What Linus Missed About The GT 1030

I hope people don't mistake this video as an attack on Linus or anything like that. I just thought there could be better alternatives to the GT 1030 for roughly the same performance but with a much lower price tag.
Ah, well, whatever I guess. I am just glad it is done and that I can move onto the next video. I'm pretty tired. Gotta stop the all nighter stuff. I hope you guys enjoyed this one!
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[@glucio556]

I think Linus missed one of the most important use cases of the GPU: Upgrading an old machine, playing with low standards, not expecting high detail, just steady 60fps in some games at 720p. And that's what my old 1030 did for me. From not being able to play anything at all because of the horrible Intel HD Graphics, to something actually decent.

[@BudgetBin]

He did go over this, but he did so rather briefly. He kinda see where he is coming from, but at the same time, he forgets that some people are either not looking for the the greatest in graphical performance, or just want something to upgrade that old office PC that they have lying around to be more usable. But yeah I agree.

[@bonadoni762]

Well, it is not just Linus. I have seen quite a number of channels and enthusiasts bashing cards like GT 1030 and/or RX 6400 just because the cards do not perform really well on more recent games.

[@glucio556]

@@bonadoni762 True, a lot of reviewers expect a lot from a 70$ card.

[@bonadoni762]

@@glucio556 They seemed to also forgot emulator gamers out there

[@ven5949]

It’s still a waste there are much better options for the same if not lower price for instance a gtx 1050 ti

[@DrDipsh1t]

It's also one of the few gpu's basically guaranteed to work in an optiplex refurb without changing PSUs.

[@Italian_Isaac_Clarke]

GT 1030 Low Profile, 2 gb GDDR5. A great GPU, I slapped it in a Lenovo PC. I am never gonna upgrade that computer ever again because it's my small, cheap, power-saving, old-games PC. With an I5-3470t, 12gb DDR3 800Mhz and the 1030 it's perfect and always will be. Put together in 2021, still holding strong. Some people just want something cheap that doesn't consume much BUT that still gives very good performance for the money, and the 1030 was the last GPU that has done it until now.

[@randomgamingin144p]

unfortunately its not good performance for the money anymore brand new... and used prices aren't exactly good either. but theres another way: low profile workstation cards. the quadro k2200 is cheaper and faster and comes with double the vram and requires no external power and has windows xp driver support, however there is no low profile variant avaliable. however, there is one card that beats the gt 1030 while being cheaper and having more performance as well as being low profile. that card is, the quadro p620.

[@Italian_Isaac_Clarke]

@@randomgamingin144p No, you are wrong. Newer computers now just have better integrated graphics. THAT is the reason why sff GPUs died.

[@calebfairchild3247]

Yep! I have a GT 1030 with an Optiplex 790 , all together under 190$ with a very small power draw. Most of the games I play actually are 100 fps (MMO's runescape, monster hunter rise at 60fps etc), and I can even play many modern games with low or medium settings. DDR5 really isn't that bad , and one day I'll get a beefy pc. Also Idk why you guys don't do it but this card is perfect for 720p so that's what most GT 1030 users set their resolution to. My computer is more powerful than my 700$ laptop and costs less than my Switch lite, and many people don't keep that in mind.

[@BudgetBin]

Oh I agree that 720p is perfectly fine, I just wanted to show that you could get away with 1080p with many games as long as you know what settings to reduce. Glad you enjoyed this video!

[@calebfairchild3247]

@@BudgetBin yeah it was great! Subscribed

[@TotallySearch]

Tbh the GT 710, 1030, 1630,1650 feel like a hero squad of cards needed for third world countries. Especially with how the price to performance for the GT 1030 is pretty good especially if the GPU Market turns sour.

[@Avgosbos]

nah remove the 1630

[@gaming_player1945]

As someone who lives in a third world country and has a GT 1030, it is quite capable for my needs

[@HardWhereHero]

The 1650 is so underwhelming though. I bought one just for giggles and my old r8 270x runs better on most titles. Only advantage of the 1650 is that it supports ALL api's

[@Cyber_Gas]

You forgot the rx 550 where i live it costs the same as gt 1030 and also gt 1630 or gtx idk rn costs more than 3050 where i live

[@gof-mc1pj]

the rx580 fits better those categories

[@poluefemus]

i have the gt 730, and the gt 1030 looks amazing to me, i would be able to play more games without having the gameplay look blurry as hell and laggy as hell

[@Xalgucennia]

Can't you just get a 1030? I mean I know everything costs money, but it's like less than a hundred bucks usually.

