In this material, the company's graphics adapter is considered NVidia entry-level GT 610. Features it once again indicates that it is a product budget class, and its capacity is sufficient to solve only the most simple tasks in the list of which is web surfing, video playback in HD-quality and picture browsing. But with demanding toys or "Photoshop" this accelerator will be difficult to cope with.
As noted earlier, the product segmentthe initial level is aimed at GT 610. The characteristics of this video adapter once again confirm this. The graphics accelerator itself was introduced in 2012, and then there were not so few motherboards without an integrated video subsystem. In organizing an entry-level PC based on such a motherboard, the hero of this review was used. Another possible variant of its application is in the event of a breakdown of the existing video card (both discrete and integrated) and the need to restore the working state of the PC promptly and at the lowest cost. Such accelerators were of minimal value, and they were not difficult to acquire quickly, for the reason that they were always available.
Very modest technical specifications in the GT 610. Specifications of this semiconductor crystal indicate that it was produced according to the norms of 40 nm of the technological process. The chip itself was built on the Fermi architecture and was code-named GF119. Number of blocks CUDA this accelerator was 48. The clock frequency of the video processors was 810 MHz, and the accelerator itself was 1620 MHz. At the software level, this adapter supported technology Directx X (version 11.0) and OpenGL (version 4.2). To install such a video card should be in the expansion slot of the motherboard PCI E 16X (version 2.0). The maximum resolution of the output image for the digital ports was 2560 x 1600, and for the analog images it was 2048 x 1536. In the first case, the picture could be output to the ports DVI or HDMI, and in the second - only on VGA. The maximum number of displays for this video card was 2.
The installation of only 1 GB of RAM was designed GeForce GT 610. Specifications of this product indicated that it supported the outdated even at that time type of RAM - DDR3. The dominant graphics solutions market at the time was GDDR5, and it, too, sometimes some manufacturersinstalled on such adapters. Only here the essential gain in productivity it did not give because the RAM controller was oriented to work in combination with DDR3 at lower frequencies. As a result, the frequency GDDR5 in this case, decreased and such chips already functioned as usual DDR3. The size of the RAM bus in this case was 64 bits, and its speed was 1.8 Gb / s.
At some manufacturers the active cooling system was equipped with a video card GT 610. Specifications This semiconductor chip indicated that,that its thermal package was equal to 29 W, and therefore it is most appropriate to use a passive cooling system in combination with it. Even if you accelerate such an accelerator, then its heat packet will increase insignificantly, and it will still be able to work normally with a conventional aluminum radiator. Maximum temperature, allowable for a given silicon crystal, this is -102 degrees Celsius. In normal mode, this value is equal to 35-55 degrees. Even if you overclock this chip, it is unlikely that its temperature will exceed the value of 70 degrees. The minimum permissible power for a PC power supply in this situation is 300 W.
To date, integrated graphics cardsare direct competitors to the NVidia GT 610. The characteristics of this graphics accelerator position it as an entry-level product. At the same time, the accelerators built into the CPU are also targeted. At the same time, the latter have one important advantage, which is that they are part of the PC initially and there is no need to overpay for them. But the level of performance they have, if not better, then at least comparable. As a result, it turns out that there is no point in installing a discrete graphics accelerator in an entry-level PC, but it's better to use an integrated solution. And now there are no such computers, which would not have a built-in video subsystem. As a result, you can use the GT 610 only when the integrated graphics card is out of order and you need to restore the computer system's system performance quickly and at minimal cost. In all other cases, the use of such an accelerator is completely unjustified.
For 2000-3000 rubles you can buy the former NVidia GT 610 video card. Specifications completely and completely correspond to thiscost. In a new state, it is already impossible to buy such an adapter from warehouse stocks because they are no longer there. Undoubtedly, the pros of the given model include the passive cooling system (that is, the low level of noise during operation) and the affordable cost. But the minus in this case is one, but very significant - a low level of performance.
Of course, for its time was an excellent entry-level video accelerator GT 610. Features his (feedback is confirmed) allowed to solvethe simplest tasks. At the same time, the cost of this product was very democratic, and in the composition of office PCs, it looked quite decent. But now this niche was occupied by integrated video cards. Using GT 610 justified only in the event that it is necessary to restore the working capacity of the PC due to breakdown of the graphics accelerator and with the least cost.
