Radeon RX 550 Graphics Card, 4GB, GDDR5, 128-Bit, DisplayPort DVI-D HDMI, ITX Design, PC Video Card Gaming, 4K Output, Computer GPU, DirectX 12

Not really a gaming GPU like I'm used to, but it's exactly what I needed for my case.We have Dell OptiPlex 3070 PCs at my office for work computers, like many companies do. These run on integrated graphics off the Intel CPU. That *works*, but not well. I use two monitors, we have a lot of applications that run at once including a camera system, and my system gets bogged down doing anything graphics heavy. So, even playing old, crappy video games is a struggle on these PCs. Every once in a while on a Saturday I want to play something to keep entertained, like Civ 6 for instance.The case on the OptiPlex computers is tiny and you probably know that if you're looking at buying this card. It's a perfect fit. Just use the two back plates (they do come with this card) instead of the single long one. It installs very easily with that, no external PSU cable is needed, it's very easy to just pop in place if you know how to use phillips head screws.I ran gaming benchmarks before and after installing this card. It was underwhelming, considering going from CPU integrated graphics to a dedicated GPU (Time spy score is a pathetic 500 or so with or without this card). But that doesn't even matter at this level, apparently. From benchmarking I'd expect no difference in performance, however the difference is unbelievable. I did run Palworld on this PC before and after to test and get an idea of FPS difference. On the lowest quality before, I was struggling to get 7 FPS!! I'm not getting GOOD frame rates now, but it's playable. 25-30 FPS or so, from memory (really just pulled it up to test, I'm spoiled at home and can't stand to game FPV on low settings!)The best part for this work PC is the difference in app speed outside of the game window. Like I said, I use two monitors. Before adding this card, if I had a game up on one monitor and cameras on the other, it was a couple seconds before the camera image would refresh on screen. Even with extremely simple low quality games (Rogue Tower comes to mind). Now I can play any game I've tried without Quickbooks or the camera system slowing down at all that I can tell. Used to be just having a game open in the background made work tasks unbearably slow, so I would just close the whole game if I needed to use the PC otherwise. No need anymore, I can just background it and do anything necessary.For the price and for my use case this card was the answer I didn't know I was looking for, for years. If you have a normal sized computer case, you don't want this slim card, you can definitely find a regular form factor that performs better for this price or less. If you have an OptiPlex on integrated graphics and just need a little more usability, I think you'll be happy with it.

Great entry level card... easily adjusted video controls. Audio was best I've heard the the price range.

When this showed up at my door I was very happy it's runs Fortnite with ease from 90-120 fps it also run high demanding games like Fc 25 smoothly I had to follow the tutorial in the listing pictures and videos to make it fit in my sff case. It was very straight forward and easy. Also the packaging was excellent. It's so quiet too. It's compatible with mini it's cases and sff this is very functional too if you're looking for a durable affordable smooth gpu this is a great find probably not for regular gamers who play a lot of high demanding games but for the price it's a 10/10

If you’re looking to get serious into gaming, this probably isn’t for you. But the value for the price is great, and if you just want to moderately upgrade your system, it works great.I currently have a pretty barebones PC which didn’t have a graphics card and also didn’t have a ton of space to accommodate larger graphics cards. This one fit perfectly in the tight space and was able to get the PC to play even new open world games with decent performance.Again, you’re not going to get top-of-the-line performance, but you’re also paying 1/10 of top of the line prices.

people on the internet were telling me the 1030 sucks but it was what I thought was the best i I could afford Hp was telling me the RX 550 wouldn't work that for this PC but i found a Toasty Bros video and they used an old looking RX 550 so i took a chance hoping that it might work and it did, it works great cheaper than the 1030 and works better.

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It is totally worth it it's great it does run hot I would replace the thermal paste because mine came dry

I'm not a gamer, so I can't comment on that aspect. The image is nice and crisp and works well with the various graphics and animation packages I use. Watching videos on my 4K TV and they look really really good, even low res AVIs.However, this card has some serious quirks. I have a Windows theme going, and whenever the pictures on the monitors change, they all blink rapidly over the course of two or three seconds. There have been times when the screen has just gone black for about the same length of time. At first, it was annoying but livable. Lately, however, they are happening more and more. In my experience, that means the card is getting ready to fail. We'll see.There are absolutely no instructions anywhere for this card, not even a recommended location to download drivers. That's not a problem if you're experienced with PCs, but if you aren't, that could be a stumbling block.I am also irritated that they didn't include any SFF brackets. This is not a cheap card (granted, it's not an expensive card either). Selling them as an add-on seems unnecessary. (I happened to have an old card with brackets that fit.)I will probably continue to look for another card, though I'm hoping prices will become more reasonable.EDIT: Well, the card continued to decline until it locked up the PC. Swapped out and put in my old card, which at least works. I'll leave the rating at 3 stars and assume I just got a lemon, but I'm not impressed with the quality control.