NVIDIA
GeForce GT 1030
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Last updated Aug 17, 2026
Price History & Tracker
GeForce GT 1030 price history in United Arab Emirates: current low AED 354, 12-month low AED 334, 12-month median AED 354.
GeForce GT 1030 Price Summary
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About average — at AED 354, the GeForce GT 1030 is around its typical 3-month price of AED 354 (12-month median AED 354).
Overview
The GeForce GT 1030 is NVIDIA's entry-level Pascal-architecture card, launched as the most affordable discrete GPU in the GTX 1000 generation. It replaces the older GT 730 as the budget offering for system builders who need a low-power add-in card.
It comes with 2GB of GDDR5 memory — a meaningful upgrade over the DDR3 found in earlier GT-series cards — and a TDP of around 30W, low enough for fanless designs on some models. Pascal brought improved power efficiency and DirectX 12 support, though the GT 1030 carries no RT cores, no Tensor cores, and no DLSS capability. A DDR4 variant of this card also exists but performs significantly worse and should be avoided.
The GT 1030 targets users who want light gaming at 1080p with modest settings, or a capable media PC that can handle hardware video decode including H.265/HEVC. It is a reasonable choice for compact builds, older systems receiving a modest upgrade, or anyone needing the performance step up from pure integrated graphics.
Technical Specifications
Architecture & Cores
- Architecture
- Pascal
- Process Node
- Samsung 14nm
- CUDA Cores
- 384
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1,227 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1,468 MHz
Memory
- VRAM Capacity
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 64-bit
- Memory Speed
- 6 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 48 GB/s
Connectivity & Power
- Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- TDP
- 30 W
- Power Connectors
- None
- Released
- May 17, 2017
How does the GeForce GT 1030 run popular games?
Fortnite
Struggles7–10 fpsView report →