Nvidia has quietly introduced a new GPU core called the GT 1010, based on the five-year-old Pascal architecture of the classic GT/GTX10 series of graphics cards. The GT 1010 was found in the Driver Compatibility List by YouTuber Dapz, who confirmed the chip's existence after communicating with NVIDIA's official customer service. The GT 1010 is designed for very basic graphics workloads such as 2D/3D acceleration and HD video playback, so don't expect healthy gaming or other computing capabilities from the card. The most significant role of the GT 1010 is to replace the more Kepler-based GT 710, the remote GTX 680 generation of the graphics card, and the GT series GPU is not helpful for mining, will not be affected by the current shortage of graphics card.
As for why the old Pascal architecture was used, it was due to the product positioning of the GT graphics card family in the NVIDIA camp. The GT series is designed only for the most basic 2D/3D acceleration tasks, and the hardware system provides additional display output. Such light load tasks do not require significant performance and can still work well with older cores such as Pascal. Therefore, there is no need to use the latest GPU architecture in this entry-level GT series graphics card.
The GeForce GT 1010 has the same GP108 core as the GT 1030, but with one-third of the CUDA core disabled, the actual number of stream processors is 256. In terms of video memory, unlike GT 1030, GDDR4 and GDDR5 versions exist. The GT 1010 will be equipped with 2GB GDDR5. On the power side, the GT 1010 TDP is only 30W, and the recommended power supply is 200W or more, meaning that the GPU can be matched on almost any motherboard that uses a PCI-E slot.
Nvidia has no retail price yet, but it's expected to sell for a similar price to the current GT 710.
