People buy the cheapest dedicated graphics cards when the integrated ones have issues and they don't want to upgrade the mobo or CPU. They don't care about gaming, they just want the cheapest solution to keep using their PC.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff 🙂 yes in theory but in actual boots on the ground practice what Amazon sells is exactly how the real world works, any country, rich or poor 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
false, this is what ebay sellers put into their so called "gaming pc"-s they offer just so it isnt misleading when you call it NVIDIA GAMING PC FORTNITE
I guess I could put it in my server so I would be able to start blender since I have a poweredge R710 and it doesn't allow me to open OBS, blender or unity bc I don't have supported graphics. So I guess tht a potential use case
@@Maggashi I have blender on an 8th gen i5 asus laptop without dedicated graphics? Haven't done much with it, just got it to see if I could use it and it seems to be possible?
@@Darenz-cg9zg Got me a new Pre-Build for $2000 with a 3070 last month. You are right, If it had only been a 3060 that would be too much. However with the 3070 and crypto mining it when not gaming I could justify the cost. It will pay itself off in 250 days give or take with crypto price fluctuation. I also mine my old 1060.With both I get about $7.50 on days with no gaming and $4.50 on days with gaming. I game 6 to 8 hours if I game. Ahh Crypto mining the only way to turn your PC into a true arcade, NOW I FEEL LIKE I PAY TO PLAY. Drop in a quarter for another hour. Hell the 3070 making $0.29 an hour + $0.09 from the 1060. Closer too 2 quarters.
@@Transformer-gc3nx that happened to me and gt 710 was the only reasonably priced gpu lol, all the other Gpus were either out of stock or very overpriced
You are right, it's crazy how tech community things everything about performance it's related to gaming. They think lcd are made for gaming, that pixels 2k, 4k is for gaming, graphics card for gaming etc... when there are tons of ppl including me who buys these things for work...
for 50 bucks that is still a ripoff, I remember that I used to have a GTX 550Ti As a GPU, when I sold it for 20 bucks the guy that bought it actually said he buys used lower tier GPUs like mine for extra monitor connections. It makes sense because he still saved his company some money When it comes to a lot of Monitors (like double digit numbers) companies generally settle on GPUs by Matrox (which granted are a much bigger ripoff than a 710)
As I've been in IT for over 25 years, I can tell you that we buy these for low end machines that didnt have onboard graphics or needed an upgraded card for the HDMI monitors we would hook them to. Its basic and it works and solves the problem.
These low-profile cards have their use cases. For example: 1. Upgrading basic workstations that need HDMI-out 2. If a server's motherboard doesn't have onboard video and you want to attach a head unit/KVM switch to it 3. If a server needs additional GPUs to pass-through via IOMMU to virtual machines 4. Building a retro PC gaming rig
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Schools buy pre-built PCs and since the people making the purchase decision usually don't know a thing about PCs, they get easily scammed by shady firms selling subpar hardware at an inflated price. Seen it myself.
And that's why I don't understand most cs players. When I used to play it I always played at 1080p (my native res). I tried lowering the resolution but it just looks way too blurry and it's hard to see enemies that are far.
@@MarkoVuckovic32 you just make a custom resolution that’s still 1080p but stretched to make enemies easier to see, most common 1080p stretched res is 1440x1080
Also, if I'm installing one in a business-use PC, the passive cooling vs. a fan is better (IMHO). One fewer moving part. Agree with below, too. I'm not installing used in a work machine.
@@eveangreen1871 I usually use GT 210 for simple task like that, but because GT 210 is becoming rare and so old, I switch into GT 710 lol Kind of funny if we think about it. I still could find GT 210 brand new from NVidia, but from Radeon the cheapest new GPU that I can find is R5 230.
Yup. This is what it's best for, especially the passivly cooled ones. Home servers that the motherboards don't have integrated graphics or it doesn't work. I bought one for exactly this reason.
I just bought one of these! It was for my mothers PC. She wanted a second monitor for her spreadsheet work and the montherboard integrated graphics only had one hdmi output. So i bought the cheapest, most low performance card I could find.
@@daevster6663 Fry's is where it's at lol. I got my AMD Ryzen 3 3200G from there not to long ago but recently bought a AMD Ryzen 7 2700. Just completely skipped Ryzen 5 lol
I needed it for setup of a PC that had no integrated graphics and also was meant to run headless anyway, now I keep it for troubleshooting purposes as well.
I got one for my PC as my 6800XT arrived DOA. Since I ordered it from another state, I had to mail the 6800XT back, and went to a local store to pick up the cheapo GT710 just to make sure the rest of my hardware was working properly (5900X, so no iGPU).
Absolutely correct! I use them because they are cheap and are the lowest power consumption graphics card I have found to use for servers and the like. When the machine runs 24/7, power drain is a legitimate concern. Not every use of a GPU is for gaming. But I did buy a MUCH better GPU for my video editing rig.
@@user-ld8ep5qr7m Servers usually only have one VGA port. Some people require multimonitor support on their servers and some people might not be satisfied with 1080p output quality via VGA (I know it looks terrible on my 3rd 24" monitor on my laptop where the VGA port is the only way you can attach monitor #3). Lots of ghosting on the VGA connection.
Yep! These things are great in servers. I think I prefer the 1030 to these, but still a good choice. In a small busines server rooms, you may have 3 or four servers all connected to one monitor. While they would be dead head most of the time, when there is an issue it's hard to beat a monitor.
@@XxViperMortalxX true Honestly I found this thing for like 30 bucks and said no. I would just spend the extra 70 or so bucks to reach a hundred and try to find a decent gpu. Then you get more slots and a little boost in performance.
@@jacobgrassmyer4673 now a days u can get very good gpus second hand, idk if its just me or 2010-2013 second hand gpus were almost same price as new, and now cheap gpus can game very well
@@XxViperMortalxX makes me mad I bought the RX 470 for like 250-300 dollars and now you can get a gtx 1060 3gb mini for 150 that gets like 20-30 fps more in every game tested.
when I was younger this was legit the card my parents made me wait till my birthday to get. back in the day, this was nuts, I was able to play gmod and Minecraft.
@Führer des Benutzers what!? I can play gmod with a gt710, I mean I am playing gmod without a gpu and one of intels worst gpu’s, the celeron j1900, but hey I guess it’s not as demanding as we thought.
Oh that is a great point. This card works on almost everything without drivers. Random linux server distros, mac, windows... windows xp... and uses very little power. A great card for testing, businesses, servers, libraries, schools.
True Dat! Make sure to get the DDR3 versions only. The newer GDDR5 versions don’t work in MacOS. I have this same model but 1GB MSI it still works even in Big Sur beta.
@@Karma-rj6tn but some prebuilts from that era are quite finicky with newer GPUs. In my own experience I have a Lenovo LGA775 mobo which refuses to boot with a GT1030 OC but it does work with a GT730 a Dell mobo which worked with a GT210 and 8400GS but not with a RX460... mind you an Asus P5G41 boots with any of them including a 750ti
@@amnottabs exactly why im thinking of buying one. i have a Asus PTGD1-LA and pentium 4 540j based hp pavilion i wanna watch 1080p video on and the integrated graphics cannot do it. with the pc being free and having a bunch of features like dvd burner/player sd reader and a bunch of other things its a good deal for just watching media on even if i spend the 5o bucks on this cheap pos to do it.
