While everyone is waiting for the stock of the RTX 3000 series Graphics cards to get better, NVIDIA has silently released a new 1000 series GPU called the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010 and people are calling it the successor to the GT 710 GPU which was released back in January 2016.
The GT 710 is based on Kepler GK208 GPU, the card was originally released in January 2016. Nearly five years later, NVIDIA has a new entry-level SKU called GT 1010, likely to replace the former. The GeForce GT 1010 GPU was spotted on NVIDIA’s driver download page. There were no announcements, nor blog posts announcing the new GPU.
The card was confirmed by YouTuber Dapz who asked the NVIDIA customer support if they could share more information on the new SKU, but sadly there were unable to do so. It appears that the card was only quietly announced, but not yet released.
Image Credit: Dapz
So far, very little is known about the NVIDIA GT 1010 FGPU. According to TechPowerUP sources, the graphics card features 256 CUDA cores and 2GB of GDDR5 memory. The site claims that the card will have a base clock of 1228 MHz and a boost clock of 1468 MHz. But these are rumored specifications and we will have to wait to see the official specifications.
Currently, it appears that the GT 1010 is an OEM card but as of now, there is no mention of the SKU on any board partner page yet. It appears that the card is based on Pascal GP108 GPU — clearly not a gaming-oriented SKU. The GP108 is more known for its debut in the notebook MX300 series rather than desktop.
The purpose of NVIDIA releasing this card is also confusing many people. Some have assumed that NVIDIA is likely trying to sell their overstock of Pascal GPUs. We will have to see if NVIDIA officially launches this GPU or will it just be a silent release.
