Asus ENGT430
Category : NVIDIA
Published by Christian Ney on 09.06.11
With the ENGT430 ASUS has NVIDIAs low end GPU in its portfolio. This card is based on NVIDIAs latest Fermi architecture which has been fully overworked for the entry level market segment. Of course the performance isn't as blisteringly fast as with a fully fledged GTX 580 but never the less casual gaming should be very well possible. Another cosequence of the reduced complexity of this chips design is it's low power consumption. Compared to a high-end or even a mid-range product this low-end product needs almost no engery to operate. All these are enough reasons for us to check how well the ASUS ENGT430 performs in our benchmark parcours. 
On the following pages we will show you the
strenghts and weaknesses of the ASUS ENGT430.
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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 |
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Preview / Delivery
For the GT 430, ASUS uses their standard tiny box. Everything has its specific place and in the delivery you'll find an installation CD, a manual and two low profile brackets. Therefore the delivery is sufficient but as always we would have loved to see an additional game in the box.
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Overclocking
For our overclocking test we used the delivered software ASUS Smartdoctor. Of course, with this kind of mainstream graphic cards, it's not possible to raise the core voltage via software. Meanwhile, we managed to reach a nice 880 MHz on the core and 1'052 MHz for the memory stable and without any artifacts under 3DMark 11 Performance. This allowed us to beat the stock clocked GT 440.
Futuremark Overclocking
| 3DMark 11 Total | Score | Percent |
| ASUS EAH6990 (980 MHz / 5'756 MHz) | 9'201 | 170.92 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 8'625 | 160.22 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 (681 MHz / 3'620 MHz) | 8'572 | 159.24 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 (673 MHz / 3'602 MHz) | 8'564 | 159.09 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 8'123 | 150.90 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 8'043 | 149.41 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII (GPU 952 MHz / Mem 4'568 MHz) | 6'512 | 120.97 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 (GPU 966 MHz / Mem 2'332 MHz) | 6'212 | 115.40 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII (GPU 939 MHz / Mem 4'056 MHz) | 6'199 | 115.16 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 5'988 | 111.24 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII (974 MHz / Mem 5'872 MHz) | 5'656 | 105.07 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 5'383 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 (GPU 1'001 MHz / Mem 3'008 MHz) | 5'365 | 99.67 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 5'273 | 97.96 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top (GPU 1'009 MHz / Mem 4'708 MHz) | 5'003 | 92.94 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 (GPU 986 MHz / Mem 5'764 MHz) | 4'733 | 87.92 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 | 4'606 | 85.57 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 4'551 | 84.54 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock (GPU 951 MHz / Mem 4'300 MHz) | 4'125 | 76.63 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 3'754 | 69.74 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top (1100 MHz / 2800 MHz) | 3'067 | 56.98 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 2'717 | 50.47 % |
| ASUSEAH5550 (868 MHz / 2'268 MHz) | 1'519 | 28.22 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 (925 MHz / 1'960 MHz) | 1'492 | 27.72 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 (880 MHz / 1052 MHz) | 1'352 | 25.12 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 1'327 | 24.65 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 1'075 | 19.97 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 1'017 | 18.89 % |
| more is better | ||
| 3DMark 11 GPU | Score | Percent |
| ASUS EAH6990 (980 MHz / 5'756 MHz) | 11'047 | 193.91 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 9'977 | 175.13 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 (673 MHz / 3'602 MHz) | 9'786 | 171.77 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 (681 MHz / 3'620 MHz) | 9'724 | 170.69 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 8'914 | 156.47 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 8'854 | 155.42 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 (GPU 966MHz / MEM 2'332 MHz) | 6'679 | 117.24 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII (GPU 952 MHz / Mem 4'568 MHz) | 6'731 | 118.15 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII (GPU 939 MHz / Mem 4'056 MHz) | 6'151 | 107.97 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 5'872 | 103.53 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 5'697 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII (974 MHz / Mem 5'872 MHz) | 5'510 | 96.72 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 (GPU 1'001 MHz / Mem 3'008 MHz) | 5'191 | 91.12 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 5'082 | 89.20 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top (GPU 1'009 MHz / Mem 4'708 MHz) | 4'837 | 84.90 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 (GPU 986 MHz / Mem 5'764 MHz) | 4'641 | 81.46 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 4'341 | 76.20 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 | 4'108 | 72.11 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock (GPU 951 MHz / Mem 4'300 MHz) | 4'022 | 70.60 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 3'562 | 62.52 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top (1100 MHz / 2800 MHz) | 2'777 | 48.74 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 2'440 | 42.83 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 (868 MHz/ 2'268 MHz) | 1'340 | 23.52 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 (925 MHz/ 1960 MHz) | 1'309 | 22.98 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 (880 MHz / 1052 MHz) | 1'185 | 20.80 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 1'160 | 20.36 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 937 | 16.45 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 882 | 15.48 % |
