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Resurrected an old office PC (NO LOW PROFILE BRACKET)

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2021

This card is a safe and cost effective way to upgrade your video card WITHOUT having to change out your power supply. I use this for remote learning/teaching, music, Youtube videos, light gaming (mostly retro) and watching movies. The old video card was a GeForce 710. The 1030 is Night and Day. Everything loads so much quicker. Multiple tabs open, with camera on, showing Youtube videos...NO LAG!

LIKE OTHER USERS STATED: NO LOW-PROFILE BRACKET INCLUDED! I was able to take the one off the old video card.

My Machine: Dell Optiplex 7010
Windows 10
500 Gb Samsung EVO 860 solid state hard drive
CPU: Intel I5 3.4 Ghz
16 Gb RAM

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James Freeman

No low profile bracket

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2020

I bought the V3 with the intention of installing in a small form factor computer. The only reason I went with this card at all is that in the item description it said:
About this item
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 2GB
Dual Monitor Support via HDMI & DVI-D
Low Profile Bracket Included
3x Faster Than GeForce GT 730
3 Year

However the low profile bracket was not included despite clearly stating that it was. The amazon customer service rep told me they'd ship another - I asked to verify it has the bracket and they said they would. Here is to hoping.

I cannot review the actual card since I cannot put it in the computer since it did not come as the item detail stated, therefore its automatically a bad review.

Replacement has arrived. Still no low profile bracket. This is false advertising. I bought it because it was the most inexpensive variant I could find that had the low profile bracket that would allow it to fit my computer. Now I have wasted an inordinate amount of time, will have to return two graphics cards and still don't have a solution. This is ridiculous. I wish they could just send me the low profile bracket.

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James Freeman

No low profile bracket

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2020

Style: V3Verified Purchase

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rex

Good value to replace onboard graphics , but no low profile bracket included!

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020

Style: V5Verified Purchase

I bought the v5 version for $72, which was a great price, but it didn't include the low profile bracket that was supposed to be included as per the product description. In fact, the sealed PNY box included the video card and not so much as a single sheet of paper with quick install instructions or a driver disk or anything. It literally was a video card in a protective plastic clamshell within the box and there was absolutely nothing else in the box. It isn't worth me sending it back for them to simply send me another with no bracket so I have ordered a low profile bracket from a 3rd party for around $7 that will hopefully fit. This increases the price to $79 which is still around $5 less than the next least expensive gt 1030 that I could find. I definitely find the situation irritating that the description is incorrect.

As for the card itself, I removed the large bracket and went ahead and installed it in my preowned Dell Optiplex 790. It does fit in the small form factor with no issues and will be fully secured once I receive the proper low profile bracket.

The PC I installed this video card on has an old i5-2400 processor and 8gb of ddr3 1333 ram installed. I installed Windows 10 and Tomb Raider (2013) from my Steam library. Prior to installing the video card,
on low settings at 1080p, the Tomb Raider benchmark reported an average FPS of 6. That isn't a typo. The onboard graphics were terrible. After installing the PNY GT 1030 V5, on normal settings at 1080p the benchmark is a rock-solid 60fps. This isn't a powerful gaming card, but it is a fairly economic replacement for onboard graphics on older machines. My primary gaming pc has a gtx 1050ti which is a much better low end gaming option, but for an ultra low budget build it is a competent card for light gaming needs. I tested it for a couple of hours playing the Witcher 3 and it was able to handle the game without any hitching or stutters.

With this card you should be able to play most modern games and have a reasonably good experience, but you won't typically be able to use max settings and you may need to adjust some settings per game in the Nvidia control panel. Make sure you download the Geforce Experience application onto your PC and use it to download and install your driver, since the box doesn't include any software.

For $72 this little card is more capable than I was expecting and it definitely provides a good value for the price. I would rate this at 4 stars if it had included the low profile bracket as per the item description.

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Kim Denny

The product Description says it includes the Low Profile Bracket, but it is not included

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020

Style: V3Verified Purchase

There is No Low Profile Bracket included. How do I get one??

