ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 low Profile Graphics Card
ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 low Profile Graphics Card is the fantastic graphics card from ASUS. Engineered with a highly-efficient 0dB thermal design, it dissipates heat in complete silence — making GT 1030 the perfect choice for your slimline home-theater PC (HTPC) build. Exclusive AUTO-EXTREME Technology for premium quality and best reliability. ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 also has GPU Tweak II for intuitive performance tweaking. Exclusive ASUS-designed heatsinks with large surface areas effectively cool graphics cards passively so absolutely no sound is produced while running - perfect for high definition and silent home theater PCs and multimedia centers. All ASUS graphics cards are now produced using AUTO-EXTREME Technology, an industry-first, 100% automated production process that incorporates premium materials to set a new standard of quality.
AUTO-EXTREME Technology ensures consistent graphics card quality as well as improved performance and longevity. ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 new manufacturing process is also environmentally friendly, eliminating harsh chemicals and reducing power consumption by 50%. Redesigned with an intuitive, all-new UI, GPU Tweak II makes overclocking easier and more visual than ever, while still retaining advanced options for seasoned overclockers. With one click, the new Gaming Booster function maximizes system performance by removing redundant processes and allocating all available resources automatically.
ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 low Profile Review
Now, after more than a year of dominance at the high end with its Pascal-based 10-series cards, Nvidia is ready to challenge AMD’s entry-level position with GeForce GT 1030.Gigabyte sent over its GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G to represent Nvidia’s latest addition. The card ships with a full-sized slot bracket in place, but it includes a half-height bracket for slim enclosures as well. Although our sample is actively cooled, Gigabyte also sells a passive model sporting the same clock rates. Low-profile
and passively-cooled? Yup.
ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 TDP is a mere 30W, so we can already guess that power consumption, thermals, and acoustics will be some of this board’s advantages over the competition. But can it keep up in our benchmark suite? After all, that’s what determines whether the GT 1030 succeeds GT 730 in our list of gaming graphics cards.
ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 utilizes an all-new graphics processor called GP108, composed of 1.8 billion transistors. It’s a teeny thing at just 70mm², thanks to the same 14nm FinFET process used to manufacture GP107. Compare that to GeForce GT 730’s GK208 chip with 1.02 billion transistors in an 84mm² die. Or how about the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which we’re making the GT 1030 battle in today’s benchmarks? That card’s GM107 GPU has a similar transistor count as GP108, but in a 148mm² die, owing to its 28nm manufacturing process.
Here’s the thing, though: whereas GeForce GTX 750 Ti employs five Streaming Multiprocessors, GT 1030 comes equipped with three. Given 128 CUDA cores per SM/SMM in the Pascal and Maxwell architectures, that’s 384 cores for GT 1030 and 640 for GTX 750 Ti. Both designs also expose eight texture units per SM, totaling 24 on GeForce GT 1030, while GTX 750 Ti gets 40. The two GPUs feature a pair of ROP partitions, giving you up to 16 32-bit integer pixels per clock. However, those partitions are aligned with 256KB slices of L2 cache on GP108 and 1MB slices of L2 on GM107. That means GeForce GT 1030 includes 512KB L2 total—a big reduction from GTX 750 Ti’s 2MB. And whereas GeForce GTX 750 Ti utilizes two 64-bit memory controllers, GT 1030’s specs break the memory bus down into a pair of 32-bit controllers, adding up to a 64-bit interface. That’s a lot of lost resources for a ~4% difference in complexity.
Specifications:
| Video Memory Specifications |
| Type |
GDDR5 |
| Size |
2GB |
| Resolution |
DVI Max Resolution : 1920x1200 |
| Core Clock |
OC Mode - GPU Boost Clock : 1506 MHz , GPU Base Clock : 1266 MHz
Gaming Mode (Default) - GPU Boost Clock : 1468 MHz , GPU Base Clock : 1228 MHz |
| Memory Clock |
6002 MHz |
| BUS Type |
PCI Express 3.0 |
| Memory Interface |
64-bit |
| CUDA Cores |
384 |
| Interface |
| HDMI |
Yes x 1 |
| DVI |
Yes x 1 |
| HDCP |
Yes |
| Power Specifications |
| Recommended PSU |
300W |
| Display Option |
| Multi Display |
3 |
| Application Programming Interfaces |
| DirectX |
12 |
| OpenGL |
4.5 |
| Physical Specifications |
| Dimensions |
173 x 69 x40 mm |
| Warranty |
| Manufacturing Warranty |
2 Years |
