Technical data / specifications

Like the GT 430 the GT 440 is also powered by the GF108 graphics processor that supports DirectX 11. The GF108 itself is the entry level market product NVIDIA offers to board manufacturers. This GPU has been redesigned for this very market and therefore features 4 ROP and 96 shader units. Furthermore the GPU comes with a 128 bit wide memory interface that supports GDDR5 memory. The core frequency has been set to 810 MHz, which equals a factory overclocking of 13 MHz. Despite the fact that this card targets the entry level market, Asus redesigned the PCB which now comes with a black matte color, an optimized power design as well as a quite efficient cooler. As a result the card does not become noisy at all, in fact it is subjectively silent.

	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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