14 DAY TRIAL // When it comes to low-end video cards priced at dual-digit sums, things often look as though the new graphics cards are mostly means to sell off leftover DRAM chips than anything else.
That can definitely be said about the new GeForce GT 730 from NVIDIA. Sure, the Santa Clara company made it sound like an affordable entry-level video card, but the reality says otherwise.
After all, why would NVIDIA's OEMs, in this case Palit, Gainward and EVGA, bother outfitting the card with up to 4 GB VRAM?
Even when you factor in the low speed of 1.8 GHz compared to the 4.5 – 7 GHz of GDDR5 VRAM, it's too much.
Still, that's the situation: the NVIDIA OEMs each have up to eight different versions of the GeForce GT graphics card up for sale. Or they will have them once sales actually start.
The cards have a GPU clock of 908 MHz and a memory frequency of 1.8 GHz. Also their video outputs are DVI, D-Sub and HDMI.
On a related note, Manli has released some GT 730 cards of its own as well, but they're not that different, spec-wise.
If you're planning to build a new home-theater personal computer (HTPC), any of these four would be a decent fit. The fanless ones will probably do best though.
