Question 1

How many monitors can it run at one time?

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I'm running 2 Dell Ultra-Sharp UP2516D monitors with no problems. I have not overclocked , nor tried to hook up 3 monitor. This card is quieter and faster than my old GTX-760Ti. I don't know my FPS rate playing online games with it . Monitors are set at 2560x1440 resolution.

Question 2

What power supply do you need to run this card?  I currently have a 460w.

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It uses surprisingly little electricity for such a powerful card, it draws all it's current from the motherboard, no cables going to the Power Supply Unit.  As for recommended wattage, that varies a lot and depends on how much current is drawn by your CPU, motherboard, and onboard peripherals.  You can get away with less than 400 watts IF you don't have much else drawing current, if you already have a beefy system with lots of coolling fans and high powered peripherals, you might need more than 500.

I run this card (GTX 1050)  with a, maybe 450 or so watt Power Supply Unit (I don't remember exactly), no problems at all despite having an excessively high power AMD 8 core CPU competing for current.  You should be fine, especially if you are pairing it with an intel CPU, or something that doe not use too much electricity.

It's a good card, sold at a cheap price, a great deal.  But keep in mind, it does NOT support most virtual reality headsets, and to my knowledge it does not support SLI (multiple cards on one motherboard).  I've run into some performance issues running a PlayStation 2 emulator that works fine on a lot of cheaper cards, but not this one.  But otherwise, it's all the processing power you truly need, can run the Witcher 3 on high settings with no problems, and all that extra video RAM is great for games that have a high number of graphical objects, Factorio and Lego Digital Designer are good examples.

Question 3

Noob question but does this card blow cool air in the GPU or does it blow hot air out of the GPU? I am asking because I am thinking about this card for light gaming in an Evolve ITX case and I am worried about how hot the card will get with the PSU being kind of close to the card.

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This card like many others exhaust hot air through the rear grille - intake air from inside case and exhausts out the back. This card rocks for the price, pushes 1080P with no problem on my big screen.

Question 4

What wattage does it consume?

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Probably about 75W for the card itself under heavy load, per some googling. The wattage is not stated in the specs. Instead ASUS recommends a 300W system power supply as the minimum.

Question 5

will this fit in hp 580-137c desktop?

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I don't know the size of your computer. I can tell you it was about half the sizr of my last one. One of yhe smallest graphics cards I've had yet quite powerful.

Question 6

will this work with Amd a10-6700 Apu?

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It doesnt matter what CPU you have...You just need the correct motherboard with a PCI Express 3.0 slot...

Question 7

Will this work on my desktop Dell (kinda old)?   Inspiron 560  Pent-DualCore E6700@ 3.2Ghz   10Gb memory Windows-7 64-bit OS......   Upgrading from AMD 5450 PCIe  (which is crashing my system).....   I don't high end game anymore, but like smooth, crisp graphics.  Don't have a lot to spend, on social security only income, but do like to play.  If this would work or something better but not more expensive please, less would be ok..lol, I'm up for suggestions? Thanks!!   Larry H

Accepted Answer

I can't say for sure, Larry, but if your computer has a compatible PCIe slot, then this should work.

Question 8

Any linux users with experience on this card?

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My opinion the video card will work in your computer I know someone has linux in your computer is running gtx 1060 was no problem below just make sure your motherboard can support it also make sure your Power Supply can handle the additional load

Question 9

Hello, I need to know if this GPU it's compatible with MSI H61M-P31 motherboard?. Thanks!

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Don't know.  I would contact MSI and ask them.   They should be able to tell you.

Question 10

How well does this card perform for CUDA applications?

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better off getting a cheap quadro, unless you plan to game.

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