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Customer Reviews for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Model: BB61TPS4HX2LNX
SKU: 5606876
UPC: 845735001454
This Galaxy GeForce GT 610 graphics card features NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology with Blu-ray 3D support for stunning images. NVIDIA CUDA technology easily handles demanding tasks for enhanced efficiency.
Average Customer Rating:
4.174 out of 5
4.2
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78% of reviewers would recommend this product to a friend 
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Customer Reviews for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card
Review 1 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Hackintosh or bust

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: Launcelot
from Dublin, Ca
on 05/17/2013
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Nicely built to be installed in a SFF case
What's not so great: Nothing, excellent bit of hardware.
I am in the process of building a Small form factor PC to be used as a hackintosh (MacOS on non-mac hardware). This is mainly being built as an experiment and my goal was to see how hard the process was. After digging into the various compatible Video cards I found exactly one that was not only small enough to fit in the chassis I am using, but came with all the parts needed to replace the backplane.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
Reward Zone number: 2524210262
Reward Zone number: 2524210262
0points
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Review 2 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Great beginners graphics cards

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: Theebin
from Yuma, AZ
on 05/08/2013
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Installation
1.0 out of 5
1.0
What's great about it: It's fast!
What's not so great: Installation bracket not correct for minis
Great card, no issues besides the bracket being wrong, so I just used my old bracket.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
Reward Zone number: 2529742829
Reward Zone number: 2529742829
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Review 3 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Very good results

Customer Rating
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Posted by: GreyFox2
from SLC,UT.
on 05/08/2013
Value for Price
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Compatibility
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Ease of installation
What's not so great: Trouble with drivers
Except for driver installation everything went smoothly!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Review 4 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

A lot of card for above average performance

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: KingVolcano
from Boston
on 05/02/2013
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: The price for what you get.
What's not so great: I have nothing bad to say.
No, this is not a gaming graphics card but it can handle everyday PC use with ease. I bought it on sale with a Best Buy points for under $40.00. I can't complain. Best Buy is great in this respect.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Review 5 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Great for upgrading from a basic set up

Customer Rating
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Posted by: Volo
from Virginia Beach
on 04/22/2013
Value for Price
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Ease to install
What's not so great: Not for high end full graphic needs
Good upgrade for a basic non gaming platform to make into a medium quality gamer
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
Reward Zone number: 2514503855
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Review 6 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Good video card, not the best price

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: gbm1
on 04/14/2013
Value for Price
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Only suggest buying this for nvidia fans because as an ATI follower, not happy with the price. Although the card acts very well, not worth the upgrade from my 3870x2
I would recommend this to a friend!
Level of Expertise:Expert
Reward Zone number: 571622298
-1point
0out of 1found this review helpful.
Review 7 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Only use for internet, so works great

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from Anchorage, AK
on 04/12/2013
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Good price
What's not so great: N/A
I only use this computer for internet, so this video card works fine and had a good price.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Upgrader
Reward Zone number: 2206755715
Reward Zone number: 2206755715
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Review 8 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Great card, no install issues

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: itsallbeta
from roc_city ny
on 03/17/2013
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: easy install, set up, and update drivers
Bought this to replace uncooperative onboard Radeon gpu on new MB.
Install of card and drivers was a snap. After first reboot, NView reported a new version of the driver set was available which downloaded & installed with no issues. The onboard memory gave back 1G to my system (XP) and both system & video are now better than ever. I now see that this is on sale for $15 less. Looks like a trip back to store!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Upgrader
+1point
1out of 1found this review helpful.
Review 9 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

I should have listened to the other reviews

Customer Rating
2.0 out of 5
2.0
Posted by: RyanG
from St Louis, MO
on 03/14/2013
What's great about it: Bang for the buck
What's not so great: The fan
Over all this is a decent card' but the fan is way to loud.. It is actually louder than my speakers! It's going back in the morning!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
-3points
0out of 3found this review helpful.
Review 10 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Works great-made video and computer faster

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: timdub70
from Grand Island, NE
on 03/11/2013
What's great about it: Low price, improved graphics and computer performance
What's not so great: Getting the display to fit the TV it's hooked up to
This was going into a 2-year old computer my dad gave up for dead. He said it was too slow and ended up buying a new one at Best Buy last year (He loves it). When I got it, there were problems with it freezing and sometimes it had trouble with the onboard video drivers. The decision was made to get a video card for that computer. This has an HDMI port for hooking it up to a flatscreen TV and I use it on my 32-inch. The computer seems much faster now. Don't have any games on it but video runs flawlessly.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Upgrader
+1point
1out of 1found this review helpful.
Review 11 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

easy install and works great

Customer Rating
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Posted by: dogday53
from Mich
on 01/27/2013
Value for Price
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Easy install works well does everything I bought it for!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Review 12 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Misreprented by website