Well i can imagine this GPU is great for like an Server with Xeon's or whatever in it... You can use it to plug an Monitor in it to maintain the server
OMG, it's like tech youtubers are oblivious to BUSINESS COMPUTERS. These are used in business workstations. Many still use 4:3 monitors that use DVI ports. There are loads of and loads of second gen i5 Dell and lenovo business computers with Intel graphics that are much worse. More importantly, these PCs have crappy weak Display Port connectors. Buying one of these cards is an easy way to upgrade a BUSINESS COMPUTER to get a solid compatible DVI port for their BUSINESS MONITORS.
@@madmatt2024 A quick look does show it is about the same price. the R7 240 would be a bit newer too so it would potentially have more hardware decoding available to it. The only problem I can see is that the GPU is not passively cooled. Some people may prefer that for an office pc if they want something quiet. Still something rather niche though. I think the only reason Nvidia's 710 is more popular is because of their bigger brand name.
Don't throw all tech youtubers under the bus. (just this guy 😂) -- Linus, Bitwit, Jay etc. wouldn't make a video like this because they know it has a million applications outside of gaming.
I can provide a really easy explanation as to why it's the most sold gpu on amazon, I think your missing the point. 1. Its the cheapest, and 2. It also offers an additional video port on your machine. People like me aren't buying it for performance. I rebuild a few lower end machines and sell them on to be used as work desktop only. In cases like old Dell computers that only offer 1 video display output, the machines become already dated. People who work in the IT game also do this, with offices looking for cheaper alternatives to buying brand new computers altogether. Not all gpus are built for playing games.
if the only point of a graphics processor is to serve as some kind of ghetto display output with no other purpose, then why not just use the motherboard hdmi port?
@@no1DdC In an office environment this card performs excellent. You can't trust people to use a USB type card. And @shpoovy calling the card ghetto for doing the one job it's designed to do isn't smart. Again not all cards are for gaming and its not marketed to be a graphics card to run anywhere close to modern day games.
It's perfect if all you need is video output. I have bought cards like that. Perfect for testing systems. Everyone shold have one in a drawer somewhere.
I literally bought one of these a 5 days ago, even though I have both and RTX 2080 and a Radeon VII. The reason? This is one of the best cheap cards to upgrade an older Mac Pro to macOS Mojave. For example the 2010 and 2012 machines are still surprisingly good if you have one on hand, but macOS 10.14 requires a Metal-compatible graphics card to even be installed. These GT 710 cards are natively supported without drivers, unlike most Nvidia GPUs that are more recent. They are also much cheaper than the supported AMD options at the very low end, and they accelerate the UI perfectly competently if you’re using the machine as a server for example.
@@doctorsynth1 Let's get the word out! The GT 710 is still supported in Catalina, and of course the older cMPs won't be able to upgrade beyond Mojave regardless, so it's a good solution if only driving a display. A major downside to my particular card is that it is HDMI / DVI / VGA only; there are DisplayPort Converter boxes, but they are not trivial wiring, since DisplayPort is actually a packetized digital interface. I also tried a GTX 780 and it worked great to install and use Mojave, even without any kind of BIOS flashing. These are more expensive for sure but eBay probably has some increasingly reasonable prices used. They all have DisplayPort, too.
@niconc Sadly, I don’t believe the boot screen does appear on the monitor connected to the GT 710. My understanding is that this is only possible if the firmware of these cards is flashed to a special variant, which is quite likely possible for any of the card models that Apple has shipped before, though I found some difficulty locating the ROM file for my older 7850 and 7950s (which I believe are among the ones that do have the reflash possibility to get the boot screen). One important additional bit of advice: I recently learned that there are a range of inexpensively available Quadro cards that are still supported. K4200 is one of the newest variants, is single slot if you like that form factor, or K5200 if you want a beefier card that is dual slot (may need a simple PCIe power adapter). There’s one very good reason to consider the Quadro cards: they have displayport outputs, which is missing from the 710. I found it fairly limiting to use HDMI.
I actually bought this new for $35 USD a couple of weeks ago. Reason: I won't be playing any demanding games for a while, and I'm waiting for the RTX 3050 to get released.
@@nathank.9357 If people don't want/need more than that, then they're not underperforming. I think for retail price, they're very good for me. But it's difficult to find them at retail price.
@@celeschan90 And thats exactly the problem, since they are already lower price/performance value at msrp, and only available for laptops, then dont waste your time and money, just buy a 1000 series.
I'm able to debug most PCs with any monitor that a client/friend/user might have without any issue. VGA, Displayport or DVI. Also it's low profile friendly for SFF PCs like Dell Optiplex.
"I realize that a lot of you will say this card is not for gaming..." -- **Proceeds to make entire video ripping on people for buying this for gaming** 🙄
@@offdazaza2769 but people aren’t buying it for gaming, and if they are, amazon will let you return it. Amazon doesn’t care why, you just need to return it.
i bought one of these at a store. I needed to test a couple of old computers that I got for free and make sure the video wasn't the problem. It's more of a signal test tool than a video option. If it doesn't work, then there is a deeper motherboard problem and I would be best off ditching the box.
I've known many home office types who've bought this type of card for the 2nd video out port. If that's all someone cares about, why purchase something more?
I've bought a ton of those. I own a PC repair shop and they are perfect for business offices upgrading to dual or triple monitors. The old ports are perfect because they always want to keep their 10 year old monitor. New cards with display ports is a pain! That's when you need the adapters!!! Passive cooling means the fan will never die!
Hehe, this guy is an adult with a teenager brain. I think he think that a computer is only built for gaming. He has no clue at all. I use my "old" Dell (SFF) with AutoCad and that works very well.
well IPG has its own miriad opf problems. smaller specially older systems cant even update if IGP is active cause guess, not enough ram. outputs on many board often dont offer much or what you need, like often only dvi and vga, or only dvi and so on.. and compatibility issues, specially with older hardware, often issues after updates.
I'm still running on older hardware and my gpu died this month so I bought one of these just so that i can still browse the web and edit images and use two monitors in high resolution (because my cpu is still good, even if it's almost a decade old now) while I save up and think about doing a whole system replacement.
I think a lot of people forget how useful it is to have that little extra cushion and take your time checking out other parts and prices. It really helps so you don't get burned on high prices because of launches, demand, taxes and so on. I always recommend saving a graphics card / psu, you can always get up and running in the worst-case situation since you never know when they will fail.
I just built a PC for a friend and actually used this card. He needed a new PC for his business. He does no gaming and basically just needed something that would give him a dual monitor setup. Since there are no GPUs anywhere, this was a great option. I picked one up for 40 bucks on Amazon and it runs his setup very nicely, no complaints. Now if he decides he wants to game in the future, it's an easy swap. But for $40, this was a pretty good choice to get him up and running.
I turn to these cards for rack servers if I want HDMI or DVI output. Fanless (some don't have room for the fan but plenty of airflow) and the lowprofile means they fit in most 1 and 2u servers that won't allow a full width card.
Low power, no extra cables, supports a wide range of monitors... It is also 1 slot and runs on almost anything without drivers (additional drivers). Linux, mac, windows and many of their older versions as well. Honestly... while the card sucks... it is probably the most business-friendly card for about every other reason.
@@user-ue6iv2rd1n Because they often use older mother boards that use ancient CPUs, or cheap mother boards that don't support onboard graphics. There can be tons of different reasons, but the most common one would be server motherboards. check them out on newegg.
@@bryku If your pc is that old it's probably time to just buy another, $100 on something second hand would murder it. You might have a point with servers but I know nothing about them.
