My kid's laptop bit the dust recently. I bought him a renewed desktop but unfortunately it does not work well with the video game he plays, World of Tanks. On the laptop, he would get about 60 fps on the game, but on the new desktop he's only getting around 24 fps. I found a refurbished gaming computer on Amazon that comes with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 graphics card (specs here). I can't figure out if this card will give him 60 fps or not. Can anyone knowledgeable help out? What am I looking for in the specs?
Need help with graphics card for gamer son
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The Nvidia GT 1030 is, unfortunately, not really a card that is designed for gaming, its main purpose is to provide your computer with more display / monitor ports than what is offered by the motherboard by default so that you can use multiple monitors, thus gaming performance will usually be lacking in most games, especially modern games. (It may be fine for retro gaming though)
Replacing the video card with a more powerful one would be desirable, but giving blanket advice on a video card without knowing the rest of the desktop PC's specifications would not be advisable, especially as some newer video cards are severely constrained by older hardware because of advancements in the standards used by said cards.
Knowing the rest of the system's specifications would be of great help to everyone who may respond on here to be able to provide further assistance!
Replacing the video card with a more powerful one would be desirable, but giving blanket advice on a video card without knowing the rest of the desktop PC's specifications would not be advisable, especially as some newer video cards are severely constrained by older hardware because of advancements in the standards used by said cards.
Knowing the rest of the system's specifications would be of great help to everyone who may respond on here to be able to provide further assistance!
Condobloke
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World of Tanks minimum needed gpu is a GT740 but recommended is a GTX1650.
worldoftanks.com
If you are looking for a system for gaming I would recommend you at least get one with an RTX 3000 series in it since that's already two generations behind the current generation. It will also be useful what other games or applications might be used.
System Requirements | Guide | World of Tanks
System Requirements for World of Tanks: Detailed information about the minimum and recommended system requirements, including speed and hard drive space and size.
worldoftanks.com
If you are looking for a system for gaming I would recommend you at least get one with an RTX 3000 series in it since that's already two generations behind the current generation. It will also be useful what other games or applications might be used.
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CaffeineAddict
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I had that card before current one and can tell it's pretty bad GPU for gaming, no way to get 60fps except with very low end games.
GT 1030 doesn't have GDDR memory but SDDR and only 2GB of it and that's is insuficient for gaming.
There are cards which do have GDDR but you'd need to give us exact model to verify this.
We got another computer ordered, so I guess this thread is moot now, but to fill in the gaps the computer he got right now is a Dell Optiplex 990. The computer on the way has a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card in it, so it is better than the one with the 1030 card we looked at yesterday. I'm not going to spend any more $ so the 1050 is it.
CaffeineAddict
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This one is much better, I have GTX 1060 and the difference is significant compared to GT 1030
I tend to agree.
The GT 1030 uses the exact same Kepler-gen GPU die as my own GT 710. This has a GK208-B, with half the cores disabled (192 cores active). The only real difference between the two is that in the GT 1030, the GK208-B has all 384 cores active. But it's still - by modern standards - an ancient architecture.
No, I concur with @Zev & @CaffeineAddict. It's not a 'gaming' GPU by any stretch of the imagination; I didn't buy my own with that in mind, 'cos I'm NOT a 'gamer'. I just wanted a bit of additional processing power for light video rendering - Openshot, my main video editor, can "offload" rendering to a discrete GPU if it has 'official' drivers installed.
Mine's an Asus, and DOES have GDDR5 (though only 2 GB). The Asus GT 1030 also comes with GDDR5.....theirs are 'upgrades' on the original reference cards, and also have 150-200 MHz extra on the 'boost' clock, too.
The GT 710's actually OK for 'light' gaming, and I'm not talking about the kinds of games most of you would be familiar with, either. I'm talking 'indie' & older stuff; AssaultCube, UrbanTerror, even RedEclipse and Xonotic at a pinch. I also play around occasionally with Half-Life2. Runs amazingly well on this thing, believe it or not.....but then it IS by now around 20 yrs old, of course.
I've started messing about with a Java-based remake of the original Masters of Orion, called Remnants Of The Precursors. Great fun it is, too.....and runs well here in Puppy.
(I can't go any higher with a discrete GPU in any case. These HP Pavilions come with a weird slimline PSU of around 180-200W.....and it's all but impossible to upgrade. The GT 710 draws just 19W through the slot itself. Draw your own conclusions.)
But this kind of thread invariably begets replies and suggestions from those to whom money is frequently no object, and who will spend anything in pursuit of their 'hobby'. Hardcore gamers tend to assume that everybody has the same priorities as they do, since they're often very 'focused' & 'blinkered' in their outlook on life.
That's not a criticism. Merely an observation. It can be a very expensive 'hobby'.......and beyond the financial reach of many!
Mike.
The GT 1030 uses the exact same Kepler-gen GPU die as my own GT 710. This has a GK208-B, with half the cores disabled (192 cores active). The only real difference between the two is that in the GT 1030, the GK208-B has all 384 cores active. But it's still - by modern standards - an ancient architecture.
No, I concur with @Zev & @CaffeineAddict. It's not a 'gaming' GPU by any stretch of the imagination; I didn't buy my own with that in mind, 'cos I'm NOT a 'gamer'. I just wanted a bit of additional processing power for light video rendering - Openshot, my main video editor, can "offload" rendering to a discrete GPU if it has 'official' drivers installed.
Mine's an Asus, and DOES have GDDR5 (though only 2 GB). The Asus GT 1030 also comes with GDDR5.....theirs are 'upgrades' on the original reference cards, and also have 150-200 MHz extra on the 'boost' clock, too.
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The GT 710's actually OK for 'light' gaming, and I'm not talking about the kinds of games most of you would be familiar with, either. I'm talking 'indie' & older stuff; AssaultCube, UrbanTerror, even RedEclipse and Xonotic at a pinch. I also play around occasionally with Half-Life2. Runs amazingly well on this thing, believe it or not.....but then it IS by now around 20 yrs old, of course.
I've started messing about with a Java-based remake of the original Masters of Orion, called Remnants Of The Precursors. Great fun it is, too.....and runs well here in Puppy.
(I can't go any higher with a discrete GPU in any case. These HP Pavilions come with a weird slimline PSU of around 180-200W.....and it's all but impossible to upgrade. The GT 710 draws just 19W through the slot itself. Draw your own conclusions.)
But this kind of thread invariably begets replies and suggestions from those to whom money is frequently no object, and who will spend anything in pursuit of their 'hobby'. Hardcore gamers tend to assume that everybody has the same priorities as they do, since they're often very 'focused' & 'blinkered' in their outlook on life.
That's not a criticism. Merely an observation. It can be a very expensive 'hobby'.......and beyond the financial reach of many!
Mike.
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CaffeineAddict
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It's possible but redundant, I'd enable V-Sync to limit GPU framerate to monitor refresh rate.
