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Geforce GT 1030 (GP108) Rumours

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https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-19b-gi.html

£68.99 seems a little steep? I've been waiting for a good HTPC card cable of playing 4K

OCUK has 1 GT 1030 card brand in stock, competitors has up to 15 brands on pre-orders. Wait a few days and OCUK should have up to 15 brands of GT 1030 on listing with cheapest should be £65 or maybe OCUK could have a exclusive deal with Nvidia that could see some GT 1030 brands for £55. :)

Surprised GT 1030 are much cheaper than RX 550.
 
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OCUK has 1 GT 1030 card brand in stock, competitors has up to 15 brands on pre-orders. Wait a few days and OCUK should have up to 15 brands of GT 1030 on listing with cheapest should be £65 or maybe OCUK could have a exclusive deal with Nvidia that could see some GT 1030 brands for £55. :)

Surprised GT 1030 are much cheaper than RX 550.

How much slower is it though? from what I have seen some AIBs are claiming 2x HD 620 performance, that makes it a good bit slower than the 550.
 
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The new GeForce GT 1030 accelerates your entire PC experience. Its powerful graphics engine and state-of-the-art technologies give you a performance upgrade to drive today’s most demanding PC applications. It makes a great upsell from a basic PC with integrated graphics

I hate the marketing spiel, so misleading.
 
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How much slower is it though? from what I have seen some AIBs are claiming 2x HD 620 performance, that makes it a good bit slower than the 550.

It not how much slower is it though... you should asked "How much faster is it though?".


GT 1030 is faster than RX 550 in all games excepted Hitman DX12 and DOOM Vulkan where GT 1030 are not far behind RX 550.

It is really incredible 30W GPU.
 
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As long as the price is closer to £60 than £80 it looks a decentish entry level card IMHO. Once you get closer to £80 it starts getting to RX460/RX560/GTX1050 territory which is worth the extra money.

But AMD should have really released the RX550 as a full chip,as the OEM version has 25% more shaders,so they kind of walked into that one.
 
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Just received my passive, low profile, MSI card. Unfortunately, OcUK don't list this model and so had to order elsewhere. It is rather expensive for such a relatively low performance card, but the feature set for HTPC duties is second to none.
 
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