@@user-ue6iv2rd1n That is the problem... the problem, people who buy this can't buy second hand because of the company, government, school and so on. It isn't always that they are old, but the type of mother board. There are new mother boards that don't have hdmi. Look at almost EVERY server mother board. There are also business class boards that skip that sort of thing as well. If your going AMD and your company buys 5,000 1600 processors now what are you going to do? There are tons of these situations that business, server companies, schools and so on run into and because of their situation can't just go buy a $50 card used. It can really depend on the company or what. I would say most companies now tend to have more knowledgable I.T. staff who helps plan these sort of things, so it doesn't happen... but there are still many who don't or some CEO things ____blank___ idea is the way to go... now you the IT guy has to somehow fix the situation... which is often was causes these problems in the first place. Also why when you look at this card on websites that say the metrics people buy them in large quantities at a time. This card is sort of the IT card. While it sucks it is a great card that works on almost every device. No drivers, any OS, and so on as I explained in the original comment.
a lot of ppl from poor countries buy in amazon US then export it... that's the reason, it's a popular gpu here in vzla for the crow. A friend bought one recently (gt 710) and i thought he was crazy buying that but it's the only money he have and fits well with his power supply, he needed it to work.
🙂 most people in the real world buy a new video card mainly for the purpose to use as a display adapter to fix their old computers, plus these are very noob friendly, they are plug n play, works with any pos oem power supply, very compatible friendly, has analog output for DVI-I & VGA, works in millions of tiny small form factor cases, xeon workstations, alot of old monitors only has a VGA plug, very useful card if ur in the third world like mexico, etcetera! 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢😍 🙂 u forgot to mention & test the DDR5 version, it can make a difference in performance 🐢🐢 .
I have one of those and a GT 730 in my daily office use pc and they work good together for daily use and I bought them about 5 years ago too. Haven't bothered to try how they go on gaming.
While nearly impossible that it's the reason for the "top selling" list - old system restoration is also a good reason for these, since there are official WinXP drivers for it ( Radeon 5450 is in a similar boat of cheap cards from the video transition, that you can buy new) - basically allowing an ancient system to work with modern displays, as well as capture devices, and have better performance than similarly easily supported (and cheap) hardware. Is it a good choice for general use? hell no. But I'm glad they're still being produced for restoration and archival purposes. Too bad HDMI out doesn't extend back to Win98 supported hardware afaik - so going back that far you need converters (which can be hit or miss)
In my country a brand new Radeon 5450 is already gone from the market. The cheapest card from Radeon is R5 230 and GT 710 could cost 2 or 3 dollars cheaper than the R5.
Some Intel processors ends with "F" which means they do not have an Integrated Graphics Card and thus people use a stronger Processor with a really cheap cover up to boot their PCs.
I'm in the productivity use case where I needed to run 3 MORE screens so I can trade, browse, and work at the same time. It works for that purpose and has a warranty. Definitely not laughable for me, and I did it for less than $50 at the time. PLUS, it was the only one I could find at the time that uses PCIE x 1 (ZOTAC) which was my only remaining port.
We use to install them in dental PCs that use them for viewing 3D xrays. It also fits perfect in small form factor PCs and very cheap. We install 1030s now.
The gt710 is so popular as a display driver there is an official 2019 revision from Nvidia with 4 hdmi ports totally dropping analog display support. FYI the dvi port is dual link meaning if you have a matching pair of monitors with dvi ports you could drive 4 monitors and thats why the 2019 revision actually has 4 hdmi ports.
lol, I got the smaller sibling 14watt ATi9250AGP for a server here for the same reason, low watt, passive cooled, it was in a spare parts bin FREE, and no-slot-hogging for the rest of the cards in the server. It's been running 24/7 since 2008. Between the GT710 to GT1030, there is just no reason to downgrade the server (or increase wasteful demand on the UPS), lol.
Mike Morris, agreed, however, I assume that if you're using an old ATi AGP card, your apps don't even use DirectX, lol. There was the 4GB GK208 a few years back that would do some of that, not well, but it wouldn't tell you to go pound sand unlike the 710 or 1030 that doesn't even have 4GB, lol. As soon as you toss in a requirement of "less than 55 watts" or "low profile" or "no-fan", modern options really are lacking at best, especially if it's a combination of those requirements.
Also, it’s a great “i need more hdmi ports” card. If someone doesn’t game, and just wants a snappier UI or more monitors, a better card is useless. Especially businesses who can get bulk discounts.
PCIe slots are not designed for repeated plugging and unplugging like a USB port tho; I'm pretty sure that PCIE slots are rated for only a couple hundred rounds of plugging-unplugging, whereas usb ports (esp. the modern usb c standard) easily reaches around 10K or even more.
When they say "best selling" it isn't that it has the most sales, It's the best rated out of the most sold. So there are other graphics cards that has way more sold but ppl didn't bother to rate it or they gave it a lower rating. Amazon doesn't have a most sold list, which I think they should! EDIT: This listing also has 5 options so they're including all those options in the rating for the "best selling" list. If they all have good ratings that's obviously going to have more sales then a newer graphics card that cost $1,100 that has only 2 options. The GT 710 came out Jan/29/2016 while the RTX 2080TI came out Sept/27/2018. 2years and 8months difference with this video only a year after RTX 2080ti, which costs $1040 more then the GT 710... of course it's going to have better sales even if the ratings didn't count. Not to mention that business's will buy these for extra monitor ports, lol.
Yeah i have one for non integrated graphics CPU's for troubleshooting scenarios. Might utilise it with a quasi retro build i'm thinking of building for 90's and early 00's games...
Yep. Not all people are into those latest gpu's. Most people prefer playing older games than newer games. And not all can afford it. This right here is cheap and can be useful for non gamer people.
These GT710 would be useful for my school's PC's, because they are using VGA projectors. With this Display Adapter they could just avoid using VGA splitters, they could plug VGA projector and DVI monitor, and just set display devices to Mirror mode. Not to mention that those VGA splitters are quite expensive and they consume extra power.
"Honestly noone wants to game at under native resolution of their monitor, unless you're low spec gamer." RIP every CSGO player playing at 240hz screens at 4:3 Res's
I bought one of this cards. I work on a school and for some reason one computer integrated gpu failed. This card its nice for this situation because it has vga port and all monitors are vga.
One potential use case that I see is if you have a server (that for instance are used for backups, as a file server or, if you're a developer, runs a gitlab server with CI) that have a CPU without integrated graphics it might be nice to have a cheap graphics card that you can connect a screen to if something goes so horribly wrong that you can't use ssh
It's good for a Xeon sever due to it's relatively low TDP, in my case it eats up very little electricity in case I need to use a monitor for some situations.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff funny youre laughing but you basically made your self ludicrous with this rambling video. and btw theres a reason why matrox is able to sell 1gb cards for 200+ but yea everyone is just stupid cause you have a tech channel and you know what youre talking about... well spoiler you dont, 250k views on that nonsense really sad
Look Dawid, I wish there was an easy way to do this but your channel needs more subscribers. You are so so underrated and you dont get enough credit for the amazing videos that you make. Good luck with the channel :)
yeah, the 1GB GT210 wasn't a major downgrade when it came out in 2009, and it didn't have sub-par memory back in the day. it would be like getting a 384 Cuda core 4GB RTX2030 today (with working tensor cores still in it), if Nvidia gave a hoot about more than profit margins, lol. it is just so far past 2016 that anything 'New' with less than 4GB today is a joke at best. lol. Nvidia just doesn't want to launch anything under 55 watts with 4GB (after the 4GB GK208), so there just isn't anything today that's worth it for low-watt no-fan or iTX/low-profile uses.
I can see this being used for a 2nd GPU to run second and third displays, so you don't hinder performance on your primary display if you tend to multitask while gaming.