| more is better | ||
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Test conditions
Hardware
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Futuremark
- 3DMark 11
- Performance
- 3DMark Vantage
- Performance
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
| High | |
| API | DX11 |
| Stereo 3D | Disabled |
| Shaders | High |
| Tessellation | Extreme |
| Anisotropy | 16 |
| Anti-aliasing | 8x |
| Full Screen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 |
Stone Giant
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Aspect | Auto |
| Tessellation | High |
| Window Mode | No |
World in Conflict
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Graphic Detail | very high |
| Antialiasing | 8x |
| Anisotropic Texture Filtering | 16x |
Resident Evil 5 DX10
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Display Mode | Full Screen |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| V-Sync | No |
| [de]Bildwiederholrate[/de]Frame Rate | Full Screen |
| Antialiasing | 8x |
| Anisotropic Texture Filtering | 16x |
| Motion Blur | Yes |
| Shadow Detail | High |
| Texture Detail | High |
| Overall Quality | High |
Call of Juarez
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Display Mode | yes |
| Quality | High |
| Shadowmap size | 2048x2048 |
| Shadows quality | High |
| Antialiasing | 4x SSAA |
| Audio | disabled |
Far Cry 2 DX10
| High | |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Antialiasing | 8x |
| Direct3D | 10 |
| Fire | very high |
| Physics | very high |
| Real Trees | very high |
| Overall Quality | custom |
| Vegetation | very high |
| Shading | ultra high |
| Terrain | ultra high |
| Geometry | ultra high |
| Post FX | high |
| Texture | ultra high |
| Ambient | high |
| HDR | yes |
| Shadow | ultra high |
| Bloom | yes |
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3DMark 11
3DMark 11 is Futuremarks latest benchmark for the entire graphical subsystem. The benchmark uses DirectX 11 and it supports all recent features which can possibly generate high load on a GPU. Therefore you find tessellation, compute shader calculations, divers lighting effects and different depth of filed animations. Following we publish values regarding the performance preset of 3DMark 11.
| 3DMark 11 Total | Score | Percent |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 8'772 | 245.23 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 8'625 | 241.12 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 8'370 | 233.99 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 8'123 | 227.09 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 8'043 | 224.85 % |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI (3DMark11 wasn't supported in SLI by nVidia Drivers) | 5'841 | 163.29 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 5'988 | 167.40 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 5'803 | 162.23 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 5'335 | 149.15 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 5'273 | 147.14 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 5'175 | 144.67 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI (3DMark11 wasn't supported in SLI by nVidia Drivers) | 5'046 | 141.07 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 4'922 | 137.60 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 4'606 | 128.77 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 4'551 | 127.23 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 3'754 | 104.95 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 3'577 | 100.00 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 3'404 | 95.16 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 2'717 | 75.96 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 1'327 | 37.10 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 1'075 | 30.05 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 1'017 | 28.43 % |
| more is better | ||
| 3DMark 11 GPU | Score | Percent |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 10'189 | 305.52 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 9'977 | 299.16 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 9'571 | 286.98 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 8'914 | 267.29 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 8'854 | 265.49 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 5'872 | 176.07 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 | 5'812 | 174.27 % |
| Palit ENGTX 580 SLI (3DMark11 wasn't supported in SLI by nVidia Drivers) | 5'697 | 170.82 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 5'132 | 153.88 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 5'082 | 152.38 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 4'949 | 148.40 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI (3DMark11 wasn't supported in SLI by nVidia Drivers) | 4'870 | 146.03 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 4'802 | 143.99 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 4'341 | 130.16 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 4'108 | 123.18 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 3'562 | 106.81 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 3'335 | 100.00 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 3'148 | 94.39 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 2'440 | 73.16 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 1'160 | 34.78 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 937 | 28.10 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 882 | 26.45 % |
| more is better | ||
3DMark Vantage
3DMark Vantage is able to squeeze nearly everything out of a recent system. Therefore the feature liste is also pretty long: DirectX10, FP16-HDR, motion blur, parallax occlusion mapping, GPU-physics simulation and different shader effects are being used to even make recent high-end systems struggle.
