Asus ENGT430
Published by Christian Ney on 09.06.11Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| The entry level derivate of NVIDIAs Fermi architecture leaves us with a rather positive impression. It supports the latest graphics technologies such as DirectX 11, but don't believe that you will be able to enjoy the latest video games at maximum details and resolution. Meanwhile, the GT 430 is doing fairely well for casaul gaming with medium details and a resolution of 1280 x 1024. Our sample from Asus was really silent despite the active cooler. Unfortunately, we don't understand why Asus chose to use a dual slot cooling system for a mainstream graphics card. | - silent | - Dual slot cooling | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| The GT 430 is certainly not a graphics card for hardcore gamers with an average of 15 fps in high end gaming. But if you lower the graphics details and the resolution to 1280 x 1024, then you will be able to enjoy playing your games smoothly. With 55 fps in DIRT 2, the game performs smoothly and also the graphics quality is quite ok. We also tested the video playback abilities. At this point the GT 430 was able to outperform even a GTX 550 Ti, which is three times more expensive. | . | - Video Playback MPEG-2 HDTV - Casual Gaming | - HD Gaming |
| Overclocking | + | - | |
| Of course we tested the overclocking capabilities of this card. For us it doesn't matter if it's a low end or high end GPU. We managed to run 3DMark 11 Performance with 880 MHz on the core and 1'052 MHz memoy clock which is an increase of 180 MHz on the GPU and 252 MHz on the memory compared to the stock frequency. With these clocks, the Asus GT 430 is able to outperform its big sister the GT 440. Without changing any voltages. |
- 880 MHz GPU / 1052 MHz Memory |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| We recommend the Asus GT 430 for any office PC or HTPC. Two very good reasons for this particular card are video playback performance as well as its low price tag. |
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Office PC - HTPC |
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| The ASUS ENGT430 can be bought at Brack Electronics AG to a price of CHF 76.- (58 €). | |||
Author: Christian Ney c.ney@ocaholic.ch
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