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MSI Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB GDRR3 64-bit HDCP Support DirectX 12 OpenGL 4.5 Single Fan Low Profile Graphics Card (GT 710 2GD3 LP)

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Inexpensive and works great in my small-form-factor PC

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 3, 2016

I need a graphic card upgrade for a very old compact desktop PC, Acer Aspire A3910 from 2010. This MSI GeForce GT 710 is an entry-level graphic card that fits my requirements perfectly. Here are several reasons why I picked this card instead of something more powerful:
- It is relatively inexpensive.
- It is low profile and occupies only one PCI slot. This is important since my PC has a SFF (small form factor) case with limited space.
- It consumes very little power (20W max), so even the 220W power supply in my PC can handle it.
- It uses only heatsink for passive cooling. This eliminates the noise and reliability problems associated with cooling fans.

[Installation Confusion]
- Initially right after the graphic card was installed, I can only get a display of 1200x800 from the HDMI port. Nothing from VGA port.
- After I installed the MSI VGA Drivers from disc, my monitor can now display 1920x1080 from VGA port, but nothing from HDMI port.

The problem could be from my computer's motherboard, since I observed the same behavior with the EVGA GeForce 210 I previously purchased (and returned). Just keep this behavior in mind, in case you cannot see any display right after installing the card.

[Graphic Performance]
I ran the 3DMARK 'Cloud Gate' benchmark on my PC, both before and after the graphic card upgrade:
- With integrated graphic, the overall score is a pathetic 209.
- After installing the GT 710, the score jumps up to 3735!
(see my uploaded screenshots for details)

On the other hand, the GT 710 cannot hold a candle against my better graphic card, the EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti. When both cards were tested in a newer desktop PC (Asus M32CD), the 750 gives about 4x higher score . Note that the 750 does not fit in my old SFF PC since it is much larger. See my photo uploaded for size comparison between 710 and 750.

[Power Consumption]
I used the EUM-A1 Power Usage Meter to measure the input power of my computer:
- Before the graphic card upgrade, my computer consumes ~50-55W when idle, ~70-75W when running 3DMARK.
- After the upgrade to GT 710, my PC consumes the same 50-55W when idle. This means this graphic card has the same standby power as the integrated graphic chip set.
- When running 3DMARK or XCOM: Enemy Unknown, my PC now consumes up to 85-90W. That means the graphic card consumes 15-20W when it is running at full speed.

After I played XCOM for several hours, the heatsink becomes too hot to touch, but not hot enough to cause a shutdown. In contrast, the EVGA GeForce 210 suffers thermal shudown after just ~10-20 minutes of playing XCOM. This is because the 210 consumes more power (30W vs. 20W) but comes with a smaller heatsink.

[Conclusion]
The GT 710 works very well in my particular situation. Of cause this is an inexpensive entry-level card, so I cannot expect the same level of performance as my GeForce GTX 750 Ti. But for a very small investment, I'm suddenly able to play many games which were previously unplayable on my old SFF PC. For that I'm happy.

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This card can't handle basic media

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 20, 2020

I have never been able to make this card work properly. I am not a newbie when it comes to upgrading computers. I knew that I wasn't buying a top of the line card, and I've had Nvidia cards before. I bought this mostly to take advantage of its SUPPOSED 4k capabilities for my new MSI 4k monitor, and to do some pretty light video editing. This card has been very frustrating. I've tried soooo much to fix this thing.

I've even tried it in two different computers.

Specs on computer 1: Intell quad core 3.2GB, 24GB ram.
Specs on Computer 2 (brand new HP): AMD Ryzen quad core 3.1GB, 16GB ram.

The results were the same.

Sometimes I need two video sources open at the same time, playing simultaneously. These video sources are usually local, but occasionally they are streaming. On both computers using this card, whenever I have a video open in VLC and another in WMP, there is terrible stutter and pixel loss. Moving my mouse when ONE video source is playing causes stuttering. Audio and video won't sync properly. If I'm watching a streaming video, I can't also scroll Twitter or Facebook because an autoplay video will completely wreck the streaming video. Plex is as solid a program as any out there, and anytime I try to use Plex to watch local video on this card I get stuttering and audio/video sync issues.

I have a hard-wired 100GB connection, so the stuttering isn't my internet connection.

I had a very old Nvidia card (2GB) that handled all of this really well, including heavy video editing and video compositing. I'm not doing that work much anymore, but the idea that I should try anything like that with this card makes me jiggle with laughter - when I'm not crying for dropping $70 on this thing.