[@RMoedoe]

I bought a gddr5 variant of the gt 1030 for just £10.16 fully working drivers not installing I’ve seen a couple other gt 1030s around the £10-£20 untested or faulty and got £30 £40 working (in uk could probably find more in us and other countries) I personally think they can still reign budget supreme as long as you manage expectations

[@BudgetBin]

I absolutely agree, they are great budget cards as long as you remember that the GT 1030 is what it is.

[@bruh-a-nator7845]

I'm happy I came across this channel from the side of the road PC vid, the all around vibe is unique and its nice to see a different perspective. enjoy that well earned sleep 🤟

[@BudgetBin]

It means a lot to me man, I appreciate you reading the description and coming along for the ride. It seriously means a lot, honestly. I promise for more entertaining and fun videos as time goes on! And just because you mentioned it, I'll let you in on a little secret... The next vid is about another PC I found on the side of the road :)

[@HedgehogY2K]

I guess even Halo 2 Cartographer will stop it from going beyond 1080p120. You'll need GTX to get 1440p or 4K on even old games, it's insane how future proof games can be. Trust me, I tested an A12 9800e on Age Of Mythology Titans Expansion and got less than 60fps in 1.85:1 2960x1600. 2017 APU runs 2003 game in 1440p consistently and not 4K. I could only imagine the 5700G only reaching 4K60.

[@blakekelley8112]

in my opinion a brand new 1030 is an amazing value for $80 to upgrade a sff optiplex(which you can get with 6th/7th gen i7's for $150-200) and use it as an emulation gaming pc. the 1030 has plenty of power to emulate thousands of games from 8bit games to the nintendo switch. the low profile form factor and the abundance of small form factor used office computers is keeping the 1030 alive

[@BudgetBin]

Absolutely agree, it isn't a bad card. Especially if you get it in a SFF.

[@Kzxhy]

i mean, an rx 6400 is like $20-30 more and provides much better performance

[@mayday9621]

that's exactly what I'm using this card for , in an optiplex 3050 sff / i5 6500 . I think this is the fastest card this machine can take , because it's power supply is just 180 w . Is there any alternative in 35 watts & also half-height low profile ?

[@Kzxhy]

@@mayday9621 180w psu will be fine with a half height lp rx 6400. a 6400 on pcie 3 will still be faster than a 1030 easily. you could also get an rtx a2000, but it does cost a bit more.

[@mayday9621]

@@Kzxhy , I feel you're not using sff 😮‍💨 while both my machines are sff box . A2000 & most rx6400 won't fit physically too . The space above the pcie slot card is one inch . it can accommodate half-inch height sink+fan only . And there are other devices that draw on the 180w , leaving about 35w marginally . This is why the Gt1030 is still selling at good price .

[@HedgehogY2K]

I think the GT 1030 has it's permanent place in the world. Because MSI dropped Displayport 1.4a on their variant of the card, it is now since 2019-a G-Sync capable GPU. Not to mention the fact that Displayport 1.4a can use DSC and can allow Nvidia's PureVideo 8 to stretch it's legs as an 8K HEVC/VP9 video player... Assuming you have an 8K screen and if you find value in integer scaling 4K to 8K with a re-encode of the original bluray... Just saying. I'd say the best use would be giving old games some good ol G-Sync.

[@BudgetBin]

I agree, to a degree. For many this card is all someone needs for what they will game on. And yeah I saw that on the MSI variant. Nice.

[@HedgehogY2K]

@@BudgetBin Whoa!!! You reply to like... Every comment. That's dedication.

[@BudgetBin]

@@HedgehogY2K I try, I try. Lol.

[@churblefurbles]

Eh, the problem is Mad VR prefers 4GB VRAM. Also no av1 decode.

[@gorjaharchangel2267]

The R9 270 was my go to option for the low end. I have bought one a few months ago for 20€ and it works perfectly fine. It's mostly on idle as I don't have enough time to game on that computer. For this old card the chrome extension h264ify is a saving grace because during some video playbacks on youtube I saw a 70-80% usage of the card. After using this extension the usage dropped to 10-20%. It is still more than capable in older AAA or more casual games without burning 200W while being much better than the GT 1030 and similar performance to the RX 460.

[@BudgetBin]

There is a lot you can do with older hardware if you are dedicated enough. 20€ is a great deal for a R9 270.

[@GhostLinx]

You can find one for less than 30€ , put it in a optiplex or something similar with an i5 , add ram so its 16 gigs, add an ssd and more storage in hdd if needed and boom youve got a pc that runs games just like the original PS4 for about 100€ , all you gotta do now is download a 400gb rom dump and pirtate all your favorite games and buy a cheap 1080p 60hrtz monitor or tv , a game controller, a keyboard and mouse and a gaming headset and speakers (all for under 100€ used) and your pretty much having a blast, everyone getting into pc gaming for a buget should know that with less than 200€ you can have a really good experience.

