Gigabyte GeForce GT 710 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card
Key Feature
- Memory Size: 2 GB
- Graphics Engine: GeForce® GT 710
- Core Clock: 954 MHz
- Memory Type: DDR5
- Memory Clock: 5010 MHz
Gigabyte GeForce GT 710 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card
- Powered by NVIDIA Gigabyte GeForce GT 710
- Integrated with 2GB GDDR5 64bit memory interface
- Core clock： 954MHz
- Features Dual-link DVI-I / HDMI
- Support PCI Express 2.0 x8 bus interface
- Recommended system power supply requirement: 300W
Gigabyte GeForce GT 710 2GB DDR5 Review
Gigabyte GeForce GT 710 Advances in integrated graphics performance have all but destroyed the market for such low-end graphics cards in new PCs. Modern CPUs from Intel, and even more so those from AMD, come with built in graphics capabilities which are more than adequate for most non-gaming purposes.
The Gigabyte GeForce GT 710 specification is most certainly that of an entry-level product. With 192 CUDA cores and just 1GB of DDR3 memory, connected via a 64-bit bus, it’s clear that this card isn’t designed for high performance. It may be considerably faster than many of Intel’s existing integrated graphics solutions, it’s still best purchased for its features rather than its speed.
The Gigabyte GeForce GT 710 gives you one each of VGA, HDMI and DVI-D outputs and, if you have the right peripherals, you’ll be able to display 3D content on supported TVs and displays with billions of colours and support for 7.1 surround sound. The card can output on all three ports simultaneously for multi-monitor setups, although sadly there’s no DisplayPort available. Resolutions at 60Hz max out at 2560×1600 for digital outputs and 2048×1536 via the VGA adapter, but you can setup up to 3840×2160 or even 4096×2160 over HDMI if you drop the refresh rate to 30Hz and 24Hz respectively. (You won’t want to do that – it’s possible but not recommended.)
Thanks to its passively cooled, fanless design, the runs completely silently and the absence of moving parts will increase long-term reliability over and above fan-based coolers which will can fill with dust and seize up over time.
One of the key advantages of this particular card, other than the price, is ability to fit in just about any PC.
Nvidia claims the GeForce GT710 has “up to 10x better performance than integrated graphics”, but don’t buy it for that reason as it’s really not a sensible performance upgrade for gaming. When it comes to frame per second, you’d most likely find you’ve transformed your PC from “Don’t even think about it” to “Nope, still really not fast enough”.
Let’s keep things in perspective here. The GT 710 costs less to buy than a single top-tier game, so if you can afford to buy games, you really should be able to budget for a faster card than this.
However, if you’re really determined, and your expectations are low, you can get some less demanding titles to run faster than a slide show. Crank the quality settings all the way down as low as possible, stick to 720p resolution and some titles do become playable – even recent releases.
DiRT Rally, for example, averaged 76.5fps at 720p in Ultra Low settings in our tests. You can certainly play the game with perfectly smooth graphics using the GeForce GT 710, but it’s far from pretty and you’re unlikely to be happy with the low-quality version of the game these settings deliver.
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