14 DAY TRIAL // Even though entry-level cards aren't really meant for things beyond small form factor systems, like HTPCs, Gigabyte figured it wouldn't hurt to make a modified version of NVIDIA'a GeForce GT 430.
It seems that gigabyte is not playing any favorites, being just as eager to launch an NVIDIA card as it was to release an AMD model.
Just a short while ago, Gigabyte's website was updated with a new board, a factory-overclocked version of AMD's Radeon HD 6850 to be exact.
Now, the same company is showing off a different factory overclocked board, one based on NVIDIA's GeForce GT 430.
The GT 430 is the Santa Clara, California-based Company's entry-level Fermi card and has, mostly, shown up as a low profile card.
The new one that Gigabyte made is known as GV-N430OC-1GI and not only has higher clocks, but a full-height PCB (printed circuit board) as well.
The newcomer has 96 CUDA cores with a shader frequency of 1,460 MHz (1,400 MHz), while the GPU itself runs at 730 MHz, more than the stock 700 MHz.
There is also 1 GB of DDR3 VRAM, whose clock is of 1,800 MHz and which has a memory interface of 128 bits.
All of these are placed on a full-height PCB which is cooled off by a fan with a diameter of 80 mm.
Of course, DirectX 11 is fully supported, courtesy of the Fermi architecture, and Gigabyte also made sure to include the necessary D-Sub, DVI and HDMI video outputs.
As one would expect, Gigabyte has already added the official product page of the GV-N430OC-1GI to its website.
Unfortunately, as with the new HD 6850, there is now word on pricing and availability. Still, it should not be long until stores do begin to list the newcomer, so end-users won't have to wait overly long for these final details.