[@n1ckname5]

I was planning to buy GT 1030 for my friend who has i3 3240, 8GB RAM and 240W PSU. this card seemed like a great option for that PC, but in the end I ended up buying GTX 1050 Low Profile for 45$. For what they're worth, I think both 1030 and 1050 are good graphics cards for upgrading such kind of low end PCs to play older games like GTA V on 720p. They're certainly not an E-waste.

[@stephancollet7176]

GT 1030 GDDR5 is the fastest passive cooled graphics card available. Power consumption is 30W max & 12W idle. It plays 4k 60fps HEVC Videos absolutely fine.

[@GlassDarkly]

There are some passively cooled 1650s available, but to be fair I wouldn't want to put one of those in a system that didn't have really good air flow running through it, which is really not an issue with the 1030

[@briitash]

I'd recommend checking out AMD's Pro WX series. Their WX3100 for example is pcie 3.0x16, 4gb DDR5, 53w TDP, Mini HDMI output and costs about the same price.

[@WellBeSerious12]

Neutral opinion: you need 4GB VRAM minimum for medium 1080p 60+FPS, and 8GB for mostly maximum 1080p 60+FPS in most games. 6GB might be for medium-high. Of course all other hardware matters too and so do the games. R9 290 is a 'wild card' (get it?) where you can maximize most graphics in most games at 1080p. Drawback is extreme noise/heat/energy usage. GT 1030 isn't a bad card - it's at a constantly bad price.

[@pffpffovich2398]

GDDR5 GT1030 is the perfect option to put in your office PC to spend some free time while your boss goes somewhere and you don't have that much work to do

[@NeoreliGaming]

8:16 THIS PRETTY GOOD sounds like a meme to me😂

[@Matt08719801]

for small oem refurbishing on old sandy ivy haswell systems the absolute most surprising card ive found for a super cheap price is the quadro k620 , ive tested it compared to the 1030 it performs real close in pcie 3.0 within 9 percent of a 1030 , its form factor is so small it fits in anything , and if you want a good retro setup with an older 775 system with a core 2 quad then it actually works a lot better than a 1030 , so in conclusion the k620 is the ultimate all around budget option at $17-$20 on average it uses maxwell architecture which i found was right there with pascal on the lower end cards for instance the gtx 950 and gtx 1050 are nearly indentical in peformance

[@RiptideUrBadLol]

I have a 3090 for my main but a 1030 for the pc in the living room, it's a little mini itx hooked up to the TV, I use it for KZbin, Netflix and for emulators like Mario cart when I have friends over. Little card is quite impressive for something without a fan that only takes power off of the pcie slot

[@jayireland561]

I recently bought a GT1030 for a niche use case...surround sound. See my graphics card only has one HDMI port and my TV does not support DTS passthrough via its EARC port. The 1030 is perfect because it has an HDMI 2.0 output that I can send to my receiver for uncompressed Dolby Atmos and DTSX surround and only takes up one PCIE slot so it doesn't get in the way of airflow.

[@SkullGamingNation]

On the other hand if you do not plan on gaming with this card the gt 1030 card would make an excellent choice for those who wish to host dedicated servers such as myself. Basic card for basic tasks

[@Dtr146]

AMD FSR has basically breathed new life into budget graphics cards. I saw a person take a GTX 760 and play war zone audit at 60 FPS 1080p

[@Blackfatrat]

The gtx 760 spanks the gt 1030 with about twice the performance and you can get it for like 20 euros used.

[@spvvk3621]

> low profile gpu

[@EmberBlitz]

Linus' standards are just way too high. The other thing is, people don't have money for higher end GPUs like you mentioned, and don't forget, it doesn't require a power connector and has a low profile form factor, so it may be the only choice for many with small form factor PCs. Just make sure you get the GDDR5 version as well, the DDR4 version is the one you should avoid.

[@jamesmarcel8330]

Just bought a secondhand desktop with a 1030 for emulation purposes. It will work for the short term until i can get something better

[@andyboa8107]

AFAIK there is no alternative if you have one slot with low profile. This card saved me, now I can use my SFF PC in 4K.

[@derickrodriguez5797]

I agree. Thats one thing I think Linus and this video missed. If you only have a single slot or are limited to a PCI 3x4 slot then you don't have any other options really.

[@andyboa8107]

@derickrodriguez5797 and if you're limited by a 180W PSU as I was. This card is amazing really for office, CPU intensive graphics editing/video encoding.

