ZOTAC GeForce GT 710 2GB DDR3 PCI-E2.0 DL-DVI VGA HDMI Passive Cooled Single Slot Low Profile Graphics Card (ZT-71302-20L)

This is the low-low-tier fanless, GDDR3, PCIe x1 card. Technical aspects from my experience, paired with Ryzen 5000 series (no CPU bottlenecks): -Compatible as expected on AM4 ASRock B450M HDV-4.0, and ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac -Seems like modern production run, with continued driver support -Full UEFI/non-CSM/non-legacy compatible (i.e. Windows 11) -Core/RAM clock only in MSI Afterburner, no voltage or Power Limit control ---Accepts +200-300mhz on both clocks. Basically stays inside 40-60C under any idle/load -Using this (or anything else) to display instead of main mining card, gave 1MH/s ethash rate increase (~28MH/s RX580) -No conflicts with active AMD and NVIDIA drivers+software. -Smooth 1080p60 Youtube and Twitch, issues with certain Twitch streams stuttering ---Unsure, but possibly common Windows issue with multiple displays ---Youtube strangely stutters at 720p or lower. 1080p only? lol -Similar general desktop/browser performance as a modern GDDR5 GPU -RX580 does have slightly better display clarity, and (vaguely so) system responsiveness Windows can only use one GPU for rendering (Display Settings --> Make this my main screen), so if you have 2 monitors plugged into 2 cards, the secondary screen/monitor pair will always have issues with refresh rate, latency, and stuttering. However, Path of Exile, which has an in-game GPU selector, was able to run normally on the RX580/"not main" monitor, while the Windows desktop+apps directly behind felt like a remote desktop connection. Don't expect playability past DirectX 11 stuff and PSX era emulation. Not great Vulkan performance. From my limited testing: -Smooth, absolutely playable 60-80+fps in (1080p+high) Terraria and Celeste, (720p+low) L4D2 and HL2 era games -30+fps in 720p Path of Exile, PERFECT for running a trade-only 2nd account on a 2nd PC/VM instance (POEers, this is how you get Mirror rich) -CS:GO and Chivalry 2 barely function, crazy stuttering, <10fps -Runs AOC 24G2 (Freesync/"AMD"-branded) at true 1080p144hz over HDMI. 60hz setting produces clear mouse trails and skipping. No clue if games are actually displaying past 60fps, but no stuttering or tearing with VSYNC off. The reason I bought this: my PC froze while BIOS flashing my main gaming/mining RX580. I was getting 4 boots on beep, and no display from BIOS or Windows. I simply needed to reach Windows from another display source, with the RX580 active, in order to reflash. Despite having a spare x16 GPU, I needed the 1x, slot-power only GT 710 b/c: -Corrupt/unusable/unflashable 2nd physical bios on my used RX580, ("invalid VendorID") -My spare card needs 1 (of 2) PCIe connectors from the PSU--my RX580 uses and NEEDS both to activate -Spare card is null, b/c my MicroATX motherboard has only two PCIe slots (x16 and x1) -No integrated graphics, APU, or different systems available For this purpose, the card worked perfectly. Plugged in one monitor via HDMI to the GT 710. BIOS and Windows booted and displayed normally. The BIOS flashed perfectly and restored full function my RX580. I discovered that the PolarisSRB mining BIOS requires CSM/legacy mode active to post BIOS, otherwise it beeps, then goes straight to Windows login like normal (if fully flashed :D). With CSM off, GT 710 in, but monitor plugged only into RX 580, BIOS seems to be happy it found any card, and skips the dreaded beeps, accept DEL to enter settings etc., but simply doesn't display anything (out of the RX580), unless you plug a monitor into the GT 710. --Conclusion: I eventually upgrade most of my components, and built 2nd mining rig anyway that I only remotely access, so I could've returned the GT710, as a refund a refund on my $70 "fix". But I bought the warranty, and now it's always hooked up. I only switch monitor cables to the main GPU to game. Not the best solution, but dat average hashrate amirite?

The good: Plays Grand Theft Auto 5, plays World of Warcraft, plays all kinds of stuff I simply didn't expect it to play. I sold my GTX 660 Ti and relegated my 8 year old Xeon workstation to server duties -- this card was simply a "I need video outputs on the server" card. Then I changed my mind, and sold my i7-2960qm/Quardo 5010M 4gb laptop, and started using the desktop again. I can't believe this card runs almost everything at around 30fps with settings turned down, surprisingly reliably, though not quite perfectly. Extremely impressed. If you want a cheap card that'll impress, and you're not looking to brag up your system to friends who throw a lot of money at theirs, this card is probably a good bet. Specifically GTA5: I drop the resolution down to get the FPS required for the faster parts, and it delivers. The benchmark rarely dipped under 30FPS. Settings are all pretty much on their lowest, but the game still looks just fine, and plays great, including car chases and shootouts. Specifically World of Warcraft: runs awesome almost all the time on so-so settings with particles turned up to see spell effects/danger zones on the ground and view distance nudged up a few points. Every once in a while in WoW boss fights it lets me down, and crawls badly enough that tanking becomes more challenging, but it's rare. This includes LFR EN. Skyrim runs pretty choppy. I haven't really made use of it. It doesn't have a way to see FPS that I know of, but I'm guessing it's between 5 and 10 FPS during the first attack. Side note: I have, however, ordered another card to let me crank all the settings up. GeForce Experience is requiring a login now even to run software updates. That bugs me a lot. So, I went with an R9-380 (highest benchmarking card I've ever owned for a great price). My first ATI/AMD card in probably 18 years. Almost entirely because of the login requirement, but also because the price/performance was amazing. $99 for a 380 is fantastic. Passmark has it way faster than my old 660 Ti and for basically the same money.

