Technical data / specifications

The GT 430 is powered by the GF108 graphic processor, the same that you can find on the GT 440. This graphics processor is based on the GF100 (also known as Fermi) and targets the entry level market segment. Compared to the GT 440 the core frequency had been lowered by 110 MHz from 810 MHz to finally 700 MHz. As a consequence it's now is possible to equip this chip with only a passive cooler which keeps the card noiseless. The Asus card we test here comes with an active cooling system, but it apppears to be really silent thanks to low fan speed. Even under heavy GPU load, we didn't hear the graphic card. To be back on the specs, DirectX 11 compatibility and 40 nm manufacturing process technology belong to the facts as well as 4 ROP and 96 Shader units with DDR3 memory using a 128 bit wide interface.

	ASUS GT 430	Asus GT 440	Zotac 9600 GT ECO	Asus Radeon HD 5550
Chip	GF108	GF108	G94	Redwood
Process	40 nm	40 nm	65 nm	40 nm
Transistors	0.585 billion	0.585 billion	0.505 billion	0.627 billion
GPU clock	700 MHz	823 MHz	600 MHz	550 MHz
Shader clock	1'400 MHz	1'645 MHz	1500 MHz	N/A MHz
Memory	1024 MB DDR3	1024 MB GDDR5	512 MB GDDR3	1024 MB GDDR3
Memory clock	800 MHz	800 MHz	900 MHz	800 MHz
Memory interface	128 Bit	128 Bit	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory bandwidth	25'600 MB/s	51'200 MB/s	57'600 MB/s	25'600 MB/s
Shader Cores	96	96	64	320
ROPs	4 ROP	4 ROP	16 ROP	8 ROP
Shader model	SM 5	SM 5	SM 4	SM 5
Maximum board power	49 Watt	65 Watt	59 Watt	40 Watt
Price	$80	$100	$110	$65

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 7 - Unigine Heaven / Stone Giant
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 8 - World in Conflict / Resident Evil 5
Page 3 - Preview	Page 9 - Call of Juarez / Far Cry 2
Page 4 - Overclocking	Page 10 - Casual Gaming
Page 5 - Testing conditions	Page 11 - Video Playback
Page 6 - Futuremark	Page 12 - Conclusion

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