[@wifinesesi]

Hi, stumbled into your channel and gotta say, great video. You have made a very good arguement, and it is nice to see people criticize youtube giants

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@wulfaxe7661]

GT1030 was my first ever card, i had back in 19, had so much fun seeing my games actually fucking run, i was a pc gamer, but after putting a 1030, man, i really started to game on

[@IceClawz.]

1:14 if the gt1030 was their only option why would they watch a video on it reviewing it compared to similarly priced cards? the LTT video wouldn't be aimed at them because they already have the card.

[@BudgetBin]

Schrödinger's cat. They do or they don't. We just wouldn't know this. But many people watch videos about things they have or have experienced all the time, and either want to see someone else's opinion or learn something they didn't know about before. Instead of asking me or Linus, I would ask the algorithm since they have the real answer.

[@Artlas1]

a friend upgraded his old prebuilt, the 1030 was the best card he could get with the 250w power supply limitation

[@HeartFeltPuma23]

Thank you for this video, the 1030 is one hell of a workhorse gpu and it can do a lot, I've used mine for almost 3 years playing games both old and new, grinded the hell out of destiny 2 and did a lot of video and photo editing on it. It was all I could afford when I built my pc and it treated me incredibly well, I upgraded to a 4070 super less than a month ago after a lot of struggling and have been enjoying it of course but that cute little 1030 will always have a special place in my heart as my first GPU and what made it possible to do many things I thought impossible before!

[@flamespirit1]

The thing is, if you get the 1030 for free, or you found it in the dumpster than that's okay. It's not okay to buy it new now for $200

[@BudgetBin]

I absolutely agree, I feel like if you get it for a near free price that, that would be fine for a GT 1030, or if in which ever country you love in that the price is right for it, if other cars are over priced compared to the states.

[@grimmpickins2559]

My sweet spot is the $120 range for my accidental collection - I've been finding weird stuff in that bracket... Titan Black, Rx5100 (sadly RIP), Matrix 2gb 5870... I recently got a 980ti for $80. I know that isn't quite normal, especially for an EVGA... but... miracles happen in old and oddball tech? if you cruise low-end older systems, especially DIY enthusiast stuff - you end up with decent power supplies. I realize energy is a concern, but I guess I went with the keeping it out of the landfill approach. For less than a 1030 there are a lot of options - but none of them 'new'. I think warranties and clean parts mean a lot to people. Not me, LOL. I have a modern computer, 10th gen Intel and RX6600 - and I don't game on it. It is there for the general usage and my work that I take home as a chef... The wife games on it, but she's a console player mostly. The computer that I game on is a dual x5680 Xeon, 980ti, 1600x1200 75hz monitor on Linux... I run cRPGs mostly, and this can hang with most new releases (sometimes better than older releases, cRPGs are weird for computer spec). Admittedly, this is sort of a... well... niche build. My real computer smokes this thing, but the damned vibe... and the 12 total cores... just muscles through everything. It can actually... occasionally... push the 980ti to 100%. So, yeah, I totally agree with you - not everyone buying a low-end graphics card is fooled. My next build is going to be a reverse-reverse-sleeper - or whatever it is... I want to celebrate the last Pentium (g7400) in a build that is absolutely overkill for it, but still has a vibe. I got an old PC in an Antec case from the 2006-8 era... clear side... Look forward to seeing what else you do, I subscribed :)

[@BudgetBin]

Glad to hear interesting stories and tech from other like-minded people such as yourself! I am glad to have you on board. I promise you more interesting video and topics will be coming up very soon, especially with some older tech. Also, I resonate with the whole "I have a modern computer..." yet, "...I don't game on it." to a degree. lol

[@EvoWatches]

I use an R7 270x that i got for $20 bundled with a psu. It can run Spider-Man remastered. I think 25 frames on SMR is very playable

[@madmax2069]

I mainly bought a GT 1030 for multimedia purposes, going from the stock iGPU to a GT 1030 allowed my low end system to play high bitrate UHD videos with ease where with the iGPU it struggled to play back 1080p content. And people that buy a GT 1030 for gaming aren't looking for high end visuals, they're just looking to be able to play something better than their iGPU can do. Or they simply need an extra display output. Back in the mid to late 90s 15-20 FPS was the norm for me, and i considered that playable.

[@faceofdead]

Just got a Zotac 1030 for my Mini ATX - the card is slim and perfect for the little space in the case. You don't need much more than this. Everything new is forgotten old.