Reached out the Nvidia support. They got right back to me. Gave me complicated instructions to put the right driver on my system. It worked, for a while. When things started to go south again I asked for a replacement, but apparently I have to work with MSI to get a replacement. That will be my next step.

Just beware that this card might not handle basic functions.

ADD: I hooked my monitors up to the onboard graphics of the new HP and everything works fine. This card is now officially junk to me.

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It's an old card but still has merit today

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 19, 2021

Size: 1GBStyle: GT 710 1GD3H LPV1Verified Purchase

I got this thing on sale many months ago (June 2019) and paid 8 dollars total for it. This was back when Amazon did a promo that involved using the mobile app for the first time. When you did you got 10 dollars off your next order. With that out of the way...

(Please note all reports below have this GPU, an Intel I5-2400 @ 3.10ghz CPU and 8GB of RAM. Your results will vary unless you have my exact setup!)

Yeah this runs all the games I want it to run. Please set expectations low as this is an old card. Remember no game out there released after 2012 will hit 60+ FPS consistantly on this thing. This is absolutely perfect for my use. I have included some reports below so you can gague how it might work for you:

Apex Legends: Runs below average. I had to run in 720 resolution fullscreen with all graphics turned down to min. Framerate averaged at 15, lowest 10.
Fortnite: Average by my standards. Same graphics settings as Apex (720 resolution, graphics turned down to min). 17 FPS average, lowest 15.
Kerbal Space Program: This one surprised me. I'm unsure resolution but it seems windowed mode 800*600 (whatever default is) but you can ALT+ENTER to make it fullscreen. Average framerate during normal play was 40 FPS, while exploding or operating a huge vessel with alot of parts it got as low as 5 FPS. Don't go crazy and you're fine. (NOTE: this was without any graphical mods EXCEPT "realplume")
Paladins: Flawless running! I actually ran a match without changing anything in graphics and got 60+ FPS with a less-than-occasionalll dip to high 40 FPS. Checked it afterward and everything was maxed out at my native resolution (1680*1050 16:10). I was pleasently surprised
Rocket League: This one is tough for me. This game is the whole reason I bought this card. All graphical settings set to "performance" and transparent goalposts set to on it gets 20-35 FPS. Not ideal at all for an action game such as this. Running fullscreen at 800*600 helps a bit but not alot.
Runescape (NX client): Let's be honest, who plays RuneScape current-day anymore? Well I did to benchmark it. Graphics maxed out got me 4 FPS, just like 2004 did for me. I got used to it back then so I accepted that for this game. With graphics relaxed a bit I got 20 FPS average across various parts of the F2P map.
Runescape (old school): This is what I've been playing the most the past couple of days so this data is fresh in my mind. You can't change the graphics much so there's only pure FPS to talk about: 60+ FPS all the way around here. It's expected for a graphics engine from 2007.
Sid Meier's Civilation 5 (Directx9): I have the Steam version so it launches in either DX9 or DX10/11. DX9 version runs just fine at 30 FPS with maxed out graphics.
Sid Meier's Civilation 5 (Directx10/11): Man this version of the game just feels smoother, even though nothing is different except animations. Still 30-50 FPS but it just feels better for some reason.
Subnautica: Smooth as silk for the most part. Minus any effects emitted from the world (giant gun or Aurora's reactor anyone?) I have never hit framerates below 20. Audio seemed desynced from world events such as those named above but that may have just been a result of my pausing the game right as it started both times.
Valorant: Not my best experience but definately not my worst. Graphics turned down to minimum and resolution down to 720 it ran. Notice I didn't say it ran "ok". It was playable at 10 FPS but my lack of skill in games like this is no excuse for performance.
Warframe: Turn the graphics down a bit and you have a good experience. Using the classic graphics and a turned-down resolution gets me 25-60 FPS depending on what's going on. Missions run 25-40 FPS, Fortuna ran at 30-35 FPS. I'm not far into it so good luck Tenno.

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Had a bit of trouble installing, but it works perfectly!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 3, 2020

Size: 2GBStyle: GT 710 2GD3 LPVerified Purchase

I bought this for an Inspiron 3647 running Windows 10 and it took me ELEVEN hours to figure out how to install it...because I'm a noob. Solution is in last paragraph if you don't want to read about my trials and tribulations.

My pc has only VGA and HDMI for monitor output, and the HDMI quit working. I wanted to have a dual monitor setup and I had an empty PCIe slot, so I figured I'd get a graphics card. My main monitor was VGA and I was hoping to get the 2nd (an old monitor I brought from work so I could work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic) into HDMI. Got the card inserted into the slot and powered everything back up. BLACK SCREEN!!! Not even the integrated graphics VGA worked! I had no clue what to do! I powered down, took the graphics card back out and was able to see via the VGA again.