| 3DMark Vantage | Score | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 36'482 | 262.50 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 25'076 | 180.43 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 24'638 | 177.28 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 24'520 | 176.43 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 24'353 | 175.22 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 24'309 | 174.91 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 23'995 | 172.65 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 23'588 | 169.72 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 22'496 | 161.86 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 21'341 | 153.55 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 21'171 | 152.42 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 19'614 | 141.13 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 19'441 | 139.88 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 19'165 | 137.90 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 19'098 | 137.41 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 19'019 | 136.85 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 18'895 | 135.95 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 18'273 | 131.48 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 18'244 | 131.27 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 17'859 | 128.50 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 17'732 | 127.58 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 17'598 | 126.62 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 17'485 | 125.81 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 16'730 | 120.37 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 16'056 | 115.52 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 16'024 | 115.30 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 15'301 | 110.09 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 14'606 | 105.09 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 13'898 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 13'047 | 93.87 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 12'323 | 88.09 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 11'793 | 84.85 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 9'508 | 68.41 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 8'481 | 61.02 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 6'427 | 46.24 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 5'827 | 41.93 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 4'803 | 34.56 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 4'609 | 33.16 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 3'614 | 26.00 % |
| more is better | ||
| 3DMark Vantage GPU | Score | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 33'378 | 254.08 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 29'775 | 226.65 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 29'283 | 222.90 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 29'128 | 221.72 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 28'525 | 217.13 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 28'397 | 216.16 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 25'544 | 194.44 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 23'628 | 179.85 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 23'588 | 179.55 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 23'353 | 177.77 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 23'440 | 178.43 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 20'914 | 159.20 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 20'715 | 157.68 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 20'039 | 152.54 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 19'960 | 151.93 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 19'835 | 150.99 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 19'789 | 150.63 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 18'944 | 144.20 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 18'745 | 142.68 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 18'345 | 139.64 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 18'095 | 137.74 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 17'857 | 135.93 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 17'679 | 134.57 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 15'755 | 119.93 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 15'858 | 120.71 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 14'866 | 113.16 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 14'002 | 106.58 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 13'753 | 104.68 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 13'137 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 12'156 | 92.53 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 11'337 | 86.29 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 10'717 | 81.58 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 8'292 | 63.12 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 6'722 | 51.17 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 5'328 | 40.55 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 4'782 | 36.40 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 3'878 | 29.52 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 3'709 | 28.23 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 2'863 | 21.79 % |
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Unigine Heaven
| Unigine Heaven | Score | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 1'484 | 420.40 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 1'247 | 353.26 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 1'223 | 346.46 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 1'217 | 344.76 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 1'183 | 335.13 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 1'276 | 361.47 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 1'122 | 317.85 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 883 | 250.14 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 812 | 230.03 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 777 | 220.11 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 690 | 195.47 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 677 | 191.78 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 637 | 180.45 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 635 | 179.89 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 593 | 167.99 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 583 | 165.16 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 520 | 147.31 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 447 | 126.63 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 353 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 334 | 94.62 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 163 | 46.18 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 126 | 35.69 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 86 | 24.36 % |
| more is better | ||
| Unigine Heaven | Average | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 58.9 fps | 420.71 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 49.5 fps | 353.57 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 48.6 fps | 347.14 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 48.3 fps | 345.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 47.0 fps | 335.71 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 50.7 fps | 362.14 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 44.5 fps | 317.86 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 35.3 fps | 252.14 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 32.2 fps | 230.00 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 30.9 fps | 220.71 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 27.4 fps | 195.71 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 26.9 fps | 192.14 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 25.3 fps | 180.71 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 25.2 fps | 180.00 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 23.5 fps | 167.86 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 23.1 fps | 165.00 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 20.6 fps | 147.14 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 17.7 fps | 126.43 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 14.0 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 13.3 fps | 95.00 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 6.5 fps | 46.43 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 5.0 fps | 35.71 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 3.4 fps | 24.29 % |
| more is better | ||
Stone Giant
