14 DAY TRIAL // Since it has not yet delivered any Fermi card for the low-end market, it is unsurprising that NVIDIA plans to soon send out the GeForce GTS 430, and it seems this may occur more or less soon now that Gigabyte's overclocked version of it has already been listed.
As end-users probably know by now, the Fermi architecture is NVIDIA's DirectX 11-capable graphics solution and has already spawned several GPUs.
The GF100 is, of course, the strongest and is best known for powering the GTX 480 and GTX 470, both aimed at the enthusiast market.
The GF104 lies at the heart of the GeForce GTX 460, intended for the performance segment, otherwise known as the upper end of the mainstream front.
There is also the GF106, which was used in the mid-end GeForce GTS 450 card and, of course, all of its customized versions, including the severely overclocked ones.
Now, NVIDIA is finally getting around to addressing the needs of the low-end market by unleashing the GeForce GT 430.
This new board has not yet been officially trumpeted of course, but it seems that leaks are doing their job of offering sneak peeks at it before the scheduled date of arrival.
To be more specific, a listing has already appeared, revealing some of the specifications and, quite importantly, the price.
Granted, the listing is of an overclocked version of the model, developed by Gigabyte to be exact and predictably dubbed GeForce GT 430 OC.
Its GPU clocks are, ironically, not provided, but there is a mention of 96 CUDA cores, 1 GB of DDR3 VRAM, a memory interface of 128 bits and DVI and HDMi outputs.
The price point for all the GT 430 cards will be 70 Euro, this very specific adapter being paired with a 72.62 Euro tag. The listing can be found here.