The product did not come with a cd for the driver, so I went to the NVIDIA website to download it. Got the .exe going, but it wouldn't let me run the install wizard because it couldn't detect the card. (Nooo duhhh...because I had to take the card out to even SEE how to get to the website to download the driver!!!) Only the integrated graphics showed up under display in Device Manager.

I thought that maybe my HDMI cable was bad so I tested them out with the laptop. They worked great. Turns out the old monitor from work was no good. Back to the drawing board. I scoured tons of forums for solutions and pored over them for hours.

One solution was to boot up in safe mode and enable the PCIe slot in BIOS. So, I go to BIOS and there is absolutely NOTHING about graphics, video interface, northbound or southbound (or whatever it is) settings...NOTHING. Spent about an hour trying to read up on BIOS and where else it could possibly be. Couldn't find a thing. So I decided to look up if I should update my BIOS. After all, I was running version A04. I got conflicting answers about whether or not I should - this did not really help me at all.

I tried to find out how I could even update the BIOS...I didn't know where to go. My search led me to Dell's website, where I input the service code of my pc and it showed me about 11 different updates it needed to do - one of which was a BIOS marked URGENT! Matter of fact, it was wanting to update to BIOS version A11!!! No WONDER I was having trouble! Intel's website told me, if I understood it correctly, that I could not use an external graphics card in addition to the integrated graphics card...that only one would be active. That bummed me out because in order to make the graphics card fit, I had to take off the VGA port and install it with the smallest bracket, which only left me with HDMI and DVI. I was hoping to use the integrated VGA and the HDMI on the new graphics card.

Solution: I updated my BIOS to the latest version, enabled Intel Multi-Display in BIOS, and was then able to continue the NVIDIA control panel installation, which enabled my new graphics card. I was also able to use the integrated VGA AND the HDMI on the new graphics card with no trouble! Hopefully, this poor sap is able to help another poor sap out. :)

Con: My only con (other than the legwork required for me to install it - but that is most likely due to my pc being old) is that the fan is noisier than I expected.

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Works great even my 7 year old intel core i3 LGA 1156 MSI motherboard running Windows 8.1

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 14, 2018

Size: 1GBStyle: GT 710 1GD3H LPV1Verified Purchase

Update: 10-01-2020 Good news the driver / software left behind after I removed the card and uninstalled was NOT causing the problems with the built in core i3 CPU's onboard video chip - the heat sink mounted to the CPU had gotten loose and after I locked the plastic intel hold downs all problems went away.

Update: 06-27-2018 still working great on my desktop PC running windows 8.1x but... now and then I have had top reboot. I recently got windows monthly roll up quarterly updates. Closed all programs, installed and rebooted. Then I noticed all windows / programs were solid black. I rebooted and the problem was gone. At other random times I have have had a single program do this. Never happened in the prior 8 years I have owned this computer and running the built in graphics on the core i3 chop. Not a deal breaker but something to be aware of.

Low power consumption!! I used my kill-a-watt meter and on one computer the power consumption was identical to the core i3 with built in video and on the computer I am using now it is around 3 to 5 watts extra at idle compared to before I installed the video card. Running temperature is very cool - I ran the MSI torture test and put my hand on the fan-less heat sink and it was barely warm! Normally it is room temperature.

Excellent. I don't play video games but I do some home video editing with Corel VideoStudio but.... I started using a program called Sketchup (SU) which is used to for architectural building design and 3D modeling in general. The problem is the latest and last two free versions of the program SU 2016 and SU2017 require a newer version of OpenGL. My OpenGL my existing home built computer is a Intel first generation core i3 socket LGA1156 computer with an MSI MS-7587 H57M ED65 chip set motherboard that only supports OpenGL 2.0. I discovered that I could not simply download software driver with a newer version of OpenGL because the hardware I had would not support it. So I started searching for a video card. I had no Idea what card would work but amazingly I discovered that my 7+ year old computer supported PCIE or PCI-E 16X 2.0 which meant I could use almost any video card including this one.

Install.... I highly recommend using backup software that makes a full image of your computer as this is the mother of all installs! I used ghost to backup my windows 8.1 install. I rebooted and then started the install. Wow I was blown away with the size of the driver 1.5 Gigabytes!!!!! WOW - largest driver I have ever installed. Normally, a driver might be a few megabytes!