Customer Rating
2.0 out of 5
2.0
Posted by: FloydC
from Suffolk, VA
on 01/12/2013
What's great about it: Dont' know for sure
What's not so great: Does not come with low profile brackets
I took it back since it did not come with low profile brackets like the description states here. The box does not state that it does. I would have thought the best buy techs would give me these at the store but NO!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
-11points
0out of 11found this review helpful.
Review 13 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Probably the best graphics card for the price

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: ArcticGrass
from Boston, MA
on 01/09/2013
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Great price, easy to install, good for many uses
What's not so great: A little loud, but it really doesn't bother me very much.
This is an excellent graphics card for gaming in its price range. Obviously, because of it's price, it won't seamlessly play Battlefield 3 or Skyrim on extremely high detail, but if you don't mind medium graphics settings, and you don't want to spend too much money, this is an excellent buy. The one problem that the card is a little loud, but it isn't so bad that it will interfere with your gaming, work, movies, or whatever you may be doing with this. It plays blu-ray movies very well too. Buy this card. You'll be glad that you did.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
+3points
3out of 3found this review helpful.
Review 14 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Seems to be good for the price range with 2GB ram

Customer Rating
2.0 out of 5
2.0
Posted by: zegan
from Chicago
on 12/23/2012
Value for Price
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Compatibility
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Features
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Ease of Installation
4.0 out of 5
4.0
What's great about it: ease of installation, driver upgrade method
What's not so great: The sound volume of the fan seems quite excessive
I don't understand why the onboard heatsink fan is producing so much whirr noise. If this is normal, then i'm disappointed! My last card ATI 256M Radeon HD 2600 XT blew its fan out, so i shopped around for this card.
The Radeon card seemed a lot quieter (before fan quit)
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Newbie
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
0points
2out of 4found this review helpful.
Review 15 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Buy it

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: DigitalJennJenn
from Columbus
on 11/27/2012
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: easy installation
What's not so great: nothing
I bought this to add a second monitor to a PC @ work. It works great & was extremely easy to install. I will order it again when I need to add a second monitor.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Upgrader
+4points
4out of 4found this review helpful.
Review 16 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Decent graphics for the right price.

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: zimmz92
from Rochester NY
on 10/28/2012
Value for Price
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Quality for price.
What's not so great: A little loud but not unreasonable.
I found this graphics card to go beyond my expectations being able to run games such as Crysis 1 and 2, Star Wars the Old Republic, and World of Warcraft just short of full graphics on a 1366 x 768 resolution. Like the summary states good graphics card for a great price.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
+13points
13out of 13found this review helpful.
Review 17 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Nice card for mid road system

Customer Rating
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Posted by: ToddTr
from Waterville
on 09/26/2012
Value for Price
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Works great with Windows 8
What's not so great: nothing so far
Have it running Windows 8 (Microsoft Tech Net release) and it is working well for me.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
+4points
4out of 4found this review helpful.
Review 18 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Great product for the price

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: dataman135
from Morganville NJ
on 09/05/2012
What's great about it: Cheap
For a computer primarily to stream video, it is a great product that doesn't break your bank.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
+4points
5out of 6found this review helpful.
Review 19 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Nice card way to loud

Customer Rating
2.0 out of 5
2.0
Posted by: AzInAz
from Phx, Az
on 08/08/2012
Value for Price
3.0 out of 5
3.0
Compatibility
3.0 out of 5
3.0
Features
3.0 out of 5
3.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Good price to performance
What's not so great: Incredibly loud
The card is good performance for value when your looking for a budget card, but it is exceptionally loud.
The first day it was whisper quiet, then it became a growling monster of a card. I keep my PC in my bed room, and I have been through several cards over the years, so I am used to the low buzz of a computer fan in my room. I bought this card to upgrade and replace my old card with a broken fan. After the day long silent period, this card was louder than my broken fan card, and I had to shut down my system as I slept.
It was also noticeable through my headphones when I was playing games, over the sound of the game. I though at first that my card was defective, but a littler internet sleuthing showed that this seems to be a common problem.
Unless your going to put this in a room and never go into it, its way, way to loud.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
-4points
3out of 10found this review helpful.
Review 20 for Galaxy - GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Great Graphics Card.

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: Buddy2012
from Fort Worth, TX
on 08/08/2012
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Compatibility
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0 out of 5
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to set up and a reasonable price.
What's not so great: Nothing, works just fine.
Installed with little effort and it fixed the problem I had with my spare computer. Blank screen, no video.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Upgrader
+2points
2out of 2found this review helpful.
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