[@Amiruny]

linus tech too spoiled with his RTX 6969ti

[@SIPEROTH]

Maybe but his right about how bad it is. Sure if you have an old Intel CPU with integrated graphics this will be much better etc BUT even if you are budget buying there is no reason to buy a less capable product when a much better product is available at close prices. I had a 1050Ti since 2017 and that little card for the last 7 years was a real trooper in the sense that yes with such cards you can't have high settings and high fps unless is old games BUT the 1050Ti allowed for the games to look and feel decent while the 1030 is always a struggle to have a nice experience since you ether have frame issues or the setting are so bad that the game looks really bad visually. You can never sit down with a 1030 and say this seems and plays nice unless is quite an old game. Is the difference between playing and actually enjoying yourself for years vs just struggling to have a half decent experience for years and the money difference for that experience is so small that it doesn't justify getting a 1030. I bought my 1050Ti for 150 euro back then and the 1030 was going for 120 to 130 at the time. Giving 20 to 30 more for such difference in experience is very much worth it. So when Linus said that a 1050Ti or a 1650 were much better choices he was absolutely right.

[@xbuildscustoms]

nicee! i see improvements on the editing. your videos are always well put. btw that warzone test ...🤣 good stuff

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks man. I try, I try lol. Always glad you enjoyed it!

[@KiLDELTA]

When I had my first job, having a very low pay, I did not have enough budget to get a decent gaming PC. I was still rocking my i5 3470 PC and was not yet into getting used graphics card. I was able to purchase the GT 1030 OC edition and used that for more than a year and I had a great time with it. I was only playing CS, some old racing games, COD 4 modern warfare 1/2/3 and a few older titles and it was enough for its purpose.... eventually I was able to upgrade to an i7 3770 with the 1060 6GB both used which was far far better... Now I am able to afford a decent entry level pc, but I really do appreciate the fun that little card gave me during my first job days... it helped me hold on to my sanity lol

[@certs743]

Another area where the GT 1030 is great for a low end gaming system is with any small form factor prebuilt. Your options drop off a cliff when you need both affordable, and half height and will run on a 280 PSU

[@Droogie128]

An rx 6400 or low profile 1650, or even 1050ti will do way better than the 1030. I use a 1030 in my living room htpc, but that's only because I got it for $20 and only wanted the hdmi 2.0 port and passive cooling.

[@clorfeld]

Definitely enjoy this style of video. Keep it up man. Love the channel!

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@juota]

You also missed the thing about budget gamer, some of them forcing themself to buy what they can afford not because they want to play the game but because they got FOMO if they dont play new game they've pirated

[@mohamedmostafamohamedmahbo5706]

When you're spoild You don't think of the unfortuned

[@BudgetBin]

Absolutely, I think people tend to forget that for some people, a four core CPU is a high end deal in there situation, or that 8gbs of ram is a lot a ram for them.

[@Blackfatrat]

Wrong. Both Intels brand new a380(99-130 dollsrs depending on region) and even the ancient gtx 970 spanks the shit out of the gt 1030 though.... A gtx 760, which you can get incredibly cheap, spanks the gt 1030 with more than twice the performance. Linus even mentions this. This card shouldnt exist. There are better and cheaper used cards or newer and much much much more powerful cards. The only reason to get a gt 1030 is if your local market has no used cards at all and no rx 6400 or arc a380.

[@Tasterr0512]

I bought the gt 1030 because that's what my cheap ass can buy.

[@Jako3334074]

@@Blackfatrat gt 1030 only uses 30W, single-slot, low-profile gtx 970 draws 148W maximum, double-slot, not low-profile gtx 760 draws 170W maximum, double-slot, not low-profile you are assuming that a dirt cheap PC has >300W to work with & actually has room to fit any of those cards

[@donaldnemesis393]

Yeah, I had seen a lot of people got spoiled by 120hz+ screen and saying something like "60fps feels like ppt!"

[@allesbelegt]

Depending on where you live, you can also get the Quadro P400 for the same price used as the gt1030. Same compact size, same power consumption and, same performance, but it has the plus of video encoding isn't disabled and it comes with 3 mini-displayport outputs.

[@madmax2069]

I've been burned one too many times buying used GPUs, if I can I'll buy new that way I know it's not been mistreated.

[@DragPantz]

Loving the info and quality my man.

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it yourself!

[@phungyi4947]

What everybody misses is that not everything revolves around gaming. Shocking I know, but there's other compute tasks out there..

[@explorer9049]

you can optionally use nimez drivers for the older gcn based graphics cards.

[@BudgetBin]

Gotcha, will def use that in the future.

[@gadjox]

the gt1030 is excellent if you can find the version with dp/hdmi and 4k outputs. That can drive two 4k desktops with passive cooling for less than 100$. You won't play anything more on it than diablo ii, but hey, it's not made for that.