Next, it asked if I wanted to install the updates. I should have said no and rebooted then installed updates. Result - when I rebooted the screen was blank. I hit the power switch and rebooted and everything is fine. About a day later I had my android phone hooked up by usb to transfer pictures and I disconnected because the copy froze and I was forced to reboot. That problem never happened and fortunately has not happened since.

CONS: invasive - huge huge driver install. I normally, run about 7 programs and tons of tabs in my firefox browser. I minimize everything and set my computer to go to sleep after 20 min and hibernate after 2 hours. When I start the computer up after hibernating and open the programs minimized to the task bar then are reduce in size about 1/3 of the screen and aligned in the top left corner so I have to resize the window. Never had the problem until I installed the video card but I can live with it.

Second con - there is zero performance improve in my system even when using VideoStudio X9. The only thing the video card does for me is allow me to run SketchUp 2017. Possibly I might run dual monitors in the future. The point is that the power and features of the card mainly apply to video games and possibly VR? but for the average desktop user you won't notice a difference with this card or any other brand.

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decent item, but not powerful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2022

Size: 1GBStyle: GT 710 1GD3H LPVerified Purchase

Does well for low power usage and simple gaming, but if you are a serious gamer, go get a real GPU.
This one works well and has given me no trouble in over 6 months of use.

The perfect & inexpensive card for a MacPro (mid-2012, 5.1) upgrade for Mojave, supports 4K!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2019

Size: 2GBStyle: GT 710 2GD3 LPVerified Purchase

(Review is for the GT 710 2GD3 LP)

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UPDATE 12/17/2019:
I just picked up a new HDTV, the Samsung 43" model UN43NU6900BXZA which offers 4K and UHD. Amazon carries it as does Bestbuy and others locally. It may be a baseline model, but, wow, the pic quality is extremely crisp and clean. The MSI Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB is working perfectly with my new 4K Samsung, using my Mac Pro running Mojave.

This card supports 4K and there was no adjustments in settings needed for setup, the card and my 4K Samsung communicated perfectly and my Mac Pro make the resolution settngs seamlessly in the background upon connecting.
The quality of my Mac Pro now (running Mojave for the present) is stellar. Details, fine text, screen fit, contrast, color...etc...it all looks superb.

If you are considering a 4K display upgrade, YES, this card will work perfectly with it!
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I needed an inexpensive card to upgrade my Mac Pro 5.1 mid-2012 and this card works perfectly for that. No power cable needed and a very small profile that won't get in the way of other cards and slots. It is self powered by the PCIe bus so no power cable was needed.

Of course there is no boot screen during boot nor a way to select which drive to boot from if you have more than one OS drive. You can easily though, change the "start-up" drive once the OS is booted and loaded in System Preferences, so not a big deal for me.

I am using the HDMI output to a Samsung 1080 HDTV and there was no need to tweak screen fit or anything. The card booted right up to a perfect screen display.

I've tried a few other Apple recommended cards in the past and honestly, none did any better than this. I returned one at over $150 simply because I decided to wait for a lower priced card to do the same thing and this MSI card does! Additionally, this card seems to wake my Mac out of sleep very quickly. The older cards I tried seemed very sluggish to do that, this card seems much more responsive to wake my Mac. A Win-Win in here!

HMDI won't pass the audio, but, no cards out there will do that unless specifically made for a Mac Pro and flashed correctly. I have optical and digital output on my M. Pro so not a biggie.

The card seems responsive and fast and at some point I will do a "Geekbench" test. The 1080 on my Samsung HDTV looks crisp and clear output from this card. I would say 1080 looks slightly better on this card than my old OEM one that came installed on my Mac. Small icon seems a bit crisper and clearer. Close to the old card, but, there is definitely a bit of improvement there.

The card is fan cooled and since I won't be gaming with this desktop, it should run very cool routinely.

5 Stars all around and a great way to upgrade an older Mac Pro on the cheap.

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This was an inexpensive way to avoid upgrading my computer

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 8, 2022

Size: 2GBStyle: GT 710 2GD3 LPVerified Purchase

I have been using Zwift, a cycling-training app, for years. About 5 years ago, after a Zwift update, the app stopped working on my computer. I looked at all the minimum requirements, and the computer seemed OK except for the graphics. So I bought this card, hoping it would allow me to keep using my computer to run the Zwift app. So far it has done the job. The fan is a bit noisy, though.

