Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 2GB GV-N1050OC-2GD OC Graphic Cards

A quiet, capable, entry-level 10 series Nvidia. After six months of heavy use, I have to say it works very well. I use mine to drive two busy "productivity" displays with multiple workspaces on a FreeBSD system. The fans rarely kick in (and are not audible over system fans if they do). In the cool of the mid-Atlantic winter, my card has been running at 32-34C in a well-ventilated Corsair case.I picked this card for:* large number of outputs (the most of any card pictured on the Nividia site's 1050 page)* modestly higher clock speeds than the competition, out of the box* deep fan design (bigger blades can run slower and quieter)* lower price and power requirements than beefier models* plenty powerful compared to previous series entry level Nvidia (some of which were barely adequate)While my use is "productivity", that includes a tremendous number of browser tabs, many of which do leverage hardware acceleration, as well as video playback and light photo editing. This card is beefier than I strictly needed (and would likely be fine for light to medium gaming), but I was also sizing it to handle upgrading from HD to WQHD (which I've done now) and/or driving a third display (which I haven't done yet).Linux and BSD folks might be interested in the card's dmesg output. This is from FreeBSD 11.1:nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 384.90 Tue Sep 19 17:29:32 PDT 2017nvidia0: <GeForce GTX 1050> on vgapci0vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_iohdac0: <NVIDIA (0x0fb9) HDA Controller> mem 0xed080000-0xed083fff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci1hdacc0: <NVIDIA (0x0080) HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0hdaa0: <NVIDIA (0x0080) Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0pcm0: <NVIDIA (0x0080) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 4 on hdaa0pcm1: <NVIDIA (0x0080) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 5 on hdaa0pcm2: <NVIDIA (0x0080) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 6 on hdaa0This isn't my first Gigabyte video card, and won't be my last. I'm very pleased with it. Recommended.

First off lets look what I'm using this in: A old Walmart "box" Dell Inspiron 560 computer (2009 era) with the Intel e5400 CPU; 10 Gig Ram, Win10 and stock 300 Watt power supply. This by NO means a powerhouse of a computer. With the on-board graphics being only good for the most basic of games and videos, we moved to upgrade the video to a Nvidia GT 520 (2011 era). One of the limiting factors with video cards is the power supply in the computer having enough power. Back then the GT 520 fit the bill only requiring 300W. This card worked fine until games became more graphic heavy.Playing what would be considered "simple single and multi-player games" with my son (he has a gaming computer) was more of a aggravation then enjoyment. Games like; Flight Simulator, Spin Tires, Euro Truck Simulator, Modern Warfare 2 (all on Steam) would suffer along on only the lowest of settings.Well this Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 has changed all that. Now these games are running smooth and quick. It's like having a whole new computer, even with the lacking "CPU" power. With the Video settings on High, I'm now "booking" on all my games and simulators!The GTX 1050 requires only 300W power so no issues there. It does take the space of an extra slot in the back out your PC case, but does push right in to the board with no extra wiring. The fans are quite when the run.I currently run two monitors, one on HDMI and one with the DVI-D (using a converter to VGA). There is a DP (display port) connector for my third monitor Ill be getting soon.So far the only lacking is the Utility Program - kinda slow to open but does have different settings you can play this like over-clocking, fan speed, etc.All in all, this is a great card for the price and a perfect upgrade for a older computer.Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5 128 Bit PCI-E Graphic Card (GV-N1050OC-2GD)