NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

GeForce GT 430 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 11 October 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $79. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF108.

Core clock speed - 1400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 11.2 billion / sec. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 268.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 585 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 49 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate). Memory bandwidth - 25.6 - 28.8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
599
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
198
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
2242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
3.396 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
87.094 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.243 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
5.005 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
3.764 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1080 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1713 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1624 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1080.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1713.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1624.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 599
PassMark - G2D Mark 198
Geekbench - OpenCL 2242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 3.396 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 87.094 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.243 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 5.005 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 3.764 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1080 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1713 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1624 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1080.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1713.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1624.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF108
Launch date 11 October 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 1501
Price now $35.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 20.89

Technical info

Core clock speed 1400 MHz
CUDA cores per GPU 96
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 - 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA