After spending few minutes online searching for my eCommerce sites accounts, I finally figured the date when I purchased this little GPU. Not so surprisingly, I wrote a blog post on this back in 2018 but I didn't get a chance to talk about my experience with this graphics card. Well, I didn't use it for long but this is one of those GPU that I still have on my possession.
When I purchased this card, my intention was not to play any modern games of that time rather to have a dedicated GPU for my display needs. My monitor had a display port and this GPU seemed to fit my requirement pretty well and that was the primary reason behind getting this card.

The specs of this GPU was not something super impressive even back in 2018 but it was respectable enough to support dual monitor and 4K displays. I am going to share the basic specs for you here just so you can get some idea but if you are one of those nerds and are super curious know more about this, you can definitely use some search engines to get detailed information on this GPU.
Brand | MSI |
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Core Name | GP 108-300 |
Cores | 384 Units |
Core Clocks | 1518 MHz / 1265 MHz |
Architecture | Pascal |
Processor Size | 14nm |
Transistors | 1800 million |
Interface | PCIe 3.0x16 (Uses x4) |
Memory | 2GB GDDR5 |
Memory Speed | 6008 MHz |
Memory Bus | 64 bit |
TMUs | 24 |
ROPs | 16 |
TDP | 30 W |
Dimension | 159 x 69 x 19 mm |
Yeah, it doesn't look all that promising but once again, if you want simple low profile and less power hungry 4K display supported GPU, this card can be a great choice even today. You won't be playing modern AAA games with this GPU and it was not meant to be doing that either. However, no one is stopping you from trying it out but I think you can easily play some retro games without any issue.
This card came with a low profile bracket which was a big plus for me as I migrated to a smaller computer case eventually. As you can clearly see, it comes with a small fan which is good enough to keep this card cool even during heavy loads. I would also highly recommend to check for the thermal paste just in case if you see this card running a bit hotter than what you are comfortable with. I honestly didn't get to try out this GPU for long as my requirement change only few months later and got another card. I will talk about that card soon enough.
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