Customers praise the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 graphics card for its budget-friendly price, easy installation, and noticeable improvement in graphics and video playback. Many users are happy with its performance and find that it has enough memory for their needs. However, some customers have mentioned issues with the HDMI output.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Needed 3 monitors
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I bought this because it said it supported 3 concurrent monitors, where most cards with 3 outputs shut off the DVI when an HDMI monitor is plugged in. This one not only supported 3 monitors at the same time, but also my motherboard video outputs didn't shut off, so I now have 4 monitors in use & have another VGA output on the motherboard that is working, if I had a 5th monitor. The only drawback is the Nvidia graphics driver, I get a pop-up a few times a day that the graphics driver had stopped, but recovered - with a noticeable halt in the video output on all monitors at the time.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great graphics card
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This graphics card runs almost all the games I play on high settings (Skyrim, CS:GO, Portal 2, WoW, Fallout). It's a great graphics card; I would recommend.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great graphics card for the money.
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My GTX 680 card failed so I decided to try and inexpensive card and hoped for the best results. The geek squad told me this card wouldn't run any of the new games. I told him if it ran at medium I'd be happy. Well to my surprise it ran all my games at medium to hi. FarCry 4 Battlefield 4. I'm very happy withe my purchase.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Memory, Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great Video Card
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My previous card was only 1gb, this one is 2gb in memory. I have noticed great improvement when I play steam games like Rocket League and H1Z1. The frame stagger is gone. You can also overclock it. I love that I can use it for my dual monitors.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good Graphics card for older computer
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Great graphics for a lower priced video card installed in an 8 year old machine. Video quality and fps are great for online gaming and high resolution videos. Very pleased.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very nice graphics card.
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Had to upgrade graphics card. For the price it worls perfect. No more as my som would say " lagging"
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great product for value
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Very good video card if your on a budget or are on a diy budget I recommend this as a replacement if your old Video card fails not really a product for everyday gamers but it will get the job done if you just need something to get by until you can afford something better or at very least it will work until you make a decision on something if better quality so thats why I give this product 4 stars it will get the job done and is mostly bullet proof
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Great in an emergency.
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For around the same price you can get a slightly beefier GTX 750ti GPU. Altho ideal for most applications not everyone has time to wait for a courier. At 50 dollars you can get a GT 610 which is dangerously under powered for most gamers. But I found myself in a tight spot and need to ditch an old GT 210 I had in one of my older builds.
-GT 740 to the rescue!-
Inexpensive and available NOW. Run down to the shop and have it home and installed in time for a marathon 6 hour buildfest in StarMade. And there's where I stop complaining about the price. PNY makes durable stuff. This reference style GT 740 is no different. The extra 20 you pay for convenience and durability is well worth it.
It won't win any blue ribbons at the LAN party but it will save your bacon from scrub-ware ridicule. Just go easy on the kid using Intel HD Graphics to run Minecraft, kay? Because you're not doing that much better. All you really have on them is that snazzy extra 2gb of DDR3. Which is nice.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Installation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good graphic card
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Decent graphic card for under $100. Very easy to install, only needed to swap cards and turn my computer back on. Didn't have to install the included software - told me I already had the most up to date driver and prompted me to cancel. No issues after updating to Windows 10 as an updated driver is available. This is a good card if you don't want to spend a lot for one.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance, Price
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Decent Video board for the price
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I picked this board up after my previous build died on me. I had to rebuild my custom PC build using much cheaper parts. I was pleasantly surprised by the overall performance of this board.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy Upgrade and Awesome Card
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I wanted a low profile card with HDMI that didn't require connecting to additional power supply hook-ups. This card does the trick. I'm not a hard core gamer, but I do play some old school games like AOE and Civilization. This card runs them just fine. Video and graphics look amazing through the HDMI connection.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Graphics, Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
great card
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This is 30 times better then my old card which scored a 250 point on Best Buy review this card score a 1600 point. But I do wish I would have bought the higher dollar card. I play games on this and it is smooth but I can set my settings to ultra. Good is about what it likes and before this card my settings was LOW or turned off so it improved my game also the frame rate increased from 20 Fps to about 90 to 160 Fps.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great buy
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I have a small compact home computer and just wanted something better. this was way better than I expected. it added hdmi and dvi and boosted my graphics. No complaints great purchase and a good price too.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good bang for the buck
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For the price, the GT 740 has decent performance. A nice Graphics Card for the budget conscious
I would recommend this to a friend
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Error messages
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good video board for the price
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I bought this board to cure a string of error messages that I was getting. The problem turned out to be something else but I will continue to use this board as it is much better than the old one.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Graphics
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Works great
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Works great to help play WoW WoD. Built in graphics were poor, this eliminated choppy graphics and lag, and dc
I would recommend this to a friend
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Graphics
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
awesome
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Graphics are intense on the swtor looks so much better
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very Happy
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I bought this card to replace the my old video card which seemed to be not compatible with Windows 10. I have been very happy with the performance.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Installation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy Install!
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It took very little time to install and get this card installed. Works as advertised.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Installation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
great card for the price
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The card has preformed very well, very easy to install. small enough to fit in most computer towers. very quiet and no issues.