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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Shipping with DDR4 Instead of GDDR5

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Why doesn't Nvidia just outright block anything other than GDDR5 on their GPUs?.
Ddr4 is so much cheaper in bulk and there wont be a huge performance drop
 
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Ddr4 is so much cheaper in bulk and there wont be a huge performance drop

GT 1030 might not be a high end GPU, bit cutting it down to 1/3rd of memory bandwidth will probably tank the performance below a Ryzen 2200G...

This should be a GT 1030LE/SE or GT 1020, this is just bad for the market. Lots of low budget gamers will buy these cause they will be even cheaper then a "regular" GT 1030, and then wonder where did that little performance go they were hoping to get in the first place...

But hey at least it is not not GeForce 4 MX level of stupid, which was basically a revamped GeForce 2 under the sticker with D3D7, while the rest of the the family was D3D8, Ti 4200 and up.

Does someone remember that glorious G92 GPU that seemingly never seemed to go away trough like 3 generations or so?

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GTS 150 (OEM)
GT 230 (OEM)
GTS 240 (OEM)
GTS 250
GTX 260M
GTX 280M
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If you look hard enough you may find one in a G-Sync monitor near you... lel.

But coming to think of it... AMD Pitcairn did the same thing.
 

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GT 1030 might not be a high end GPU, bit cutting it down to 1/3rd of memory bandwidth will probably tank the performance below a Ryzen 2200G...

This should be a GT 1030LE/SE or GT 1020, this is just bad for the market. Lots of low budget gamers will buy these cause they will be even cheaper then a "regular" GT 1030, and then wonder where did that little performance go they were hoping to get in the first place...

But hey at least it is not not GeForce 4 MX level of stupid, which was basically a revamped GeForce 2 under the sticker with D3D7, while the rest of the the family was D3D8, Ti 4200 and up.

Does someone remember that glorious G92 GPU that seemingly never seemed to go away trough like 3 generations or so?

8800GS
8800GT
8800GTS
9600GSO
9800GT Green Edition
9800GT
9800GTX
9800GTX+
GTS 150 (OEM)
GT 230 (OEM)
GTS 240 (OEM)
GTS 250
GTX 260M
GTX 280M
GTX 285M

If you look hard enough you may find one in a G-Sync monitor near you... lel.

But coming to think of it... AMD Pitcairn did the same thing.
http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/10de/1140
that ID holds more trash than the ISS (International Space Station)
 
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10W is huge when you're talking about heat and memory is where most models run into heat dissipation problems.

Pretty brilliant, really. It's not a performance card.
 
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Are you honestly going to claim with a straight face that most users of this traditionally pro-AMD forum are not going to jump to the obvious conclusion?

I think the audience's interpretation is irrelevant to what the statement actually states.
 

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That's correct, GDDR4 only ever shipped on a handful of products because GDDR3 is cheaper and GDDR5 (which arrived shortly after) is faster. I'm guessing plain-Jane DDR4 is used because it sips less power than the G- variants.

I'd guess it is actually because there really isn't a supply of GDD4, and regular DDR4 chips are cheaper to get a hold of.
 
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Turbo Cache?

This will just make the Ryzen APU's look even more tempting to buy.
 

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I'd guess it is actually because there really isn't a supply of GDD4, and regular DDR4 chips are cheaper to get a hold of.

The last cards afaik that used gddr 4 was the HD2900 and 3800 series
 

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Not enough drama!

But before NVIDIA takes mostly undeserved flak, let's throw in some logic, reasoning, common sense and data for a change. :)

First of all, NVIDIA does not sell [comsumer GPUs based on the] GT 1030 [chip], unlike the title of this click-bait news says.

Secondly, GT 1030 specs page does not list a memory type.

Thirdly, it's up to NVIDIA's partners to specify low speed memory type and, oh, my god, at least MSI is semi-honest about that: GEFORCE GT 1030 2GD4 LP OC and GEFORCE GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC (there are two more cards with GD4 monikers but I'm too lazy to list them) - see, it's "D4" meaning DDR4.

Fourthly, GT 1030 is such an underpowered chip, lower spec'ed RAM will hardly make it significantly slower than it already is. Hardly anyone buys GT 1030 to game - this chip is barely faster than built-in Coffee Lake graphics.

Fourthly, it must always be up to a buyer to verify his or her purchases against previously known specs.

Sixthly, it's up to NVIDIA's partners to specify the cards which have a worse memory configuration - this is perhaps the only thing you might accuse NVIDIA of.

Now, let's have some serious drama and loud vapid accusations.

First off, the hat ultimately falls on Nvidia if it's partners are selling cards that don't live up to expectations. Nvidia surely has a tight control over them, if there are variants of a card with large performance differences it is up to Nvidia to either brand those differently or tell their partners to do so. If not, it's not the partners taking the hit for underperforming GTX 1030s, it's Nvidia.

Second, Nvidia not listing the GDDR spec is error on their end, given that every major retailer has them listed as GDDR5. They should especially do so now, as another variant of the card will only add to confusion without proper labeling.

Third, It doesn't matter how underpowered the chip is, it is not an excuse to sell a DDR4 chip as a stand-in for a GDDR5 chip. Nvidia better be properly labeling these or else they will have another GTX 970 situation on their hands.

