Question 1

Can you use this graphics card to mine any crytocurrencies? Just curious, trying to build and sell mining rigs for profit.

Accepted Answer

Yes you can use this card to mine crypto. However, it's not a great card for it. It doesn't have sufficient memory for Ethereum-based coins, and it's clock and memory speeds aren't really sufficient to mine anything else efficiently. You see, mining crypto is a competitive market. Coins are rewarded based on who mined the block that resulted in a new coin. Those blocks are "few and far between" (rare). Even using a mining pool, the hashes this card can mine are so few comparatively, that your portion of the pool's profit will not even come close to paying for the power to mine. If you're getting free electricity, then you can maybe profit by using this card; only if the computer in which you install it was basically free as well. I imagine you could mine $20 a year with this card if you mined for a pool. That means it would pay for itself in 20 months assuming a free computer rig and free electricity.

Question 2

Does it have low profile brackets?

Accepted Answer

Yes.  The SAPPHIRE Radeon R5 230 cards we purchased did come with short brackets that can be substituted for the full-height brackets.

Question 3

Will this work on a PCI "1.0" Express slot?

Accepted Answer

I can't say I've seen any x8 PCIe slots that are PCIe 1.0. Are you sure you don't mean a x1 PCIe Slot?  If so, the answer to that is no. This card is an x8 card.

Jim

Question 4

Does Windows 10 support this card?

Accepted Answer

The last driver from AMD for this card was released in March of 2016 and it is a beta.

Question 5

I see that this card has multiple connection options. Is it capable of a dual screen setup (one to a VGA monitor and the other to a TV via HDMI)?

Accepted Answer

It is. I just purchased this card a few weeks ago for a dual monitor setup and it works perfectly!

Brand	SAPPHIRE
Model	100372L

Chipset Manufacturer	AMD
GPU Series	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
GPU	Radeon R5 230
Core Clock	625 MHz
Stream Processors	160

Memory Size	1GB
Memory Interface	64-Bit
Memory Type	DDR3

DirectX	DirectX 11
OpenGL	OpenGL 4.1

Multi-Monitor Support	2
D-SUB	1 x D-SUB
DVI	1 x DVI-I 1 x DVI-D

SAPPHIRE Radeon R5 230 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card 100372L

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Cooler	Fanless
System Requirements	Power Consumption: <19W 400W Power Supply (Suggestion) CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive for installing software PCI Express 2.0 or higher version based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard in order for the card to be compatible with

Form Factor & Dimensions
Card Dimensions (L x H)	5.75" x 3.70"
Slot Width	Single Slot

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