People buy the cheapest dedicated graphics cards when the integrated ones have issues and they don't want to upgrade the mobo or CPU.
They don't care about gaming, they just want the cheapest solution to keep using their PC.
But second hand you can get WAY better deals. That is the point I am trying to make. :)
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Convenience is key here.
@@Tealc2323 Yeah fair enough.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff 🙂 yes in theory but in actual boots on the ground practice what Amazon sells is exactly how the real world works, any country, rich or poor 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
false, this is what ebay sellers put into their so called "gaming pc"-s they offer just so it isnt misleading when you call it NVIDIA GAMING PC FORTNITE
Legend has it that he GT 710 is the only example where buying a fake one on wish gets you a better GPU.
Haha!! I actually mention that in the video I'm posting tomorrow.
Actually, it could totally be a gt210
I guess I could put it in my server so I would be able to start blender since I have a poweredge R710 and it doesn't allow me to open OBS, blender or unity bc I don't have supported graphics. So I guess tht a potential use case
Lmao
@@Maggashi I have blender on an 8th gen i5 asus laptop without dedicated graphics? Haven't done much with it, just got it to see if I could use it and it seems to be possible?
2021: It's now the top seller, as there's no other cards available.
and that it's been out 2 years now just like the GT 710 when he made the video... lol
lmao yeah i have one sitting on my desk because of the shortage now
@@Darenz-cg9zg Got me a new Pre-Build for $2000 with a 3070 last month. You are right, If it had only been a 3060 that would be too much.
However with the 3070 and crypto mining it when not gaming I could justify the cost. It will pay itself off in 250 days give or take with crypto price fluctuation. I also mine my old 1060.With both I get about $7.50 on days with no gaming and $4.50 on days with gaming. I game 6 to 8 hours if I game.
Ahh Crypto mining the only way to turn your PC into a true arcade, NOW I FEEL LIKE I PAY TO PLAY. Drop in a quarter for another hour. Hell the 3070 making $0.29 an hour + $0.09 from the 1060. Closer too 2 quarters.
@@Transformer-gc3nx that happened to me and gt 710 was the only reasonably priced gpu lol, all the other Gpus were either out of stock or very overpriced
@@gpuhelper4404 ya same what happend to gtx when i check it over 1lakh WTF
It’s probably for people with business purposes that just need extra monitor ports
Yep I've got 3; 9 monitors for $200 and no noisy fans - winner!
You are right, it's crazy how tech community things everything about performance it's related to gaming. They think lcd are made for gaming, that pixels 2k, 4k is for gaming, graphics card for gaming etc... when there are tons of ppl including me who buys these things for work...
for 50 bucks that is still a ripoff, I remember that I used to have a GTX 550Ti As a GPU, when I sold it for 20 bucks the guy that bought it actually said he buys used lower tier GPUs like mine for extra monitor connections. It makes sense because he still saved his company some money
When it comes to a lot of Monitors (like double digit numbers) companies generally settle on GPUs by Matrox (which granted are a much bigger ripoff than a 710)
@@donnorman6526 i'm pretty sure their concern is about some kid looking to buy a graphics card upgrade and ending up buying this
or for CPU's without integrated graphics (ryzen and intel f models).
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The integrated Vega 8 GPU is miles better than the GT710, I mean, is more than triple the performance
Yeah, it really is crazy bad. Especially considering that they sell "gaming PCs" with them in.
It's true, but not everyone is buying a Ryzen 2200G or 3200G when they need a display output.
@@kian8382 That's true, a second hand GT210 for 10$ would be better 😂
Jesús IK 10 the Radeon 530 in my laptop is slower than the Vega 8
@@DawidDoesTechStuff I like how they still sell prebuilts with AMD FX CPUs still
*gotta love am3*
As I've been in IT for over 25 years, I can tell you that we buy these for low end machines that didnt have onboard graphics or needed an upgraded card for the HDMI monitors we would hook them to. Its basic and it works and solves the problem.
These low-profile cards have their use cases. For example:
1. Upgrading basic workstations that need HDMI-out
2. If a server's motherboard doesn't have onboard video and you want to attach a head unit/KVM switch to it
3. If a server needs additional GPUs to pass-through via IOMMU to virtual machines
4. Building a retro PC gaming rig
Very true
gotta love my little 730 from an old asus office pc
Simple answer : most schools use these
yep
Why don't they just use integrated graphics though? Also, do they buy from Amazon?
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Schools buy pre-built PCs and since the people making the purchase decision usually don't know a thing about PCs, they get easily scammed by shady firms selling subpar hardware at an inflated price. Seen it myself.
@@no1DdC yep
@@no1DdC That is very true. Businesses get scammed HARD.
Kid- Mom! I need a Graphics Card to play games!!
Mom- I'll get you one!
Kid- Send that shit back!
😂😂😂
If my mom was buying I'd be getting a gt210.
if only they have the extra $40-50 to get a used RX 470.....
Kuku h parents don’t know anything about gaming stuff is the joke behind this
"no one wants to game under their native monitor's resolution"
cs players: wrong!
And that's why I don't understand most cs players. When I used to play it I always played at 1080p (my native res). I tried lowering the resolution but it just looks way too blurry and it's hard to see enemies that are far.
U wouldn’t lower it to shit settings but u would lower it enough where FPS are higher and the game still looks okay
@@MarkoVuckovic32 you just make a custom resolution that’s still 1080p but stretched to make enemies easier to see, most common 1080p stretched res is 1440x1080
@@nyghtmxre I don't play CSGO anymore but thank you anyways
@@MarkoVuckovic32 no problem
As someone who supported a lot of clients, I can say without a doubt it’s the cheapest way to add multiple displays.
Exactly especially when buying used is not an option (in business)
Yep. Or for throwing cheap display outputs into servers when KVM or RDP isn't suitable.
Yes and the passive heatsink means no fan to break down after a few years and getting a call from the client. Cheap. Reliable. Obvious.
Also, if I'm installing one in a business-use PC, the passive cooling vs. a fan is better (IMHO). One fewer moving part. Agree with below, too. I'm not installing used in a work machine.
That’s all there is to it. I’m interested in how Dawid made this into a video
You know you've made a good investment when your card that got beaten by an Intel integrated graphics.
and the sad thing is, i have the 1GB version 😂
Old schools teachers tryna put en effort
This is better than my Integrated smh
@@Eray2007 actually most igpus beat this
It is better than my intel hd 2000 but ive built a new pc since commenting
I have a gt 710 I bought for $10 off a friend, still almost feels like I got ripped off
Lmao I have mine away for free. Dude probably never used it
Sell it for $800
"And how unsatisfingly tiny it is."
That's what she said.
f
to me :(
got eeeem!
Yeah, that's what my wife said to me too. I divorced her and then turned gay. Most gay guys overlook my size.
That's something my ex said...
I run a Ryzen 1600 home server. These are perfect for initial setup.
Yep I have a Radeon hd 7470 for post tests on all my servers I’ve had it since 2016
I have used it on 12 servers
@@eveangreen1871 I usually use GT 210 for simple task like that, but because GT 210 is becoming rare and so old, I switch into GT 710 lol
Kind of funny if we think about it. I still could find GT 210 brand new from NVidia, but from Radeon the cheapest new GPU that I can find is R5 230.
Same
Is it the referbrished version aka 1600AF
I feel like I'm watching someone who actually has no idea why this is the second-best GPU on Amazon.
He doesn’t know the memes smh
@@ViviSaggio Wait there's a meme?