[@darkdusty1937]

in my place specifically cebu, the cheapest upgrade to my gtx 645 and i want dx12 for mh rise is the gt 1030

[@janwitkowsky8787]

I hadn't been in the Desktop game for a long time. From 2004 to 2019, I went the laptop route, mostly because of logistics with moving from place to place. But... When I finally started going back into it, I had a Ryzen build at my father's place (Because, at the time, I spent most of my time there) and then I wanted to make a cheap-o build at a friend's place. So I started out with a Lenovo Desktop i3-2120, upped with a new PSU, RAM and an i5-2400. I couldn't get a hold of a GT 1030 GDDR5 at a reasonable price... so I went looking 2nd hand. I ended up with HD 7770. Later upgraded to GTX 660 And then GTX 960 2GB Followed by GTX 960 4GB. THough by this point my i5-2400 had been swapped out with a i7-6700 build, which was a hand me down. Regardless, after the 960s, I started upgrading my main build (The Ryzen build) and I had spares, so as time went on, I have ended up with two near identical builds. R5-3600 + RX6650XT vs R7-5700x + RX6650XT There have been a couple of Polaris card in between RX480/580/590 and the like. And I've gone from the whole spectrum of R3-1200 and Athlon 200ge to the R7-1700x, R5-x600s to the current builds. Regardless though. WIth increasing electric prices. I have started making a new low power build, with the GT 1030-esque performance. Vega 11 on the R5-3400G xD

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

Got a pc for my roommate and replaced the GTX630 with a HD5450 I´ve modded a fan onto (case is smal and has bad ventilation) and the reason is simple: the only games he might going to play with it lunched during or before Windos XP area and are games like Command and Conquer so he won´t need anything more powerfull, if he does I still have a GTS250 and save the GTX630 for a different case.

[@Firefox133170]

bros gotta very pleasant voice, keep it up! :)

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks! I will keep making more videos until I can't anymore!

[@AlashAls]

when GT 1030 was launched, my cousin had a really low budget and I had bought him an GTX 770. But the card had it's own problem so I had to return it and get a GT 1030 paired with an i5 4th gen. He played CSGO and then upgraded to GTX 1650 super.

[@Matt08719801]

as far as what you can get for used in the price people still want for gt 1030 ddr5 cards its hands down the gtx 970 , it completely demolishes a 1030 , it demolishes a 1050ti for that matter

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

At gt 1030 prices you can get rx 580 which is amazing end .

[@AntiGrieferGames]

Depends on CPU. RX 580 got a way higher TDP than gt 1030 did.

[@unlimitedslash]

Hey, i played for a while FFXIV on a GT610, overclocked to the max, but hey, i played at low 1024x768 35 fps.

[@AntoniNorman]

Also the WX 2100 and E9173 can be found for very cheap and Linux friendly so great for emulation based OS's. Also Low power at just 35W and are low profile and will fit in anything. Will it play Cyberpunk 2077, well it will open it but won't go north of 20 FPS even at the lowest settings. But will emulate most systems and play games that are over 5 years old very well. For around £/$60 you can pick up a HP ProDesk 600 G1 and a WX 2100/E9173 and get up and gaming on a budget and it won't break the bank powering it. Most games will run happy on a 4th gen T CPU that only uses 45W (something like a i7-4770T) so the system will draw less then a 100W maxed out.

[@theepicslayer7sss101]

i am about to buy one for a friend, he has a Dell OptiPlex 790 SFF (Small Form Factor) and the PCIe 16x slot only can deliver 35 watts... this 30 watt card is the "Epitaph" of that wattage range i can place in. (poor guy was playing VRChat with the onboard graphics and it is "intel", not AMD onboard meaning all it can do is play KZbin videos...) so all in all, sometimes that is all you can get!

[@johnl5753]

Awesome video! You got my sub. I bought the GT 1030 to play Mount & Blade Warband and LoL on a used Dell Optiplex. Before that I was playing it on a laptop with DDR2 RAM. So, the performance upgrade was amazing. 👍

[@BudgetBin]

Glad you liked the video! And nice choice in games!

[@kparserpcs6699]

hey man I am really loving the videos and how well they are getting

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks man, I appreciate the support!

[@Hybred]

Budget AMD cards tend to be better due to community supported / modded drivers enabling newer features and also giving performance uplifts in newer titles where driver support has been officially dropped. When testing old AMD cards I recommend trying it with Nimez instead of official drivers. This isn't the only advantage AMD drivers have but NVIDIA drivers have a huge CPU overhead which will reduce performance when CPU limited and these budget builds tend to also have weak CPUs to pair with their weak graphics card. These factors are important to take note of, you can look up benchmarks and guides online opining on this.

[@BudgetBin]

I agree, community support for AMD cards is really strong and makes them more sought after by enthusiasts.

