Question 1

Do you need 6 pin power for this or does it get its power internally?

Accepted Answer

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us in regards to your question.  
The GT 1030 does not require AUX PCIe power.

Thank you, 
Newegg Support

Question 2

On this card, it appears to use a PCIe x16 connector, however, it says it uses a PCIe x4 interface. I'm confused as to if it'll fit into an x16 slot. Could someone clear this up?

Accepted Answer

This cars is physically a 16X card. a 16X slot can be wired for 16X, 8X or 4X connectivity.

The 1030 is a low end card and wont be limited bu a 4X interface.

In short a card/slot can be both physically 16X and 4X electronically.

Question 3

Will it work with Ryzen 5 1400 and Gigabyte AB350M GAMING 3 Micro ATX?

Accepted Answer

The first slot in your motherboard seems to support PCIEX16, PCI Express 3.0. So as long as it goes into the slot closest to your CPU. It should work fine.

Question 4

As being new to building PCs, I noticed in the specifications that this card's psu limit is 300w. Does that mean that if my psu is greater than 300w it'll not work or ruin the card?

Accepted Answer

No that is what the card's recommended 'minimum' power supply wattage is. If you had a PSU that was rated for less than 300w then there would be a chance of the video card not wanting to run in it's highest performance state. If you have a power supply over 300w it's perfectly sufficient the video card will only pull what it needs.

Question 5

does it come with dvi to vga adapter?

Accepted Answer

no, and there is no such a thing since dvi is digital and vga is analog (signal)

Question 6

will this fit in a small form factor pc?

Accepted Answer

Yes! It will. I used it in my sff as well so it does work. I used it in a optiplex 960

Question 7

How do you get the hdmi audio to output?  Is it ready to go out of the box, or do you need to connect to a mobo header?  Thank you.

Accepted Answer

In Windows 10, right click on the speaker icon on the taskbar, then select  OPEN SOUND SETTINGS, there you can select audio out to Speakers or High definition audio which would typically be HDMI out...

Question 8

Would this work on a dell optiplex 7010 sff?

Accepted Answer

Yes. This is an extremely narrow card: single slot with no fan overlap onto neighboring slots. 
 It is also half-height.  It has decent graphics power for the price and is quiet. It is also a PCI-E x4 card which is completely compatible with the Optiplex's PCI-E x16 slot.  It should fit and perform well.  I am happy with mine.  I have a ten-year old HP media server with very cramped space and few slots and it fits perfectly and works great.

Question 9

I have a Lenovo ThinkCenter M73 mini tower. The power supply is a 280W Standard PSU. This video card will be the first upgrade to it, later I'm adding 4gb ram. Will the power supply support this card installed onto the motherboard? Thanks.

Accepted Answer

Gigabyte's minimum system requirement for the GeForce GT 1030 is a 300 watt power supply.

Question 10

Does this card come with Win 7 drivers?

Accepted Answer

It comes with a driver disk that is compatible with windows 7, however you should download the most up to date driver directly from nvidia's website.

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