@@robertemerson1087 Yah the Gt 710 meme, people joke around how amazing the Gt 710 Is for gaming
@@ViviSaggio what do you mean "joke" it's 69x faster than the rtx 420!
@@danielguerin312 'r'tx 420? Is that alien technology that no one has?
I bought one for a home server. I had a gigabyte mobo with no graphics. This was a cheap low power solution.
Yup. This is what it's best for, especially the passivly cooled ones. Home servers that the motherboards don't have integrated graphics or it doesn't work. I bought one for exactly this reason.
Yup. They fit in any PC case or server. The gt 710 is the VW Beetle of the computer business.
I just bought one of these!
It was for my mothers PC. She wanted a second monitor for her spreadsheet work and the montherboard integrated graphics only had one hdmi output.
So i bought the cheapest, most low performance card I could find.
Best explanation for gt710 purchase, I actually bought it for Minecraft paired with g4560 back in 2017 when cryptominers dried up GPU market
Also because not all CPUs have integrated graphics, it's cheap and requires no 6pin connector.
@@qwertyusen I did the same thing but I got a gt 1030 for the same price $55.75 at Fry's!
@@daevster6663 Fry's is where it's at lol. I got my AMD Ryzen 3 3200G from there not to long ago but recently bought a AMD Ryzen 7 2700. Just completely skipped Ryzen 5 lol
@@ZaiyeProject lol I just picked up a 2700 as well for $150!
I bought one to troubleshoot a friend's old pc since. I wasn't comfortable using my gpu so I figured $50 was acceptable for a troubleshooting tool.
I needed it for setup of a PC that had no integrated graphics and also was meant to run headless anyway, now I keep it for troubleshooting purposes as well.
I got one for my PC as my 6800XT arrived DOA. Since I ordered it from another state, I had to mail the 6800XT back, and went to a local store to pick up the cheapo GT710 just to make sure the rest of my hardware was working properly (5900X, so no iGPU).
They are perfect for servers and you can get them under $50. That's why they sell so damn well
This is the correct answer.
Absolutely correct! I use them because they are cheap and are the lowest power consumption graphics card I have found to use for servers and the like. When the machine runs 24/7, power drain is a legitimate concern. Not every use of a GPU is for gaming. But I did buy a MUCH better GPU for my video editing rig.
@@spectrotekservices Do the processors in servers generally not have integrated graphics? Or is it so you can connect multiple monitors?
@@user-ld8ep5qr7m Servers usually only have one VGA port. Some people require multimonitor support on their servers and some people might not be satisfied with 1080p output quality via VGA (I know it looks terrible on my 3rd 24" monitor on my laptop where the VGA port is the only way you can attach monitor #3). Lots of ghosting on the VGA connection.
Yep! These things are great in servers. I think I prefer the 1030 to these, but still a good choice. In a small busines server rooms, you may have 3 or four servers all connected to one monitor. While they would be dead head most of the time, when there is an issue it's hard to beat a monitor.
Easy - want more monitors? This is the cheapest way to add up to three more.
That's actually genius. Extra HDMI ports and just don't use the GPU itself.
Wow... that actually is quite a good use... but buying second hand u could get an a lot better gpu for 60-70€
@@XxViperMortalxX true
Honestly I found this thing for like 30 bucks and said no. I would just spend the extra 70 or so bucks to reach a hundred and try to find a decent gpu. Then you get more slots and a little boost in performance.
@@jacobgrassmyer4673 now a days u can get very good gpus second hand, idk if its just me or 2010-2013 second hand gpus were almost same price as new, and now cheap gpus can game very well
@@XxViperMortalxX makes me mad
I bought the RX 470 for like 250-300 dollars and now you can get a gtx 1060 3gb mini for 150 that gets like 20-30 fps more in every game tested.
Short answer: it is the cheapest new video card with actual driver support.
Perfectly good for non-gaming Ryzen builds.
and shittier then integrated graphics🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@raven4k998
AM4 Ryzen CPU did not have integrated graphics,.
@@tyaty but they could kid they could have it🤪🤪
when I was younger this was legit the card my parents made me wait till my birthday to get. back in the day, this was nuts, I was able to play gmod and Minecraft.
@Führer des Benutzers Was it a D?
@Führer des Benutzers rip, did it come with a igpu or external gpu?
@Führer des Benutzers what!? I can play gmod with a gt710, I mean I am playing gmod without a gpu and one of intels worst gpu’s, the celeron j1900, but hey I guess it’s not as demanding as we thought.
this graphics card is so bad kids playign games with it got sick of it and back to theirr studies. Its all machination.
I have one in my garage computer, cost 20 bucks like 5 years ago and its 1000x better than the intergrated graphics of my dual core
A dual core from 5 years ago is the only excuse performance wise.
That's why I run one. So i could hook up a TV to an old slim case pc in the shop so i can watch youtube videos while I work on stuff.
@@boboforce1 yea I do some "work" on my garage pc but mostly its looking up PDF's, charts and watching TV
I actually bought one because I decided I was sick of having a 10 year old media PC that only
only had vga out 👀
Same here
colorful have native vga output on gt 1030 and its single slot
@@phantomgen7738 why the hell would you need to spend that much for a fucking media PC
A lot of hackintosh users wanting a cheap system for Mojave will buy this card. It works out of the box with no setup.
Oh that is a great point. This card works on almost everything without drivers. Random linux server distros, mac, windows... windows xp... and uses very little power.
A great card for testing, businesses, servers, libraries, schools.
True Dat! Make sure to get the DDR3 versions only. The newer GDDR5 versions don’t work in MacOS. I have this same model but 1GB MSI it still works even in Big Sur beta.
I thought Mojave dropped support for the Nvidia web drivers? I switched to AMD for that reason.
Low power HTPCs and low power office PCs with GT 710:
Am I a joke to you?
Wow, I wish they where still $50. They are about $100 now.
I buy used gt1030 from 80$)
@@Anton_B that's a garbage deal even in late 2021 unless that 1030 is like 1 week old
In short:
Low TDP
Low profile
Basically its a good way to make core 2 SFF towers usable on windows 10.
@@Karma-rj6tn but some prebuilts from that era are quite finicky with newer GPUs. In my own experience I have a Lenovo LGA775 mobo which refuses to boot with a GT1030 OC but it does work with a GT730 a Dell mobo which worked with a GT210 and 8400GS but not with a RX460... mind you an Asus P5G41 boots with any of them including a 750ti
GTX 1050ti (MSI makes a SFF version) is a much better way to make a SFF tower a gaming PC.
@@LeftJoystick im saying desktop use on windows 10 not gaming.
Schools buy this card.
@@LeftJoystick that's great that you made an alternative $50'ish recommend something the video falls flat on doing.
@@amnottabs exactly why im thinking of buying one. i have a Asus PTGD1-LA and pentium 4 540j based hp pavilion i wanna watch 1080p video on and the integrated graphics cannot do it. with the pc being free and having a bunch of features like dvd burner/player sd reader and a bunch of other things its a good deal for just watching media on even if i spend the 5o bucks on this cheap pos to do it.
“unsatisfiedly tiny”
That the same thing my ex Wife told me when in bed.
Haha!!
Yeah, that's what my wife said to me too. I divorced her and then turned gay. Most gay guys overlook my size.
