MSI GeForce GT 710 1GD3H LP Graphics Card '1GB DDR3, 954MHz, Low Profile, Low Consumption, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, HTPC, Silent Passive Fanless Cooling System'

Upgraded my Mum and Dads old p.c to enable hdmi, so that they could view their old pictures. Plug and play, p.c finds software easy. Pretty sure will be ok for an affordable p.c gaming system.

As my eyesight has slowly deteriorated, probably like many of you reading this who spend hours in the normal course of the day looking at / working on screens, I sought out a low end graphics card that has HDMI capability. This is to replace the on board VGA output on my ageing Dell Optiplex 3300 mini tower. This has a 300w PSU.Right at the last minute - before clicking on Buy Now, I read in the most popular review (for the 2GB version) that a minimum 500w PSU had been suggested. Some fairly rapid drilling down on the nVidia website proved to me that for the 1GB version this is not the case. Manufacturers minimum system requirement on this unit is 300w power.Relieved, I bought the card, and although delayed on route from Spain via UPS, it arrived safely. Hardware installation was great, and a good opportunity for blowing out dust from the system box before hand.The installation CD is not good though (I use Windows 7), and got me stuck in a ridiculous loop of offering all sorts of gaming add ons, but not enabling the basic drivers to load. Best to go straight to the nVidia website and get the original drivers there. Another reviewer mentioned the "placebo effect" in the resulting new screen display, and I sympathise with this, however I genuinely believe the resulting display is better - can't give an accurate % though.I have no intention of gaming as I spend enough time on PC's with work, so cannot comment on the effectiveness for games. I have an average wide screen monitor, and the display is easier on the eyes and clearer. On day I might plug the VGA back in and see what I was putting up with before. An interesting aside on that is that you cannon have the on-board VGA, and the expansion card's HDMI output, both plugged in to the monitor at once, the PC gets confused.So if you are looking for a low cost upgrade (I can't believe how much the high end cards sell for - you could buy a reasonable second hand car for less) from a genuine manufacturer with years of track record, then this card is highly recommended.

A basic level, good value, low profile graphics card that's not going to be up to the standards of serious gamers, but one that has Windows 10 support and drivers and will do a great job for the average user.It's a small card, fitting a single slot in PCs with limited space as it has no huge heat-sink fans etc. The D-Sub output can be removed and a replacement ultra low profile bracket can be added to fit slimline PCs, leaving the HDMI and DVI outputs showing. Nicely, the card is supplied with 2 smaller brackets so no need for any additional purchases.Installation is simple (assuming you are OK opening up a PC) and it the card fits standard PCI-E slots and has no need of additional power cable connections. On re-booting the PC, the card is detected as a standard Windows graphics card and works perfectly (although you will need to reset screen definition settings etc) but auto-detect for me did not pick up the NVIDIA GT 710 signature. Using the Driver CD supplied in the box sorted that issue. The driver installation from the CD was fine (although you need to be careful to de-select the extra toolbars, anti-virus software and other stuff that it wants to add as default) although it appears to get "stuck" on 99% complete for what seems like ages and drivers don't install if you assume it's hung up and you quit too soon.Overall: a recommended value card for slimline PCs in particular, not massively powerful by today's standards, but great for the average user and up to date enough to be Windows 10 supported.

Decided I needed to brush up my Mac skills but didn't have the cash to drop on a new mac mini, alas.Fortunately had a Dell 9010 handy, discovered that this machine has good mac compatibility, set about installing Mac OS on it - all went relatively smoothly but the graphics didn't get along with any of the cards I had to hand.Didn't much fancy replacing the processor (which would have also solved the problem apparently) but read one of these would do the trick - and so it proved - working fine in Mac OS Sierra (haven't tried anything newer as yet...)Using with two 29" ultra wide monitors, the Dual Link DVI and HDMI connector will happily run both at better than HD resolution (2540x1080 60hz) - unfortunately the HDMI is not 2.0 so will presumably only do 4k at up to 30hz, so less than ideal if you want for an HTPC.

First AMD build since late nineties and surprise, surprise needed GPU. There are better cards even GT710 but I could get it next day as oppose to others. It's ok and works fine.

With gamers spending hundreds on a decent graphics card, why would you buy a £30, iGB card?I bought it to simply replace the VGA port with an HDMI - with a little memory. Great value for that feature alone, having a little chunk of memory also helps.The fact that it comes with small form factor brackets was also excellent, simply unclip the port at the top, unscrew the little screws and replace with the smaller bracket - two minutes work and fitted great in my old, small HP. Plug and play.How you can produce such a cheap card is beyond me. OK, it's probably rubbish for gaming, but for everything else it's great.