Worked as expected, but it took up 2 slots

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2022

Size: 2GBStyle: GT 710 2GD3H LPVerified Purchase

It does fine for a cheap graphics card. I installed it into a very inexpensive computer so I could use the computer as a home entertainment system. For that level of need, this thing does great

Only problem is it took 2 slots instead of one, which didn't matter to me, but it might to others.

Great upgrade for Gateway/Acer SX2110G-UW23 SFF (Purchased 2013)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2020

Size: 2GBStyle: GT 710 2GD3 LPVerified Purchase

Read all the reviews and was concerned about compatibility but this video card was the only one that appeared to fit the specifications for the Acer small SFF fit.
Observations: used in a Windows 10 Build 1909 desktop. All security and cumulative updates installed. Many reviews (here and other sites) said that the card was not Windows 10 compatible. I purchased and installed to see what would “really” happen. Boot process was nominal but slow due to the hard wired AMD 45 Series Dual Core E1-1500 APU (CPU/GPU combo) on the motherboard and the installation of the generic Windows 10 driver updates. Once it finished loading the Windows 10 Basic Video Driver (2006 version), the computer stabilized nicely and performed within MB specifications (it’s most definitely NOT a gaming rig). The video card also fixed a persistent onboard GPU heat stress problem (95° C/197° F) that used only a passive heat sink (I had previously pulled the sink, applied new thermal paste with absolutely no improvement) by automatically disabling the onboard GPU and automatically enabling the PCIe 2.0 x16 expansion slot as I’d hoped and expected. Then I loaded the latest Nvidia driver for GeForce GT 710 2G3D LP series cards (with fan) from the Nvidia website (per the MSI website directions). There was absolutely no problems installing & running the 64-bit version of the driver. I also updated the Windows 10 basic video driver (2019 version) as backup (for MB GPU; no plans to use it unless there is a catastrophic failure of the MSI card).
Conclusion and recommendation: Another quality product from MSI. Don't hesitate to use this card on older desktops that have an onboard fixed GPU as a viable upgrade solution. The low profile (LP) kit comes with the pictured default standard full height bracket (4.2 inches). There are also two LP brackets (3.118 inches) that can be substituted (like I did) requiring two LP slots if you need to use the VGA 15-pin socket. The Dual-link DVI and HDMI connectors are paired to the primary bracket; the VGA connector tied via the ribbon cable to the video card board and is secured on the second bracket using the existing video plug female fasteners. I did not test the DVI or HDMI connectors as the monitor my client uses is VGA only, so I can't comment on usability/compatibility or any issues that may occur.

Unexpected quality but...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 23, 2020

Size: 2GBStyle: GT 710 2GD3H LPVerified Purchase

This review is for the "MSI Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB DDR3" card (GT 710 2GD3H LP).

First off, I'm not a gamer. I just needed a second graphics card so I could use 3 monitors simultaneously. Being fanless is important to me because I use my PC for mixing/recording music and don't want additional noise. Finding a fanless card that supports 3 monitors simultaneously is tough to find. (Amazon doesn't help because they combine questions and reviews for similar models and if the answer/review doesn't explicitly spell out the product model you get conflicting results. For that matter, even the manufacturer specs say "Maximum Displays: 2".

I bought this to run side by side with a Saphire Radeon 6450 which will only handle 2 monitors simultaneously. I was very pleasantly surprised when I got it and the box said it supported 3 monitors max. So I replaced the Radeon, installed the drivers and control panel software and 3 monitors worked great.

Things to note:
1) Windows 10 Pro would not configure 3 monitors from the traditional right-click | Display settings. I had to first use the Nvidia Control panel to tell the card to use 3 monitors simultaneously. Once that was done then Windows could see and manage all 3.

2) For some reason Windows popped a message that Nvidia Control Panel needed to be downloaded from the Windows Store. Comments on the Windows Store indicate that makes LOTS of folks VERY unhappy with Nvidia. I did not download it but just searched for it on my machine and it was there. I think Nvidia drivers did install it but Windows didn't know that until it ran once.

3) The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that when this card is installed my boot time goes from 15 seconds to nearly 2 minutes. With my old card I get a single system beep from POST then it boots. With this card I get 3 addition POST beeps each approximately 30 seconds apart. I've gotten quick response from MSI Support and will revise the rating should a solution come from it.

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Richard Blackwood

Great little video card

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 23, 2022

Size: 1GBStyle: GT 710 1GD3H LPV1Verified Purchase

I bought this for a cheap media center build for my dad. It is much better than the onboard graphics card that came with his dell and you could definitely tell a difference in how crisp the picture was on his computer. I got this for $40 and it made a world of difference for him. If you are in need of a better low end card I would def recommend this.

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