Fourth, yes to some extent it is the buyer's job to check specs. On the otherhand, it is also Nvidia's job to make sure those specs are made clear through branding in the first place. Same thing happened when AMD introduce the RX 450 D, a low end GPU that had less cores which AMD distinguished with a D. Nvidia can do the same.

FYI, your 3rd point and 6th point are exactly the same. You also skipped 5.

The only thing you've done here is give everyone advance notice of what Nvidia might not do and thus cause customer confusion. If your plan was to stop fanboys or whatever, all you did was give them fuel.
 
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First off, the hat ultimately falls on Nvidia if it's partners are selling cards that don't live up to expectations. Nvidia surely has a tight control over them, if there are variants of a card with large performance differences it is up to Nvidia to either brand those differently or tell their partners to do so. If not, it's not the partners taking the hit for underperforming GTX 1030s, it's Nvidia.

Second, Nvidia not listing the GDDR spec is error on their end, given that every major retailer has them listed as GDDR5. They should especially do so now, as another variant of the card will only add to confusion without proper labeling.

Third, It doesn't matter how underpowered the chip is, it is not an excuse to sell a GDDR4 chip as a stand-in for a GDDR5 chip. Nvidia better be properly labeling these or else they will have another GTX 970 situation on their hands.

Fourth, yes to some extent it is the buyer's job to check specs. On the otherhand, it is also Nvidia's job to make sure those specs are made clear through branding in the first place. Same thing happened when AMD introduce the RX 450 D, a low end GPU that had less cores which AMD distinguished with a D. Nvidia can do the same.

FYI, your 3rd point and 6th point are exactly the same. You also skipped 5.

The only thing you've done here is give everyone advance notice of what Nvidia might not do and thus cause customer confusion. If your plan was to stop fanboys or whatever, all you did was give them fuel.

the card has DDR4 not GDDR4, GDDR4 is a 2006 technology that died in 2008
 
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Honestly, not an issue. It's nvidia's low-end chip. It's purpose is to decode video and have a framebuffer that is not your RAM.
Man, this should be news if they launched these cards with ridiculous amounts of memory, the likes of this 630 4GB back then. :)
 
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Not enough drama!

But before NVIDIA takes mostly undeserved flak, let's throw in some logic, reasoning, common sense and data for a change. :)

First of all, NVIDIA does not sell [comsumer GPUs based on the] GT 1030 [chip], unlike the title of this click-bait news says.

Secondly, GT 1030 specs page does not list a memory type.

Thirdly, it's up to NVIDIA's partners to specify low speed memory type and, oh, my god, at least MSI is semi-honest about that: GEFORCE GT 1030 2GD4 LP OC and GEFORCE GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC (there are two more cards with GD4 monikers but I'm too lazy to list them) - see, it's "D4" meaning DDR4.

Fourthly, GT 1030 is such an underpowered chip, lower spec'ed RAM will hardly make it significantly slower than it already is. Hardly anyone buys GT 1030 to game - this chip is barely faster than built-in Coffee Lake graphics.

Fourthly, it must always be up to a buyer to verify his or her purchases against previously known specs.

Sixthly, it's up to NVIDIA's partners to specify the cards which have a worse memory configuration - this is perhaps the only thing you might accuse NVIDIA of.

Now, let's have some serious drama and loud vapid accusations.

1030 and 750ti trade blows, i dont know any igpu that can do what a 750ti can do so i dont know any igpu that can do what a 1030 can do, also it will make a difference, its already a slow card which just got significantly slower
 
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All I know is that when this happens to Radeon cards, the forum explodes with outrage, but when Team Green cards are getting downgraded nobody cares. The sad part is that us power users will know the difference, so if we put together a PC for mom or dad, this won't be an issue. The problem is when mom or dad get a PC with this in there and they're still getting buffering on their youtube videos or are getting low FPS on solitaire :laugh:

nah. when it happen to red team all i heard was "team green also do it". take this for example: nvidia doing rebrand: cheating customer. period. AMD doing rebrand: brilliant strategy. rebrand parts got new name and much cheaper for the masses to buy. no need to make all new chip from top to bottom every time coming up with new series.

both AMD and nvidia just happy to get free publicity from AMDiot and Nvidiot.
 
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I'm pretty shocked how many people say it's not a big deal, because this card is weak. A gimped card is a gimped card and should be properly differentiated. I know you might not care, because it's not you performance bracket, but then why comment at all? Why do you feel the need to send companies the "no problems here, continue with this" signal and ruin the market for those who actually buy these cards? Come on, show some compassion for fellow PC gamers who buy low end cards!
 
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Just buy the ones with GDDR5 then and don't buy these versions or turn to the competition, then.
Show them with your purchase decisions what you want.
 
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Just buy the ones with GDDR5 then and don't buy these versions or turn to the competition, then.
Show them with your purchase decisions what you want.

The problem being that which card is GDDR5 isn't properly being noted.
 

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The problem being that which card is GDDR5 isn't properly being noted.

It is, except on Palit's box which is a mere render, so expecting full technical detail on there is unreasonable.
 
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I do agree with the differenciation of the cards. If one has slower memory, market it differently. And, make it cheaper. It can appeal to those who have an old system or something very low end without an iGPU (or a very weak one) and make a great HD box or a casual gaming system.
 
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I guess it makes sense. Anything up to GT x40 (including) coupled with DDR3 is not worth it compared to iGPU. With DDR4, if price doesn't increase a lot, it may make more sense in this segment.
 
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