Where does MSI even get the chips from? How can they be brand new?

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  1. A bit strange when they are next to 7700xt or 5070

  2. I was thinking old stock clearance but wait a minute..

  3. WiseLong4499

    These are the unsung heroes of almost any catastrophe or global event. Whether it’s the mining craze, the COVID-19 pandemic, or a chip shortage, you could always count on a GT 730 to get your new build to stand on its own, until better times.

    Up until recently, these were honestly valid options, as the most popular builds based on AM4 often didn’t have integrated graphics. This has mostly changed now, so what we’re looking at is soon to be a relic of the past. Press *F* to pay your respects.

  4. The fun part being that Nvidia is dropping driver support for the 700 series cards soon(tm).

  5. borg-assimilated

    I’m shocked they aren’t behind locked cages.

  6. ApprehensiveAd6476

    I have one as a diagnosis tool. In case of a graphics card failure, I can easily determine if it’s the card or the motherboard.

  7. PantsMcGee

    They come with low profile brackets so they fit a-lot of office machines. They ain’t for gaming that’s for sure. Just for seein’

  8. They’re there for business purposes

    You just need enough graphics power to render Windows on like 2-3 monitors, the rest is of no concern

  9. Stilgar314

    Someone had a really old computer that “Works Fine TM”. Monitor died. Only VGA available on the PC and cheap monitors this days are HDMI only. This person found a passive cooled, no additional power required, GT210 for less than a VGA-HDMI adapter. Now really old PC has a GPU.

  10. CenturioLabia

    Well, I recently learned there are GPU collectors so.. there might are some ppl who buy this

  11. Greedy-Mixture-1599

    It is used in office work. A few of my friends use cheap cards only to watch movies and series on media platforms.

  12. Some people use it just for a video signal i guess or may be to test gfx card slot on the motherboard

  13. Ballerfreund

    I also own one GT 730 for my UNRAID NAS because the setup of my SAS card (with SATA adapter) is only accessible in legacy mode, which the iGPU of the used i5 12400 (and since Intel 8xxx) doesn’t support.

  14. If you don’t need heavy graphics… had a hd2600 with a cold beer as a cooler in my server… got a 3050 8gb for dome cuda later… had to look for a model with dvi, as i just have an old 4:3 screen to get networking up…

  15. JackJeckyl

    They’re for people who don’t know they need a P1000 🙂

  16. deathreaper27_sec

    Thank your 730, I had to use it for a couple days when i was running on my second pc and the 3060 was still in the mail system. It used half of its vram just existing but i had a computer

  17. Objective-Cut-216

    Lul the 210 was my first graphic cards i bougth myself

  18. after 10 years you will still find 5060 8gb on shelves

  19. getintheshinjieva

    Wait, GT 730s are still being manufactured?

  20. I have one for testing. GT 730 DDR5, 3 different display connections and doesn’t need direct power from psu.

  21. Pretend_Discipline27

    I’d argue the 6500xt is worse of a deal, atleast with the 730 you know your getting that gpu with the lowest expectation ever on gaming

  22. Merecat-litters

    why not? great for simple video output card not for gaming only. Like other said, business machine

  23. Ganddad needs a gpu that’s compatible with windows vista

  24. It’s a situation we’re in. Where basic card starts at 300-500 eurodollars there’s bound to be market for below that.

  25. fredsin133

    Just recently bought gt 730 2gb ddr5 for 20$, cheap and reliable while saving for stronger gpu

  26. Dense-Spare-4878

    Bro I have seen gt 710s lying on shelves and collecting dust.

  27. After recent years, it’s strange seeing any GPU on the shelves

  28. RoawrOnMeRengar

    Those cards are display adapters, enable the use of more than the two monitors your motherboard can handle. You can just enable igpu multimonitor in bios to use the additional card ports on top of the motherboard ports.

    Useful for work where you might want 3 or more monitors but don’t need an actual gpu.

  29. DueEquivalent6468

    as someone without pc knowlage,are they good or bad?

  30. pretty sure they’re for business or office machines , they perform worse than a modern igpu now

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