[@AntiGrieferGames]

hd5450 got a very outdated driver, so no wonder why i replaced with a gt 1030 on it. I dont see difference on Emulation like Wii/Gamecube but the Native Gaming is day and night difference. CPU overhead is mainly on Nvidia Control Panel, which i didnt installed that.

[@BenKlassen1]

I bought the GT 1030 because it's the fanless version and is completely silent. I installed it in a home theater PC (HTPC) that had an older Intel CPU that lacked the hardware decoding of the newest streaming service codecs. Gaming was not really a factor but it has done well with the basic games I've played on it. I have a gaming PC for power computing. I'm looking to get the Intel Arc A310 next for it's AV1 hardware decoding support for my HTPC. Interesting video! Thanks!

[@BudgetBin]

If you have the right hardware, the Arc A310 is a great budget choice if you need hardware decoding. Glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@kelownatechkid]

Yeah agreed. The GT 1030 even supports stereoscopic 3d with the appropriate (old) driver configuration for the blu-ray 3D fans out there ;) I have several gt 710 cards since they can be had in an x1 variant.

[@robertfurr4678]

The big issue with Kepler GPUs like the 650TI is that Nvidia no longer updates drivers for it.

[@chazbotic]

your R9 270 looks like an HP 818419-001, the Hippo2, which uses the 21.5.1 driver.

[@wilsondavenport6939]

Ik this video from Linus is kinda old but the arc A380 is much newer and has AV1 so better 4k playback and now had a low profile version with out an external power

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

It can be used for basic graphics interface for monitors who need it just to work for basic things.

[@Thepaddster]

Having gone down that path (almost always the processor has no onboard video) I'd want something passive. The GT1030 has a fan that will die or get/be noisy

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

@@Thepaddster I have old gt 710 it just basic display driver. Gtx 1070 I as well I am thinking of leaving nivida ether Intel or AMD.

[@popescuandrei8728]

@@Thepaddster there is a passive cooled variant made by gigabyte.

[@senseal5462]

one thing i hate linus for is his tests where GPUS that requireed external PSU power the 1030 gets all its power from the PCIE port

[@james8449100]

I paid money for one i don't regret it. It was the most powerful card that would fit my case and psu. It was a good buy

[@CDM14y]

How about the intel arc A310, even tho it is 100$ it uses just pcie power and has support for RT.

[@BudgetBin]

@@CDM14y it's not bad, if it were under $100 (like $79.99) I would consider it a great card despite not being a budget powerhouse or anything like that.

[@Blackfatrat]

Both Intels brand new a380(99-130 dollsrs depending on region) and even the ancient gtx 750 ti spanks the shit out of the gt 1030 though....

[@BudgetBin]

The GTX 970, sure. The A380? I need to make a follow up video on that one soon, because, it is far from a good card on a budget. Also both cards pull way more watts than the GT 1030.

[@Blackfatrat]

​@@BudgetBin no idea how it happened but meant to write gtx 750 ti lol. Weird how my brain went to 970. 750 ti actually doesnt require more power connectors and still beats it.

[@chomper720]

At the very least with Radeon you can try NimeZ driver when AMD fails at drivers...

[@Levi-rr4xc]

My recommendation would be 1650 only, if i am putting my money on something i would rather buy something decent

[@vibavy]

i believe a difference between linus and your video is that you have newer drivers, better game optimisation and more?

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Budget Bin, I got a YT Recommendation for your "Side of the Road Office PC" today, I enjoyed it as I really like that type of video & you did a good job, so thought I'd watch some more. Yeah like you said at the end if the plan is to do some "Easy to Run" 1080p gaming there are many other cheap GPUs that are WAAAY better than GT1030 generally for similar or just a few more $$, especially if you make the easy mistake of getting the GT1030 DDR4 version which might be why Linus' one was worse than yours in APEXLegends. Not sure if you know but there are some cool settings in Afterburner to save you some explaining. For GPU performance videos in the "Monitoring" Tab it would be good to add the "Frametime" (Scroll the List where GPU Temp is" & go under that box to "Show in Onscreen Display" set it to "Graph", rather than just seeing the Avg fps this will also give an indication if there is Stuttering. Also in Afterburner Settings in the "Monitoring" Tab down the bottom of the page you can rename the CPU, GPU & so on with the "✅Override Group Name" then type what you want in the box to the right.

[@BudgetBin]

This has been very helpful and I am definitely going to be looking into these settings in one of my future videos. Glad you found the channel and I hope you enjoy my content!

[@mandadog2449]

i recently happly UPGRATED from a 3060 to a 670 and it is great if not better in terms of maximum fps and thge only problems i found are about drivers and thermal

[@bearskorner9790]

I got a gtx 970 for 58 dollars it's my new favorite card

[@oussamakhlif3702]

Great vid dude could you mention the name of the background song thx

[@BudgetBin]

Sure, which one?

