14 DAY TRIAL // Even though it took a while, and despite how some of its partners have already launched their own versions, NVIDIA has finally made the formal introduction of the GeForce GT 430, its low-end Fermi video controller.
As end-users likely know, the entire 400 series of video cards from NVIDIA is based on the Fermi architecture.
This technology has already spawned the GF100, GF104 and GF106 graphics processing units, and while they all differ in terms of performance, they are alike in their support for DirectX 11.
NVIDIA has now, at last, revealed its offer for the low-end market, otherwise known as the entry-level, in the shape of a low profile video board named GeForce GT 430.
It has 96 CUDA cores, 1 GB of DDR3 VRAM and a memory interface of 128 bits, as well as clock speeds of 700 MHz for the GPU, 1,400 for the shaders and, finally, 1,800 for the memory.
What's more, NVIDIA implemented an HDMI 1.4a output, as well as a D-Sub and a DVI connector, for compatibility with a wide range of displays.
This product won't be overly brilliant for gaming, but it does promise good performance in photo and video editing, flawless Full HD and Blu-ray playback and a dedicated video processing engine meant to reduce heat generation and power draw.
ASUS, Club 3D and Inno3D have already revealed their respective iterations of the newcomer, none of them making changes too major to the specifications.
Of course, the list of companies that will, sooner or later, bring out their own models is much longer, according to NVIDIA's press release that is.
Among NVIDIA's partners that will sell GT 430 models are Gainward, EVGA, ECS, Colorful, Leadtek, MSI, Zotac, Palit, Point of View, Galaxy and others.
All of them should stick or stay close to the price of $79.