We had been hearing about NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 1030 recently, but now we finally have the final specifications. It has actually been revealed as being the KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EXOC White, and features a very low profile size (162 x 121 x 22 mm). As we learned recently, this will be the card that NVIDIA will release to take on AMD’s recent Radeon RX 550.
This card will utilize the new GP108 GPU that is based on the Pascal architecture. This will be a low-end card that will suit most casual gaming experiences, which puts it as the successor to the GT 930 / GT 730. AMD’s Radeon RX 550 is currently priced at $79, though rumored pricing for the GeForce GT 1030 has been around $59-$69. Official details on the pricing should be coming soon.
What’s interesting to note here is that it’s mentioned that the GP108 GPU will feature 384 CUDA cores, which is different compared to the 512 CUDA cores we had been hearing recently. This could mean that we end up getting 2 variants of this card, with the 2GB version containing 384 CUDA cores and the 4GB version coming with the expected 512 CUDA cores. We’ll have to wait on the official confirmation to verify this, but for now that seems to be how they’re going to release this.
The other specifications that we got recently for the GeForce GT 1030 remain unchanged. The card will have 2 GPCs, with each one containing 2 SM blocks for a total of 4 overall. It features 32 TMUs and 16 ROPs, while sporting clock frequencies of 1252 MHz base and 1506 MHz boost. The card packs a 64-bit wide bus and ships with the aforementioned 2 or 4 GB of GDDR5 memory. 6 Gbps chips are being used on this graphics card, which would result in a memory bandwidth of 48 GB/s. No additional power connector will be required, and the TDP will be rated at just 30w.
NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 1030 boasts similar specs to AMD’s Radeon RX 550, making it another great entry level graphics card. It’s expected to be officially announced soon with a launch coming next month.
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