Nvidia launches GeForce GT 710, says its 10x better than an IGP

[HEXUS]

And claims this £29.99 graphics card is up to 70pc faster than the previous generation.

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[Luke7]

Wonder how this compares to AMD's current and nextgen APUs

[Nifl]

They probably compared it to Intel IGP and we all know what "up to" actually means. Bet they are trying to get rid of their junk, before the next generation is released in a few months.

[Platinum]

I would like to see how this performs against Intels current top end GPU on the 5770c chip.

And then again against the Itis pro 580 when it finally sees the light of day

[61zone]

Good for old gen users like me. Atleast it will run some games which are unplayable in Intel HD 4400

[kompukare]

Hm, Nvidia's marketing want to make themselves a laughing stock? Or did they compare it to the IGP of 10 years ago?
There is a bit slower than HD4600 (Haswell) according to Passmark:
Intel Iris Pro 6200 = 1,564
Intel Iris 540 = 1,483
Radeon R7 A10-7850K = 1,008
Intel HD 4600 = 711
GeForce GT 710 = 679
Intel HD 4400 = 546

I know, GPU Passmark is a poor benchmark but then nobody really reviews this end of the market. The obvious candidate would be notebookcheck.net because they seem to review almost every laptop out there, but Nvidia like to keep consumers on their toes and Geforce 710M is a totally different beast based on GF117 (Ferni), while this looks more like ONE of the 720M variants.

[abaxas]

Surely you'd just spend 45 quid on a gddr5 730 ? Which, plays most modern games without eyecandy but at decent framerates.

[xslavic]

I own the ATI HD 8570 wich is installed in my entertainment pc.It can go 4k 60hz.Has many features that makes it better than this one but i guess not so good in games.

[OilSheikh]

I just remembered selling boatloads of HD3450 Hypermemory graphics card years ago.
Bought them for £25 and sold them for £50 on ebay.

Good times!

[lumireleon]

Nvidia launches GeForce GT 710, says its 10x better than an IGP .....WHAT A LIE! lets say we have an AMD A10 with 2133 MHZ DDR 3 what next? lets say we have Intel Iris Pro? the name 'CUDA cores' is not everything ultra, CUDA is just a name for processing units.

[shaithis]

The title seems to be misleading compared to the body.....if you read further than then title you will read "up to 10x faster, for example, according to Nvidia".

But hey, don't let that stop you foaming at the mouth

[DanceswithUnix]

Only 2GB of DDR3? I thought these low end cards sold on GB per pound, is there no 4GB DDR2 model?

[Myss_tree]

Why a VGA output? Does anyone still use this antiquated port?
Better to have a Displayport.

[jigger]

Seems pritty pointless to release a dedicated graphics card with this kind of performance when just about every chip comes with integrated graphics and has done for such a long time.

[abaxas]

Why a VGA output? Does anyone still use this antiquated port?
Better to have a Displayport.

Becasue if you want to play FPS games competitively, you need a CRT monitor.

Not what you'd be playing whatever the lastest call of whatever on a gt 710.

[scaryjim]

You know, I'd be surprised if this is 10x better than the piddly IGP in my bay trail tablet. The entire story needs a [citation required], IMNSHO