Sparkle Intel Arc A310 ECO, 4GB GDDR6, 50W TBP, Short Bracket is Included, Low-Profile, Single Fan, Single Slot, HDMI x1, Mini DisplayPort x2, SA310C-4G

This is a great little GPU. Want a power efficient system that will still let you game a little bit? Extremely portable pc with a dedicated GPU? Server and you just need to see the screen sometimes? A bit overkill, but this will do it. Where this card really shines is for media servers or a dedicated streaming pc. My machine is both, and usd two of these for a time! You generally want low power use and low price, and the encoding capabilities of this little gpu are absolutely stellar. I have used it to game, I have used it to stream, and now I am building an incredibly small itx HTPC which I also intend to also use for some easy-to-run games to play with my family on or TV (stuff like golf with friends, the lego games, etc.) I have two of the a310 models, and there have been so many situations and builds which these have been very helpful with. Noise levels were a concern when reading the reviews of others, and they aren't as good as they could be, but honestly it is just not that bad IMO. I noticed it after opening the case up and trying to run some stress tests and heavier (for this gpu) games and what not. When I put the class panel back on my case, I completely forget about the noise. TLDR; This is not a gaming card, but it'll generally work on low settings in a pinch, and is great for trouble shooting and experimenting. This is a god tier little media server GPU though. Not the quietest when under heavy load, but could be worse.

The software is good, I have been playing with this graphics card without problems for 4 months already, and it is working flawlessly, it has good performance, and the 10GB or VRAM help a lot, with 1440p.

I am using this for encoding/transcoding in Jellyfin/Plex and it works great! Way better than an old nvidia gpu and surprisingly cheap for how much it can do. Just barely a dual slot card so fits pretty much anywhere. Card is built fine, runs cool and the fan only kicks in under heavy load which is nice for keeping the noise down. I don’t actually ever hear the card as my case fans are louder overall. Tested with it working in TrueNAS, Debian, and Windows. No issues on Linux, but Windows was wonky until I got drivers as the generic drivers are trash, but that’s just a Windows thing.

This little card is the king of transcoding in small form factor PC's. I set up a Truenas server for my daughter using an old Dell Optiplex 7010 SFF and at first tried an AMD WX4100 low profile card. That did work but performance left a lot to be desired. Then, I got this little gem and WOW, this this really shines. Very fast, very low power consumption and basically plug and play for Linux these days. You won't do better for this use case. If you have a full size case, I would strongly recommend the Asrock Arc A380 instead. It's a better card in every way. Now for the problem - the fan. Intel and Sparkle left a glaring problem with the fan on this card. Out of the box, you get a terrible droning fan and as a bonus, the firmware constantly ramps the fan uuuupp and downnnn. It's enough to make you lose your sanity. I updated the firmware, which helped. That can be done in Linux command line but on Truenas Scale, it's next to impossible due to how locked down it is. So, install it in a Windows PC or boot a Windows drive, install the Intel drivers and allow that to do it's update. That will also install the latest firmware onto the card. Then, you can go back to Linux. However, the fan STILL ramps up and down, just a little bit less. OMG, it's so annoying! My final fix was to run powertop on the server (install powertop, run powertop --auto-tune, systemctl enable --now powertop). That seems to have sent the card into a state of stability and the fan is basically steady now. It's still an annoying tone but at least it's just ONE annoying tone. If this issue was fixed, the card would be flawless for it's usecase.

Works great as a secondary GPU for Lossless Scaling. I get an average of 220 to 250 fps on tough to run games that are now smooth as butter. Lag is not too much of an issue at these rates if the setup is done correctly and all Rigs are different. Images are sharp and clear with no issues whatsoever. Solid buy for a Dual GPU setup with this being the one for Primary Frame Gen card. Value per Performance is solid!

Amazing price, no extra PCIe power needed. Quiet and very powerful for transcoding and especially AV1

Using this in a desktop plex server to hardware transcode. Works perfectly. However the installation process of drivers from intel could use some polishing. They seem clunky amd not well thought out. But that does not cause any performance problems. Great little card for transcoding and daily computing.

Nothing bad about it a good upgrade if you are updating from the Nvidia 1000 and 2000 series card I upgrade from a 1080 ti and it 100x better performance and i can play almost every game at high setting and it does a good job with Ai and Intel Ai playground work great as well I also noticed it well built and easy to install and work with my gpu holder even better than the 1080 ti

Single slot, low power, quiet. Does AV1 encoding in JellyFin. Exactly what I needed.

Muy buena gráfica , potente y con 12gb

La scheda è ottima, ben costruita silenziosa. Testata su Windows va una bomba mentre su Debian e Linux Mint ho trovato problemi di performance per cui l'ho dovuta rendere. Al netto di tutto per giocare su Windows un fullhd è ottima. Quantitativo di RAM adeguato e per 200€ è la porta di accesso a nuove tech un tempo esclusiva di Nvidia e AMD. A breve recensisco anche la b580 che ho preso per il pc da gioco

The card works great! It's used in a Jellyfin media server for encoding/decoding/transcoding video, and it works great in Truenas Scale. This card can even do AV1 decoding/encoding, which is rare for this price. The card is quiet when utilized and when its idling, the fans stop spinning automatically. This means the card does have fan-stop at lower utilization/temps. I haven't noticed any fan coil wine either. NOTE: I do not game on this card, so this card is not being fully utilized/stressed, since i use it for my media server (decoding/encoding).

Looking for a good low profile videocard and wanted actually an Intel card, so this one is obvious surely for the price! a lot better than those ancient 730 videocards you see around for a lot more money..