ASUS ENGT 440
Published by Christian Ney on 01.07.11Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| The entry level derivate of NVIDIA's Fermi architecture leaves us with mixed feelings. On thing that can cause some stomach ache is the price point. At the moment this card costs CHF 104.- (est. EUR 80.-). For only CHF 20.- more you get a HD 5770 which is about twice as fast. At least it supports DirectX 11 but don't believe you will be able to enjoy the latest in video games with maximum details and high resolution. Nevertheless the GT 440 is doing very well for casual gaming with medium details and a resolution of 1280 x 1024. Fortunately the ASUS card is silent, thanks to the efficient cooler. |
- silent
- Factory Overclocking - Asus Designed PCB |
- Price | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| The GT 440 is certainly not a graphic card for hardcore gamers with an average of 20 fps in high end gaming. But if you lower the graphics details and the resolution to 1280 x 1024, you will be able to enjoy playing your games smoothly. With 69 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 card showed to be able to perform as good as high end graphic cards. | . | - 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 925 MHz on the core and 980 MHz memoy clock which is an increase of 102 MHz on the GPU and 180 MHz on the memory compared to the stock frequency. |
- 925 MHz GPU / 980 MHz Memory |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| Because of the price it is quite difficult to recommend this card. Nevertheless it would be ok for a HTPC because of the efficient and silent cooler. |
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Office PC - HTPC |
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| The ASUS ENGT440 can be bought at Digitec to a price of CHF 104.- (80 €). | |||
Author: Christian Ney c.ney@ocaholic.ch
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