Monday, January 18th 2021

Mysterious GeForce GT 1010 Rears its Head, Targeting OEMs

NVIDIA has quietly introduced a new entry-level desktop discrete GPU positioned a notch below even the GeForce GT 1030. The new GT 1010 is based on the "Pascal" graphics architecture circa 2016, and is cut further down from the 16 nm "GP108" silicon. The GT 1010 appears to be NVIDIA's move at replacing the "Kepler" based GT 710 from its bare entry-level, and helping the company clear out all remaining inventory of the "GP108" silicon from the channel, out to OEMs. The GT 1010 likely features 256 CUDA cores, 16 TMUs, 16 ROPs, and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory across a 64-bit wide memory bus (40 GB/s bandwidth), with a maximum GPU Boost frequency of 1468 MHz. If the GT 1010 does make it to the retail channel, we expect a sub-$60 price. With these specs, the chip will be easily bested by the latest iGPUs from AMD and Intel.
Source: VideoCardz
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30 Comments on Mysterious GeForce GT 1010 Rears its Head, Targeting OEMs

#26
Arkz
lexluthermiesterNot sure I'd agree. Older doesn't mean useless...
I didn't say useless?
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lexluthermiester
ArkzI didn't say useless?
You implied it with the term "Ancient".
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#28
8BitZ80
RedelZaVednoOnly 256 CUDA cores? It's the same as in intel's 11th gen CPUs. Why would anyone pay 50-60 bucks for this crap?
Uhhh.....maybe because not everyone already has a modern CPU with decent integrated graphics?

What do you do if you have a low-end non-G Ryzen chip that needs a discrete graphics card but you don't play any games? Well you'd probably buy this "crap" then, wouldn't ya?

I'm in support of the GT 1010 because it obsoletes the GT 710 and GT 730. I'll be happy to see those barely-useful display adapters gone.
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#29
Arkz
lexluthermiesterYou implied it with the term "Ancient".
That implies as it defines, old.
A Titan X is ancient and still pretty useful today.
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#30
Pooky
lexluthermiesterWhile true, they are cores from a different architecture.
This is true, however Maxwell and Pascal are architecturally very similar, and it shows in the frames per TFLOP numbers. Combined with the much higher clock speeds of the GT 1010, I would wager it would easily outperform the little GM20B in the Switch.

Cheers
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