14 DAY TRIAL // With NVIDIA having just recently launched the GeForce GT 430 entry-level graphics card, it is not surprising that its many partners have revealed models of their own, and Leadtek has now stepped up to claim that its own version has better cooling than the reference card.
As end-users may or may not know, the Fermi architecture is what lies at the basis of all of NVIDIA's 400 Series graphics cards.
The company released the high-end GF100, the mainstream GF104 and GF106 and, now, the GF108, which is aimed at the entry-level market.
It is the GF108 that was used in the making of the GeForce GT 430, the first low-end, low-cost DirectX 11 card to come out of the Santa Clara, California-based company's labs.
Many of NVIDIA's partners have already either unveiled or started shipping their respective custom models, most of which use a low profile form factor.
Leadtek's device also uses a low profile PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and has 96 CUDA cores, as well as 1 GB of DDR3 memory and an interface of 128 bits.
For those interested in exact performance numbers, the GF108 GPU is clocked at 700 MHz, whereas the shaders and VRAM operate at 1,400 MHz and 1,800 MHz, respectively.
Furthermore, the board supports, in addition to DirectX 11, the CUDA and PhysX technologies, among other things.
Nevertheless, one of, if not the main selling point of this product is that, compared to the NVIDIA reference design ,this adapter runs about 10% cooler, at least as far as the GPU temperature is concerned.
Unfortunately, the exact price of the Leadtek GT 430 was not specifically stated, but one can assume that it will stick to the same range as all other competing devices (under $100).
The official press release that the company issues in order to trumpet the existence of tis latest creation can be found here.