[@oussamakhlif3702]

1st

[@BudgetBin]

@@oussamakhlif3702 Paradigm [Stage 4] from Gimmick!

[@oussamakhlif3702]

@@BudgetBin much appreciation

[@jabanan]

I am actually watching this on my budget PC where I didnt want a GT 1030 so I got a GTX 650ti boost. And with i5-6500 this is a very capable pc

[@dasmin1135]

NVIDIA GT 1030 is the perfect graphics card upgrade for AMD Athlon 3000G based PC which doesn't have a x16 lanes PCIe 3.0.

[@StormKnight1]

I guess I'm slightly above the minimum bar with my 1050ti and i7 7700. My old retro PC has a GT9600 though and even with a card that old I'm surprised how many stuff can it play.

[@themaavpage8169]

i got my rx560 (the slower version so rx460 level performance) at $48. It’s still a much better deal than the gt1030

[@childishcorbino2738]

You should give me a gt1030. In exchange for a crisp high five.

[@BudgetBin]

I'll think about it lol

[@childishcorbino2738]

@@BudgetBin I dont really need one I just need a gpu for the my gfs pc

[@tjorence3483]

Have u guys tried increasong its voltage to 100% it gives +100% output I am using it with no issue. with 7k memory boost. it was soo good..

[@nicklem9846]

I have a chinese "jegy" Rx 460 variant of the card but for some reason it crashes drivers all the time when gaming, ONLY when gaming, never reached over 60 degrees and it can stand furmark for over 6 hours and more without any errors or crashes. Have you ever heard something of this variant or how to stabilize it? Im trying to figure it out 3 years now without any success!

[@gorganfredman5363]

have you tried underclock?

[@won4151]

Lol you can just buy amd rx 580 and ryzen 5 3600 a beast 1080p gaming machine in much lower budget.

[@harrybryan9633]

I had my GT1030 because it was the best option for my SFF gaming rig at the time. I replaced it a few years later with a GTX 1650 LP card that is still running in my SFF rig.

[@AntiGrieferGames]

I got a gt 1030 because i cant find a better gpu with very low tdp. It improves like 15 times compared to hd5450 1gb. This is not a low profile one because its a big Office PC with a core 2 duo one.

[@barriobarranco]

It's a very cheap alternative to the utterly crap "Apple 4k" for Zwift....buy a 4th Gen i3 4130-70 "Haswell" office PC for £30, and stick a 120gb SATA SSD/clean windows 10 install and one of these cards in it and on Medium(including shadows)/1080 it'll give 50-60-fps....

[@pem5139]

I only play Diablo Immortal and Warcraft 3 on my pc. Both run like a champ with my GT 1030. 90+ fps

[@squaremakescircle]

the gt 1030 was spectacular 5 years ago nowadays the rx 550 and quadro p620 do what the gt 1030 used to do, and are very cheap used ($30-$40 usd) I actually run a p620 myself, it can even handle cyberpunk if expectations are kept realistic (low settings, 1360x768, fsr balanced, 30-40fps), the gt 1030 cant do that

[@BlessedByFax]

This is a good video but the best budget card with just motherboard power is the quadro m2000 at around 50 bucks

[@AmstradExin]

....Or have a friend or coworker who gives you his old,, unused GTX 960 for free if you're not such a coward and just ASK. This is often overlooked and not mentioned.

[@zedorda1337]

GT 1030 is a single slot card and nothing you compared it to was a single slot card. How is this fair. I only have a single slot for a video card.

[@jonsouth1545]

I love my GT1030 I have a modified Dell Optiplex 9010 with 24 gig of 1600hz ddr3 with the size of the case it was the best option for me especially as I have limited delivery options that meant ali express etc were not availiable.

[@senua2491]

is the gt 1030 a good option to a Optiplex X22? it's a SFF. That's why I'm with several doubts. an Arc 310, RX580 or this GT 1030

[@tyylikkyyden_orja]

so how about the intel arc 380 or intel arc 510 i think the intel arc 750 is equal to an rtx 3060 just with 8 gb of vram

[@teqnninja5463]

i have a dell optiplex 7040 sff i7-6700 gt 1030 ddr4 was great better than integrated graphics. ddr5 is better of course. for the sff people i rec getting a rx 550 4gb good for the price if you have more money laying around get a rx6400

[@luksus_cze]

I got the GT 1030 for 20 bucks. I think I got very good deal :D.

[@tlstechtalk]

I unfortunately have the DDR4 version. It is not any better than most integrated gpu's.