COLORFUL Announces Compact GeForce GT 1030 2G Graphics Card
Ron Perillo / 7 years ago
NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 1030 is the response to AMD’s Radeon RX 550 graphics card, and COLORFUL‘s version is finally available. Inside is a power-efficient Pascal-based GPU built on the 16nm process, supporting DX12, OpenGL 4.5, CUDA 6.1 and OpenCL 1.2. All NVIDIA GT 1030 graphics cards come with 2GB of GDDR5 on a 64-bit memory bus. The GP108-300-A1 GPU has one GPC, three SMs, with 384 shading units, 24 TMUs, and 9 ROPs total across it. It draws power directly from the PCIe bus and requires no external PSU connector. The graphics card itself is only 152mm long so it should fit inside most gaming enclosures. Its compact nature and relatively low power-draw also makes it an ideal HTPC graphics card.
COLORFUL GeForce GT 1030 Specifications
COLORFUL’s GT 1030 graphics card is a dual-slot design with a compact PCB. It runs at a base clock frequency of 1227MHz, while the GPU Boost runs up to 1468MHz. The 2GB GDDR5 memory runs at 6000MHz effective. In terms of external display connectors, it has a DVI-D and an HDMI 2.0b that supports up to 7680×4320@60Hz.
The cooling system uses an aluminum block that is actively cooled by a single 90mm fan. This is more than enough to keep the GP108-300-A1 GPU well under the 97C maximum rated temperature. The recommended MSRP is set at £69.99 but actual retail price and availability varies by region.
