be interested to see how this performs in a small case.

My past experiences with juicier cards required so much extra airflow you would be better off just using a card with a fan.

 

[Fx]

I've always enjoyed the idea of a passive GPU but the extra heat pumped into the chassis has made it pretty unrealistic, the TDP on these chips seems like a different ball-game though so I'd be interested to see how this performs in a small case.

My past experiences with juicier cards required so much extra airflow you would be better off just using a card with a fan.

Yeah, it definitely helps to have cooling addressed whether on the card or from the case. Positive, static pressure is especially good for smaller, cramped cases.

 

[Tomorrow]

Agree, even that they are the connectors I use. DP would be a requirement for a great HTPC card like this. But at least it's passive which is a great thing

They have both passive and active cooled models with DP+HDMI outputs instead of DVI:
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2GH-LP-OC.html#hero-overview
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2G-LP-OC.html#hero-overview

 

[Ruru]

They have both passive and active cooled models with DP+HDMI outputs instead of DVI:
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2GH-LP-OC.html#hero-overview
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GT-1030-2G-LP-OC.html#hero-overview

That looks good for a SFF PC since it's low profile also.