Aorsa Strix F
You need titan gel my friend 🍆💦
Oof
Well i can imagine this GPU is great for like an Server with Xeon's or whatever in it... You can use it to plug an Monitor in it to maintain the server
OMG, it's like tech youtubers are oblivious to BUSINESS COMPUTERS. These are used in business workstations. Many still use 4:3 monitors that use DVI ports. There are loads of and loads of second gen i5 Dell and lenovo business computers with Intel graphics that are much worse. More importantly, these PCs have crappy weak Display Port connectors. Buying one of these cards is an easy way to upgrade a BUSINESS COMPUTER to get a solid compatible DVI port for their BUSINESS MONITORS.
I'm glad other people understand what these are for and it's not just me.
Honestly, R7 240 is a much better choice for the price.
@@madmatt2024 A quick look does show it is about the same price. the R7 240 would be a bit newer too so it would potentially have more hardware decoding available to it. The only problem I can see is that the GPU is not passively cooled. Some people may prefer that for an office pc if they want something quiet. Still something rather niche though. I think the only reason Nvidia's 710 is more popular is because of their bigger brand name.
I literally just bought one of these for a Point of Sale server.
Don't throw all tech youtubers under the bus. (just this guy 😂) -- Linus, Bitwit, Jay etc. wouldn't make a video like this because they know it has a million applications outside of gaming.
I can provide a really easy explanation as to why it's the most sold gpu on amazon, I think your missing the point.
1. Its the cheapest, and 2. It also offers an additional video port on your machine.
People like me aren't buying it for performance. I rebuild a few lower end machines and sell them on to be used as work desktop only. In cases like old Dell computers that only offer 1 video display output, the machines become already dated.
People who work in the IT game also do this, with offices looking for cheaper alternatives to buying brand new computers altogether.
Not all gpus are built for playing games.
if the only point of a graphics processor is to serve as some kind of ghetto display output with no other purpose, then why not just use the motherboard hdmi port?
I made that point in the video though. :)
@@Shpoovy What if you didn't have more than one?
@@TomTKK There are cheap USB graphics cards that do the exact same thing for significantly less money, usually less than 20 bucks.
@@no1DdC In an office environment this card performs excellent. You can't trust people to use a USB type card.
And @shpoovy calling the card ghetto for doing the one job it's designed to do isn't smart. Again not all cards are for gaming and its not marketed to be a graphics card to run anywhere close to modern day games.
this graphics card has one use: to low cost upgrade old oem pcs like optiplex 775
It's perfect if all you need is video output.
I have bought cards like that. Perfect for testing systems.
Everyone shold have one in a drawer somewhere.
Exactly!
Mine is even worser
GeForce 6200 TurboCache made by emtek (Korean brand)
My dad used this card to test, and it's so weak compared to G41 chipset!
Lukas Böck i never had pcs in my life
have a 730 so whatever
gtx *1650*
I literally bought one of these a 5 days ago, even though I have both and RTX 2080 and a Radeon VII.
The reason? This is one of the best cheap cards to upgrade an older Mac Pro to macOS Mojave. For example the 2010 and 2012 machines are still surprisingly good if you have one on hand, but macOS 10.14 requires a Metal-compatible graphics card to even be installed.
These GT 710 cards are natively supported without drivers, unlike most Nvidia GPUs that are more recent. They are also much cheaper than the supported AMD options at the very low end, and they accelerate the UI perfectly competently if you’re using the machine as a server for example.
Interesting. I didn't realise they work well with older Macs. Thanks for the comment. 😊
Man I spent $300 on a fricking card for my Mac Pro 2012. Would have preferred to spend less. I’m not gaming, I simply need dual displays on Mojave.
@@doctorsynth1 Let's get the word out! The GT 710 is still supported in Catalina, and of course the older cMPs won't be able to upgrade beyond Mojave regardless, so it's a good solution if only driving a display. A major downside to my particular card is that it is HDMI / DVI / VGA only; there are DisplayPort Converter boxes, but they are not trivial wiring, since DisplayPort is actually a packetized digital interface.
I also tried a GTX 780 and it worked great to install and use Mojave, even without any kind of BIOS flashing. These are more expensive for sure but eBay probably has some increasingly reasonable prices used. They all have DisplayPort, too.
@niconc Sadly, I don’t believe the boot screen does appear on the monitor connected to the GT 710. My understanding is that this is only possible if the firmware of these cards is flashed to a special variant, which is quite likely possible for any of the card models that Apple has shipped before, though I found some difficulty locating the ROM file for my older 7850 and 7950s (which I believe are among the ones that do have the reflash possibility to get the boot screen).
One important additional bit of advice: I recently learned that there are a range of inexpensively available Quadro cards that are still supported. K4200 is one of the newest variants, is single slot if you like that form factor, or K5200 if you want a beefier card that is dual slot (may need a simple PCIe power adapter).
There’s one very good reason to consider the Quadro cards: they have displayport outputs, which is missing from the 710. I found it fairly limiting to use HDMI.
I actually bought this new for $35 USD a couple of weeks ago.
Reason: I won't be playing any demanding games for a while, and I'm waiting for the RTX 3050 to get released.
That’s not gonna be a real gpu
@@bvcghh1684 How so?
@@celeschan90 It's a laptop gpu, also the rtx 3050 and 3050 ti are both an absolute waste of silicon. Overpriced and underperformed.
@@nathank.9357 If people don't want/need more than that, then they're not underperforming. I think for retail price, they're very good for me. But it's difficult to find them at retail price.
@@celeschan90 And thats exactly the problem, since they are already lower price/performance value at msrp, and only available for laptops, then dont waste your time and money, just buy a 1000 series.
I'm able to debug most PCs with any monitor that a client/friend/user might have without any issue. VGA, Displayport or DVI. Also it's low profile friendly for SFF PCs like Dell Optiplex.
AJ Penninga And the HP RP4700 point of sale machine. Used it with 2 monitors for PC board design. Works great.
"I realize that a lot of you will say this card is not for gaming..." -- **Proceeds to make entire video ripping on people for buying this for gaming** 🙄
not everyone knows that the gt710 is pure cheeks at gaming
@@offdazaza2769 but people aren’t buying it for gaming, and if they are, amazon will let you return it. Amazon doesn’t care why, you just need to return it.
DDTS: You shouldn't buy one.
Me: Oh, trust me - I'll buy one now.
Maybe for a media center with low energy and no igp
i bought one of these at a store. I needed to test a couple of old computers that I got for free and make sure the video wasn't the problem.
It's more of a signal test tool than a video option. If it doesn't work, then there is a deeper motherboard problem and I would be best off ditching the box.
The gt 710 is also the only graphics card you CAN buy from local retailers in my area
I've known many home office types who've bought this type of card for the 2nd video out port. If that's all someone cares about, why purchase something more?
Back in 2000 I was programming a game for a Voodoo 3 card. This is amazing compared with that. So it has a use case for time travelers >.>
I've bought a ton of those. I own a PC repair shop and they are perfect for business offices upgrading to dual or triple monitors. The old ports are perfect because they always want to keep their 10 year old monitor. New cards with display ports is a pain! That's when you need the adapters!!! Passive cooling means the fan will never die!
Hehe, this guy is an adult with a teenager brain. I think he think that a computer is only built for gaming. He has no clue at all. I use my "old" Dell (SFF) with AutoCad and that works very well.
"It's like there isn't a graphics card in there"
That's what she said.
well IPG has its own miriad opf problems. smaller specially older systems cant even update if IGP is active cause guess, not enough ram.
outputs on many board often dont offer much or what you need, like often only dvi and vga, or only dvi and so on..
and compatibility issues, specially with older hardware, often issues after updates.
I'm still running on older hardware and my gpu died this month so I bought one of these just so that i can still browse the web and edit images and use two monitors in high resolution (because my cpu is still good, even if it's almost a decade old now) while I save up and think about doing a whole system replacement.
