msi Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB GDRR3 64-bit HDCP Support DirectX 12 OpenGL 4.5 Single Fan Low Profile,NVIDIA,

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.

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.

1. Replaced old GPU on old rig that I built in 2015 - if it ain't broke 2. Works right outta the box but missing driver cd so it will fudge up your display set up until drivers are downloaded which you have to go online for - this was not fun but whatevs 3. So far works great and haven't had a blue screen of death so far since old gpu fan stopped working and I couldn't find a new fan replacement - just changed the whole darn thing out. 4. I also used IObit driver booster pro to update all drivers on rig in case there is a hardware/software glitch conflict which causes issues in the future - preemptive but yolo Overall good for the price - the missing driver cd was a pain in the a$$

My Acer Aspire TC-885-ACCFLi5O desktop had integrated graphics that were less than optimal for even basic video watching. Glitchy video playback was concerning, so I purchased this card to put into the PCI-express slot. I purchased this card knowing it was low-profile, which was good. It fit right into the case and snapped in without issue. No need to connect anything beyond that and the whole process took 5 minutes. The card ships with a driver CD. I installed the drivers and the additional software on the CD but ended up removing the additional software as it related to overclocking and I didn't need it. I like this card as it costs less than fifty bucks and boosts the overall video performance of PCs with integrated graphics. This 2GB card is better than most of the 1GB cards at around the same price point and provides users with the option to have a dual monitor setup. (I'm using the HDMI port and so far, it works great.) If you need a cheap card for a system that has integrated graphics, this is one to consider.

I had a similar video card with the same Nvidia chipset from a different company and, as is the case with all video cards with fans in them, the fan started making noise. So I purchased this one and I'll use it until its fan goes out. At $50, you can afford to replace it every couple years. Installing this one was a little tricky, however. I was trying to line it up with the PCIe slot and get it positioned with the back of my tower case but it wasn't going in. It turns out that the stupid bracket was bent, preventing the card from lining up. I used my pliers to bend the bracket back to straight and it slid right into place. The driver was no problem at all. The card I replaced it was the same model Nvidia card and so no new driver was really required. I went out and downloaded the latest driver and it workd fine. I'm very satisfied. Mind you, I'm not doing a first person shoot 'em up with this thing. I play a very calm city building game and this works great for that application. I play Forge Of Empires.

What a difference! Before it burned out, the old secondary video card could barely keep up with a 720P video file. And viewing any 1080P video file was an excercise in frustration and hopelessness. (Compact format micro-tower computer came from factory with audio and video card on one board. Lightning EMP blew things out - yes I was heavily surge protected - and made me install the first similarly priced but video inferior card. The that card burned after a few months of sub-par performance. This is the second, newer and waaay better card installed on that computer.) Bought this on the advice of my computer guy, and I'm glad I did. *Easily* keeps up with 1080P files with no drop-outs, freezing or pixelations. Quite! Very Quiet! (When I shut off the cooling fans in the computer cabinet and open the doors to vent heat, it's so quiet that you don't even know its working.) Spared me from having to drop $600+ on a new media computer. (I'm cheap that way.) A very solid and affordable buy for digital video media playback. You won't be disappointed. Running Win7 dual-core @aprox. 3.5MHz. 300W power supply. 42in monitor with 120 refresh rate. Card supplies data to monitor at 60mMz. Comes complete with plates for installation in small form factor computers + driver software.

I'm a software dev by day and music producer by night. I used to build high-performance, water cooled PC's for benchmarking competitions years ago, so I know a thing or two about buying computer parts. This past week, I ordered parts and built a mid-budget Micro ATX PC exclusively for producing music. In doing so, I wanted an absolutely dead silent computer. I have a Sterling condenser microphone (for vocal recording) that will pick up birds through walls miles away, so the fans gotta be silent. My build has a very quite and low-power consuming i3 9100f as well as two super quiet Noctua case fans. I very carefully picked out (most) of these parts to build a dead-silent PC. Obviously I made a slip up on this graphics card.... I'm not gaming on this thing, but I did want something that can easily handle 1080p on a 21" monitor as well as potentially support a second monitor, so I bought a budget-end graphics card. Upon reading benchmarks and researching, I've seen good things about the performance out of the GT 710 graphics card. It's awesome that includes 2GB of memory, just a lot of bang for your buck in a daily PC. So I ordered this one. I've had MSI products in the past, including graphics cards, such as the higher-end Radeon HD 7950 graphics cards, which was an awesome GPU in the early 2010's. I fired up my PC after building. I instantly noticed the sound of a noisy fan constantly running (which infuriated me, as I was trying to go for a dead silent build...). It didn't take me long to figure out it was the graphics card. It is VERY noisy. It sounds like it's running a game constantly with just my desktop open! To demonstrate the noise, I have recorded a video clip. I used MSI Afterburner in the clip to manually adjust the fan speed. As you can see, I have it on the lowest setting in the beginning. I can't lower it anymore, so the fan will always be audible, even at the lowest level. I turned it on max, and you can hear what it would sound like running a game. I'm honestly shocked how horrendously noisy this graphics card is for it's size. It has a very tiny fan, what looks like a 40mm fan (maybe even smaller). The noise wasn't even something I considered in my research on this card, I did not thing such a low powered card with such a tiny fan would be so noisy! Does it run? It runs great. Desktop is fast and responsive, I have no problem watching videos or movies on it (which I tested). But I CANNOT recommend this graphics card. The noise level is absolutely unacceptable. I don't care if you're building this for a gaming machine, media center, or something else where you didn't think noise would be a factor. This thing is noisy, and every time you shut you PC, you will notice just how bad it is. Shame on you, MSI. I know this is a budget level graphics card, but there is no excuse for this kind of noise. I'm returning this and replacing it with an Asus GeForce GT 710. same card, but it has a special Asus-designed heatsink with NO FAN. As long as you have adequate cooling like my PC, with good airflow and cable management, you don't need dedicated fan on something like this.

I am running a Linux distribution (Centos 9 stream). The drivers are closed source so I installed nouveau driver which has issues. I bought an AMD Radeon 580 GTS which seems to be working just fine. If you are running Windows 11 this should be OK