I added this to my business computer which has onboard Intel HD Graphics but only supports 2 monitors. I found that the 2nd monitor would go black whenever the computer would go to sleep and I would have to restart the computer to get it to come back on. It slowed the computer down using onboard, so I added this because it can support 3 monitors. This is an excellent card for adding multi-monitors (up to 3 monitors at 1080p) to a desktop or server with a PCIe x1 slot. Keep in mind that PCIe x1 is a bottleneck. This is not a card for graphically intensive games or programs that involve intense 3d rendering. As long as you use this card for the express purpose for which it was designed, it works very well. If you have an old system without PCIe x16, this may be an option for upgrading video or at least adding multi-monitor support. It is certainly better than onboard graphics for a lot of systems. While it probably can run older games at lower resolutions, it would be better to upgrade your motherboard with one that supports PCIe x16 and use a higher end GPU card. That being said, I would recommend this card if your needs are like mine.

The last time my dad came out to visit, he brought a massive ATX tower desktop. Knowing his requirements (and looking inside at how empty the case was), it was clear that this was way too much case and way too little PC. We went and picked up a salvaged Dell Optiplex 755 small form factor PC, then I cleaned it up and added more RAM and a hybrid hard drive. There was one problem left: the Core 2 Duo's internal graphics were hilariously awful, struggling to push 1080p playback at all. It was obvious that he needed a graphics card, just about any graphics card, to make it usable. The case is slim, only about 4" side to side, and there's no PCIe riser, so I was limited to half-width cards. he didn't need much, nor did he want to spend much, so this card was the lucky winner. This was my first adventure into Zotac graphics cards. I've heard mixed reviews on their higher end stuff, but this was a good opportunity to step in and see how their lowest end stuff performs. I *do* want to feel them out before deciding on a GTX 1070 model for myself, after all. The GT 710 was more than enough for my dad's needs, the low-profile form factor was great, and the passive cooling made it completely silent. 1080p playback was flawless. YouTube looked and sounded great with no stutter or distortion, and local media files played just fine. The card runs a bit hot, but that's to be expected from a passively cooled GPU in a compact case. ...that didn't stop me from trying to overclock it, though. Because I was already pushing the limits of what this cheap OEM power supply could handle, not to mention the thermal limits of the card, I didn't go too crazy. I did get a nice little +60MHz core, +200MHz memory bump. Because I was perfectly stable there and hit only my thermal limits, the card probably has some more headroom for a better overclock in a bigger case with more ventilation. That said, under no circumstances would I consider a GT 710, let alone one powered by DDR3, if I were shopping for a gaming rig. The card just isn't designed for that, and even low settings at 720p will offer choppy framerates and bad graphics quality. To put it into perspective, I still have a GTX 260 from my old PC lying around. That GTX 260 can run rings around the GT 710. The 260 is from 2009. The GT 710 is from 2015. Consider that if you're thinking about using this card for gaming, no matter how light. That said, no one really markets the 710 as a gaming card. It's marketed for what it is: a card to add HDMI support to a PC that doesn't have a built-in HDMI port, or for old computers that need a cheap replacement for outdated untenable graphics that can't keep up. If you keep that in mind, temper your expectations and understand that you're just not going to get a brand new, high end gaming card (or any worthwhile gaming card, for that matter) for $40, you'll be very happy with this purchase.