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E.R.

no low-profile bracket

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2020

Style: V5Verified Purchase

I had to modify the original grid bracket (by twist-to-break each bar) just so there was SOME semblance of support. It certainly doesn't hold like a solid piece that's screwed to the card would do, but it's better than nothing. I might also put a wood post between the heat sink and the power supply below it, just for some gravity-support. It's not a heavy card, but since there's no true stabilizing bracket, I don't want to stress the card's contact points.

That all being said, runs as expected. Keeps decent temps, both ports work, card itself is indeed formed for a slim case. Not a bad card at all, just not 100% compatible with slim cases as advertised....

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Surrogate

Did not come with a low-profile bracket

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2020

Style: V3Verified Purchase

Kind of an essential piece and super cheap but they could not be arsed to include a bracket. I have to buy it separately and now wait a few days for it to arrive. AND hope it fits well enough since it's from a generic company. Assuming people will use a low profile card like this in a normal sized desktop is a pretty dumb move. As far as the card itself it is probably fine but I won't be able to tell for a few days.

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Bill

Boy I hate this video card drought.

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2021

Style: V5Verified Purchase

I paid waaaaayy too much for this thing. 6 months ago I paid $50 less for a fanless GT1030 (and only $50 more for a GTX1650 Super OC).

THIS IS NOT A $129 CARD! But it's also about the cheapest one I could find. And like my GTX1650, it came in the ultimate of generic packaging. It also doesn't have a low profile bracket - which I knew about before I bought it. What I didn't like was the fact that the screw wasn't in the bracket, and one of the retention fittings was loose -- as if someone had taken the card, tried a bracket they already had, and when that didn't work, sent it back and it got resold to me.

It works, as well as a GT1030 can work (and it does have GDDR5 memory in it), just wait for a better price drop.

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V-Tran

Resurrected an old office PC (NO LOW PROFILE BRACKET)

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2021

Style: V5Verified Purchase

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Goldenhands

value depends on what you need

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2020

Style: V2Verified Purchase

i built a budget gaming pc... my monitor runs on native 1366x768 @ 60Hz resolution.. my motherboard is old and cheap, not even including usb 3.0 or hdmi port... so to upgrade my older mobo, i had to find a single slot low profile pcie card that left enough space to allow me to install a pcie usb 3.0 card... yes, if i had newer mobo with modern features i could have spent an extra $20 to $40 and gotten a much more powerful video card, but i didn't need much because all i do with my pc is watch youtube videos and play emulators... this video card indeed fit the bill and i highly recommend it for someone who needs a budget friendly video card for low demanding gaming

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Cruciferus

It's missing the low-profile bracket.

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2021

Style: V5Verified Purchase

Like so many others, my GT 1030 (v5) did not include a low-profile bracket. It came in a white plastic clamshell in a black cardboard box. I contacted Amazon but they said they can't ship the bracket alone and told me to contact PNY instead, which I have just done. This is false advertising, plain and simple. I'm surprised Amazon hasn't fixed their product description even though this problem has exist for half a year. If you need a GPU for a small form-factor application, look elsewhere.

Update May 21:
Amazon said the card came from PNY. PNY said they take no responsibility because the card was sold by OnlinEmart, which is not an authorized vendor. I see two possible causes. One, PNY is indeed shipping cards without the low-profile bracket. Two, OnlinEmart removed the low-profile bracket, then sent it to Amazon as "Ships from Amazon.com". Either scenario is highly anti-consumer.

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Dragonflame771

It works on a 2007 PC!

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2020

Style: V2Verified Purchase

Bought this GPU for upgrading my last year GT 710 to this graphics card into the Dell optiplex 755 desktop with a 280W power supply. Can't believe it works with just the PC's 25W limit slot. but it still has the popping sounds like the last graphics card but it's the Dell optiplex 755's age so i need a new computer for improve performance and more power. but i do recommended this if your on a budget.

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