I think a lot of people forget how useful it is to have that little extra cushion and take your time checking out other parts and prices. It really helps so you don't get burned on high prices because of launches, demand, taxes and so on. I always recommend saving a graphics card / psu, you can always get up and running in the worst-case situation since you never know when they will fail.
I just built a PC for a friend and actually used this card. He needed a new PC for his business. He does no gaming and basically just needed something that would give him a dual monitor setup. Since there are no GPUs anywhere, this was a great option. I picked one up for 40 bucks on Amazon and it runs his setup very nicely, no complaints. Now if he decides he wants to game in the future, it's an easy swap. But for $40, this was a pretty good choice to get him up and running.
I like how small the 710 is.
Takes up less room in the bin. lol
this card is mostly for repairing old office pcs i have a few in stock at work and they save the day most of the times :)
I turn to these cards for rack servers if I want HDMI or DVI output. Fanless (some don't have room for the fan but plenty of airflow) and the lowprofile means they fit in most 1 and 2u servers that won't allow a full width card.
That moment when you realize Dawid has never been a system administrator for servers.
Low power, no extra cables, supports a wide range of monitors...
It is also 1 slot and runs on almost anything without drivers (additional drivers). Linux, mac, windows and many of their older versions as well.
Honestly... while the card sucks... it is probably the most business-friendly card for about every other reason.
@@bryku But why the cpu will do it better for nothing?
@@user-ue6iv2rd1n Because they often use older mother boards that use ancient CPUs, or cheap mother boards that don't support onboard graphics.
There can be tons of different reasons, but the most common one would be server motherboards. check them out on newegg.
@@bryku If your pc is that old it's probably time to just buy another, $100 on something second hand would murder it.
You might have a point with servers but I know nothing about them.
@@user-ue6iv2rd1n That is the problem... the problem, people who buy this can't buy second hand because of the company, government, school and so on. It isn't always that they are old, but the type of mother board. There are new mother boards that don't have hdmi. Look at almost EVERY server mother board. There are also business class boards that skip that sort of thing as well. If your going AMD and your company buys 5,000 1600 processors now what are you going to do?
There are tons of these situations that business, server companies, schools and so on run into and because of their situation can't just go buy a $50 card used.
It can really depend on the company or what. I would say most companies now tend to have more knowledgable I.T. staff who helps plan these sort of things, so it doesn't happen... but there are still many who don't or some CEO things ____blank___ idea is the way to go... now you the IT guy has to somehow fix the situation... which is often was causes these problems in the first place. Also why when you look at this card on websites that say the metrics people buy them in large quantities at a time.
This card is sort of the IT card. While it sucks it is a great card that works on almost every device. No drivers, any OS, and so on as I explained in the original comment.
I wish there still were $50 1050’s and 960 ti’s in early 2021
I wish om my god this is so annoying looking for a 1050ti low profile, 1650 low profile or even a gt 1030 low profile! All 135 dollars or more.
Ah, yes my favorite game K.F.C Love Simulator. 5:33
Good for an old workstation, passively cooled makes it great.
This card is great for an old under powered PSU eMachine with an AMD 2 core processor.
a lot of ppl from poor countries buy in amazon US then export it... that's the reason, it's a popular gpu here in vzla for the crow. A friend bought one recently (gt 710) and i thought he was crazy buying that but it's the only money he have and fits well with his power supply, he needed it to work.
That's what I did to at least avoid integrated graphics on my 2nd gen intel
🙂 most people in the real world buy a new video card mainly for the purpose to use as a display adapter to fix their old computers, plus these are very noob friendly, they are plug n play, works with any pos oem power supply, very compatible friendly, has analog output for DVI-I & VGA, works in millions of tiny small form factor cases, xeon workstations, alot of old monitors only has a VGA plug, very useful card if ur in the third world like mexico, etcetera! 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢😍
🙂 u forgot to mention & test the DDR5 version, it can make a difference in performance 🐢🐢
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I knew I lived in the fake world.
@@DDRHeretiC 🙂 yup, Barbie World made out of plastic 😂
I have one of those and a GT 730 in my daily office use pc and they work good together for daily use and I bought them about 5 years ago too. Haven't bothered to try how they go on gaming.
wtf... i found out that KFC love simulator was actually a real thing and people love it...
😂
While nearly impossible that it's the reason for the "top selling" list - old system restoration is also a good reason for these, since there are official WinXP drivers for it ( Radeon 5450 is in a similar boat of cheap cards from the video transition, that you can buy new) - basically allowing an ancient system to work with modern displays, as well as capture devices, and have better performance than similarly easily supported (and cheap) hardware.
Is it a good choice for general use? hell no. But I'm glad they're still being produced for restoration and archival purposes. Too bad HDMI out doesn't extend back to Win98 supported hardware afaik - so going back that far you need converters (which can be hit or miss)
In my country a brand new Radeon 5450 is already gone from the market. The cheapest card from Radeon is R5 230 and GT 710 could cost 2 or 3 dollars cheaper than the R5.
Some Intel processors ends with "F" which means they do not have an Integrated Graphics Card and thus people use a stronger Processor with a really cheap cover up to boot their PCs.
Or they use a Ryzen processor, and typically don’t have integrated graphics. just depends honestly hahahaha
Lol that's me i would have gotten a better graphics card but everything was out of stock other than gt 710
I bought one of these for work, just so I could have a second HDMI port for another monitor.
I'm in the productivity use case where I needed to run 3 MORE screens so I can trade, browse, and work at the same time. It works for that purpose and has a warranty. Definitely not laughable for me, and I did it for less than $50 at the time. PLUS, it was the only one I could find at the time that uses PCIE x 1 (ZOTAC) which was my only remaining port.
What but it one has one type of each output???
A moment of silence for clueless moms and grandmas who bought this thinking it was that “gaming card” their children or grandchildren wanted.
We use to install them in dental PCs that use them for viewing 3D xrays. It also fits perfect in small form factor PCs and very cheap. We install 1030s now.
The gt710 is so popular as a display driver there is an official 2019 revision from Nvidia with 4 hdmi ports totally dropping analog display support. FYI the dvi port is dual link meaning if you have a matching pair of monitors with dvi ports you could drive 4 monitors and thats why the 2019 revision actually has 4 hdmi ports.
I have an Nvidia 9600 GT from early 2008 somewhere in the house and it's more powerful than the GT 710.
It's also single slot and passively cooled.
Yeah, it really is crazy bad.
🙂 yes i have several, the problem is they require a six pin plug, a GT730 with ddr5 and no 6pin is a much better option 🐢
But if you tried to us that in application the require dx11 or newer it won't work
lol, I got the smaller sibling 14watt ATi9250AGP for a server here for the same reason, low watt, passive cooled, it was in a spare parts bin FREE, and no-slot-hogging for the rest of the cards in the server. It's been running 24/7 since 2008. Between the GT710 to GT1030, there is just no reason to downgrade the server (or increase wasteful demand on the UPS), lol.
Mike Morris, agreed, however, I assume that if you're using an old ATi AGP card, your apps don't even use DirectX, lol. There was the 4GB GK208 a few years back that would do some of that, not well, but it wouldn't tell you to go pound sand unlike the 710 or 1030 that doesn't even have 4GB, lol.
As soon as you toss in a requirement of "less than 55 watts" or "low profile" or "no-fan", modern options really are lacking at best, especially if it's a combination of those requirements.
🙂 two good alternatives to checkout that are comparable:
GT 730 ddr5 no6pin
Dell HD 7570 ddr5 no6pin
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It's what I'm currently rocking. Mainly because I can't seem to find anything else that is compatible with my potato.