I run a GTX 3090 with four monitors, but I recently bought a Valve Index which needs a dedicated DisplayPort connection. One of my existing monitors is just a TV running at 60hz which shows my OBS preview projector window, so I initially thought I'd enable the integrated graphics and use that. Unfortunately, despite my Motherboard having an integrated graphics port, my Ryzen 5950 does not support integrated graphics. Then I thought I'd grab a USB adapter and connect it to that to free up a DisplayPort slot. It worked, but unfortunately, the USB adapter sucked a lot of USB bandwidth and the "Windows Driver Foundation User Mode Host" process which drives the adapter was also guzzling CPU and GPU power disproportionately and causing blue screen crash issues (Windows Version10.0.19044 Build 19044). I pulled out a spare graphics card intending to stick it in, but was dismayed to find my only available slot was a PCIe x1 connection. After reading about problems with risers and not wanting to literally cut off some of the connector of my old GPU, I started looking around for x1 GPUs that would give me the one extra HDMI hookup I needed. I bought this sucker and stuck it in the x1 slot and it worked perfectly. No issues, no fuss. Doesn't need a power hookup, has passive cooling, has an extremely small profile, and doesn't add a ton of extra heat inside my case. I did have to go into my UEFI/BIOS settings and adjust which GPU would be the primary one for boot time. I also hopped over to the Nvidia control panel and ensured it was set to use the 3090 for PhysX settings -- I wanted to make sure nothing was trying to use this card for heavy lifting. It has one job, to drive a low-demand display at 60hz 1080p, and it does that admirably. I've only been using this GPU for a few days, but it's been stable and I've seen no tearing, lagging, or system instability. I already bought another to keep around as a troubleshooting card for desktop systems that are experiencing issues and need fixing -- systems often have an x1 slot free but may not have integrated graphics, so I can slap one of these in and just cut the power to the main GPU without having to physically disconnect it. The small form factor and lack of external power hookup or fans are a godsend.

I bought this July 15. It worked fine for 2 months them the monitor started flashing on and off. Replaced the monitor and the cables and checked the drivers. Monitor still started flashing after the system was on for a few hours. This happened on August 15. Amazon they were very helpful but since the 30 day return window had passed the connected me to Zotac. It took about a week of haggling with Zotac to get an RMA. Meantime a bought an MSI board which also worked fine and still does. Finally got the RMA and delivered the board to Zotac. After about 10 days the said there was nothing wrong. We haggled some more and then I got a message that a “replacement” board was being shipped. It arrived Oct 16, 2 months after the problem began. What I got was a board, in an anti-static bag, in a USPS flat rate box. I can’t tell if it’s the one I sent them or of it’s actually a replacement. I think a replacement would have consisted of a completely new package with the box, manual, etc. so I’m inclined to think that they just sent my old, defective one back. I’m certainly not going to waste any time testing it. It’s just money down the drain as far as I’m concerned. For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t count on Zotac’s “warranty” if you buy one of these and have a provlem.

Upgraded my Ivy Bridge Celeron G APU graphics with this card. I don't play games so that wasn't a consideration, but I watch a lot of video and noticed a lot of frame drops with 1080p material using integrated graphics. This particular PC runs Ubuntu 14.04, displaying on a recent-ish Samsung LCD TV via HDMI. This Zotac card fits in a single PCIe x16 slot, even with the passive heatsink. The install process was simple and less hassle than I thought, since my BIOS defaults to using any PCIe card as the primary display. Had to download & install the proprietary nVidia GPU drivers but this literally required 2 clicks after opening the Additional Drivers program. I use the opening few minutes of my Quadrophenia BD as a graphics test because playing the beachscape in VLC used to look like paint melting off a wall. It looks fine now. Graphics aren't perfect as I see tearing and some judder in VLC, but none of that is apparent playing the same content in Kodi. I saw a few frame drops with the Two Towers 1080p but these were minuscule compared to frame drops under integrated video. Bonus surprise: the nVidia drivers added a bunch of new GPU data to my pSensors screen, I didn't even have to do anything, they just showed up. So I'm able to track GPU temp, activity, bus use, etc.. Despite being installed right next to another card, GPU temp always falls after I stop video and it never gets too hot even during a 90 min 1080p movie. So the passive cooling is sufficient for my use. One glitch: using the nVidia driver's default settings, dark scenes were almost unwatchable. The screen went mostly blank as black rendering was way off between this card and my LCD display. Fixed this by limiting RGB color range in the nvidia-settings program, now dark scenes look fine.

INSTALLED in a DELL OPTIPLEX 910 / WIN10 64 PRO with NO CD required. Others complained about the 1/2 card plate? My provided plate installed quickly and without a hitch. I DID willingly give up the "VGA" 1/2 plate but that's fine because my DELL already had VGA output and this OPTIPLEX has only 2 half-height slots. While WIN10 did install this card quickly (without a CD), I DID go to the Control Panel to 'update' the drivers that were 'auto-installed' for my ZOTAC Card. I'm not sure what good that did because the display results was already more than acceptable. This card now drives a VIZIO 43" Monitor; the pixels and display provides "VERY good" quality results via HDMI (B+)! While I can not judge this card for gaming, for GENERAL USE and my applications I am more than pleased... and honestly, my results are better than I expected! Other notes: I did spin the provided CD up, but it wants/tries to install MANY more bells and whistles (read more hard drive space) that I did not want or need. A simple WIN10 online 'driver update' gave me just what I needed. I read other reviews about 'sudden black screens' and a few other complaints, but 'MY' card has no issues like that and is simply "OUTSTANDING" for my needs. Perhaps the 'update' fixed that black screen problem before I saw it? The bottom line is, "for the money" ~ This ZOTAC has my vote! Sure one can spend a LOT more money for other cards with lots more memory and such ~ but please don't overlook this spiffy ZOTEC Video Card! Mine was purchased here on Amazon 'used', but please don't tell my Dell! Anthony