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A new entry level addition to the Fermi family, the GT 430 targets casual gamers and HTPC users.
Today, Nvidia pulls the covers of it's latest Fermi creation, the GT 430, targeted mainly at casual gamers and HTPC enthusiasts. The GT 430 is based on an entirely new core codenamed GF108 which is a a further stripped down version of the Fermi chip packs in 96 shaders and just 4 ROPs which is even lesser than the GT220 (which had 8). The core is clocked at a good 700MHz. Nvidia's reference design suggests we'll also have a GDDR5 variant but both will use a 128-bit wide bus with 1GB or RAM. Like all Fermis, the GT 430 will also support HDMI 1.4a for BluRay 3D, HD 24-bit multi-channel audio up to 192KHz and lossless DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby True HD bit streaming. Finally we have PhysX and CUDA support for accelerating video encoding, etc.
Galaxy dropped off and early sample a couple of days back but unfortunately the card wasn't stable and kept locking up Windows. After quite a bit of trying we managed to run two benchmarks on the GT 430 before it refused to boot anymore. We are expecting a replacement soon but for now, here's a little sneak peak into what this card can do.
Based on these initial tests, the GT 430 seems offer slightly better performance in DX10 rendering which is why it scores slightly higher in 3DMark Vantage. However, the 9600GT still beats it by quite a bit so if this has to sell, it better be priced well. We still have to see how it fares when it comes to real world games.