That horrendous prebuilt probably would have performed better with the Vega 8 on the Ryzen 3 3200 it had in it than the gt710
@@Chinese_Hampter sorry my mistake
makes a great test gpu for 50 bucks. never know when you might have an issue and need to start swapping components
Also, it’s a great “i need more hdmi ports” card. If someone doesn’t game, and just wants a snappier UI or more monitors, a better card is useless. Especially businesses who can get bulk discounts.
PCIe slots are not designed for repeated plugging and unplugging like a USB port tho; I'm pretty sure that PCIE slots are rated for only a couple hundred rounds of plugging-unplugging, whereas usb ports (esp. the modern usb c standard) easily reaches around 10K or even more.
When they say "best selling" it isn't that it has the most sales, It's the best rated out of the most sold. So there are other graphics cards that has way more sold but ppl didn't bother to rate it or they gave it a lower rating. Amazon doesn't have a most sold list, which I think they should!
EDIT: This listing also has 5 options so they're including all those options in the rating for the "best selling" list. If they all have good ratings that's obviously going to have more sales then a newer graphics card that cost $1,100 that has only 2 options. The GT 710 came out Jan/29/2016 while the RTX 2080TI came out Sept/27/2018. 2years and 8months difference with this video only a year after RTX 2080ti, which costs $1040 more then the GT 710... of course it's going to have better sales even if the ratings didn't count. Not to mention that business's will buy these for extra monitor ports, lol.
I watched your video and went and bought one. Except got the smaller memory version and saved 3 eurobucks! Thank you brother sir.
Bought it, I can't say I regret it, it can run Crysis (1) and most of pre 2010 games on max settings. What more can you expect for 40 eur?
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Yeah i have one for non integrated graphics CPU's for troubleshooting scenarios. Might utilise it with a quasi retro build i'm thinking of building for 90's and early 00's games...
Yep. Not all people are into those latest gpu's. Most people prefer playing older games than newer games. And not all can afford it. This right here is cheap and can be useful for non gamer people.
@@dadelacruz2396 Why even buy a graphics card then, I never used to have one?
@@user-ue6iv2rd1n so you can run newer games at better resolutions and fps
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
You missed an entire audience : pre-trashcan-Mac-Pro users who want to run newer versions of OS/X.
I had a 750 TI starting from 2016 and used it all the way to 2020. And when i bought it it was second hand . I got personally attached to it
I got my gtx 750 in 2020 and it carried me to the present day, it's a decent card for older games
@@RetroPlus great for you! I upgraded to rx 580 , also bought second hand which was about 100 euros . Great card and i wont switch it very soon
These GT710 would be useful for my school's PC's, because they are using VGA projectors. With this Display Adapter they could just avoid using VGA splitters, they could plug VGA projector and DVI monitor, and just set display devices to Mirror mode. Not to mention that those VGA splitters are quite expensive and they consume extra power.
"Honestly noone wants to game at under native resolution of their monitor, unless you're low spec gamer."
RIP every CSGO player playing at 240hz screens at 4:3 Res's
7:29 that's me. i am actually watching this video on a GT 710
I bought one of this cards. I work on a school and for some reason one computer integrated gpu failed. This card its nice for this situation because it has vga port and all monitors are vga.
Display adapter for school PCs
I'd use it in cheap pre builts (thrift store ect) to make emulation stations
One potential use case that I see is if you have a server (that for instance are used for backups, as a file server or, if you're a developer, runs a gitlab server with CI) that have a CPU without integrated graphics it might be nice to have a cheap graphics card that you can connect a screen to if something goes so horribly wrong that you can't use ssh
Me and a friend of mine use this for a server computer
Okay fair enough. :)
no iGPU in the server?
@@LiLBitsDK probably a Xeon, I think most/all of them don't have iGPUs
@@priesermax yeah its using an old 12 core xeon
Same and a hd5450 in another. Both sip 19W max
It's good for a Xeon sever due to it's relatively low TDP, in my case it eats up very little electricity in case I need to use a monitor for some situations.
Me with gt430
Hm this would be an upgrade
Don’t waste your time, buy a used GTX card
@@jaredchampagne2752 a friend gifted me a pc with Rtx 3060ti and ryzen7 5800x :d( it's way too overkill for my league of legends gaming)
@@nikoseleftheriadis9420 I meannn you can donate it to me 👀😂
@@keagant6080 trust me it will cost me more to send you smth rather buying a gt430 by yourself (btw if someone sells gt430 HE IS A LEGEND :D)
@@nikoseleftheriadis9420 wish I could buy a 3000 series
Watching this on my pc with a gt 710
I seem to have outraged the entire GT 710 community. 😂
GT 635 here.
GT520 in the server (though I'm on the desktop at the moment)
@@DawidDoesTechStuff funny youre laughing but you basically made your self ludicrous with this rambling video.
and btw theres a reason why matrox is able to sell 1gb cards for 200+
but yea everyone is just stupid cause you have a tech channel and you know what youre talking about... well spoiler you dont, 250k views on that nonsense really sad
@@woswasdenni1914 oH nO hE sHaT oN tHe gT 710
Look Dawid, I wish there was an easy way to do this but your channel needs more subscribers. You are so so underrated and you dont get enough credit for the amazing videos that you make. Good luck with the channel :)
Thank you very much for the nice words. :D
The man only recently started, give him some more time and one or two antibubble shots from YT recommender machine learner. He'll be big soon.
@@screensavinggamer9724 I've been doing this for more than 2 years now. :P
I got it to use while I was waiting for my 3060ti to come in. I wanted to make sure the rest of the system worked.
Perfect for end users in corporate jobs. I have thrown so many of those lil guys in PCs over the years.
This proves how good Intel HD integrated is. Tearing out my 1080 now!
wow. you still had life in your eyes back when this recorded. Rest in peace dawids will to live 🥺
Another video right on time for my lunch break
I got you. :D
i used to play WoW on the family PC with a GT210, ahhhh good times
Haha!! The GT 210 is a legend. :P
yeah, the 1GB GT210 wasn't a major downgrade when it came out in 2009, and it didn't have sub-par memory back in the day. it would be like getting a 384 Cuda core 4GB RTX2030 today (with working tensor cores still in it), if Nvidia gave a hoot about more than profit margins, lol. it is just so far past 2016 that anything 'New' with less than 4GB today is a joke at best. lol.
Nvidia just doesn't want to launch anything under 55 watts with 4GB (after the 4GB GK208), so there just isn't anything today that's worth it for low-watt no-fan or iTX/low-profile uses.
I can see this being used for a 2nd GPU to run second and third displays, so you don't hinder performance on your primary display if you tend to multitask while gaming.
I love that it's so small you can barely see it. "What is bringing my performance down?! I'm looking inside and I don't see anything wrong!"
I've seen you in another video of his.
@@allaboutemojis3634 I'm a comment addict. I must comment on EVERY video!
@@CaveyMoth :/
Amazon.de (german amazon) is even worse:
#1 MSI GeForce GT 710 1024MB DDR3 40€
#2 MSI GeForce GT 710 2GD3H LP DDR3 47€
#3 Zotac GeForce GT 730 Zone Grafikkarte (NVIDIA GT 730, 4GB DDR3) 81€
#4 MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GH LP OC 2GB Nvidia GDDR5 91€
...and then finally there is a "real" gpu, the rx 580 nitro+
Purely for display output. I've bought four of these, and also 3 Ryzen APUs, for a 7 computer array NAS