| Stone Giant | Average | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 159 fps | 512.90 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 123 fps | 396.77 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 122 fps | 393.55 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 119 fps | 383.87 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 107 fps | 345.16 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 96 fps | 309.68 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 86 fps | 277.42 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 85 fps | 274.19 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 83 fps | 267.74 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 75 fps | 241.94 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 75 fps | 241.94 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 66 fps | 212.90 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 53 fps | 170.97 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 51 fps | 164.52 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 51 fps | 164.52 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 50 fps | 161.29 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 44 fps | 141.94 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 48 fps | 154.84 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 37 fps | 119.35 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 | 31 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 17 fps | 54.84 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 14 fps | 45.16 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 10 fps | 32.26 % |
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World in Conflict
| World in Conflict, 1920 x 1080, high details, 8xAA 16xAF | Average | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 110 fps | 164.18 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 106 fps | 179.66 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 84 fps | 142.37 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 83 fps | 140.68 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 82 fps | 138.98 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 81 fps | 137.29 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 81 fps | 137.29 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 80 fps | 135.59 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 77 fps | 130.50 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 77 fps | 130.50 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 75 fps | 127.12 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 75 fps | 127.12 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 73 fps | 123.72 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 72 fps | 122.03 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 72 fps | 122.03 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 69 fps | 116.94 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 69 fps | 116.94 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 68 fps | 115.25 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 68 fps | 115.25 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 67 fps | 113.56 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 67 fps | 113.56 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 61 fps | 103.39 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 59 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 59 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 59 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 57 fps | 96.61 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 57 fps | 96.61 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 56 fps | 94.91 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 55 fps | 93.22 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 53 fps | 89.83 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 50 fps | 84.74 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 41 fps | 69.49 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 39 fps | 66.10 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 26 fps | 44.06 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 25 fps | 42.37 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 21 fps | 35.59 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 18 fps | 30.51 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 18 fps | 30.51 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 13 fps | 22.03 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 10 fps | 16.95 % |
| more is better | ||
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil uses nearly every modern rendering technology: HDR, Hemisphere Lighting, Soft Shadows, Soft Particles, Field- und Motion-Blur oder auch Alpha to Coverage and static Ambient Occlusion. Furthermore Resident Evil 5 has been optimized for multicore architectures and already comes DirectX11 ready. By using the DirectX9 as well as the DirectX10 benchmark we can again show you CPU-scaling with low resolutions and the compared to the CPU overproportional influence of the graphics card at high resolutions.
| Resident Evil 5, 1920 x 1080, high details, 8xAA 16xAF | Average | Percent |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 162.50 fps | 169.62 % |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 140.10 fps | 146.24 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 123.20 fps | 128.60 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 119.50 fps | 124.73 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 113.60 fps | 139.46 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 113.00 fps | 117.95 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 110.20 fps | 115.03 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 109.30 fps | 114.09 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 108.60 fps | 113.36 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 108.30 fps | 113.05 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 107.30 fps | 112.00 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 107.40 fps | 112.11 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 105.70 fps | 110.33 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 105.00 fps | 109.60 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 104.30 fps | 108.87 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 103.20 fps | 107.72 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 102.90 fps | 107.41 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 101.80 fps | 106.26 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 100.50 fps | 104.90 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 101.70 fps | 106.16 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 99.50 fps | 103.86 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 97.20 fps | 101.46 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 96.50 fps | 100.73 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 95.80 fps | 100.00 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 95.30 fps | 99.48 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 93.30 fps | 97.39 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 92.20 fps | 78.50 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 90.30 fps | 94.25 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 88.10 fps | 91.96 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 78.60 fps | 82.04 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 75.00 fps | 78.28 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 69.20 fps | 71.19 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 62.40 fps | 65.13 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 51.60 fps | 53.86 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 44.40 fps | 46.35 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 34.6 fps | 36.10 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 30.8 fps | 32.15 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 29.7 fps | 31.00 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 24.4 fps | 25.47 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 23.9 fps | 24.95 % |
| more is better | ||
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Call of Juarez
| Call of Juarez, 1920 x 1080, high details, 4xSSAA | Average | Percent |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 91.00 fps | 228.64 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 88.80 fps | 223.16 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 88.70 fps | 222.86 % |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 88.60 fps | 222.61 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 78.90 fps | 198.24 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 76.00 fps | 190.95 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 73.10 fps | 183.67 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 72.80 fps | 182.91 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 53.60 fps | 134.67 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 52.40 fps | 131.65 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE SLI | 52.00 fps | 130.65 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 51.90 fps | 130.40 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 49.20 fps | 123.62 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 48.70 fps | 122.36 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 47.60 fps | 119.59 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 46.30 fps | 116.33 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 46.20 fps | 116.08 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 43.20 fps | 108.54 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 42.90 fps | 107.79 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 42.50 fps | 106.78 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 41.90 fps | 105.27 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 39.80 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 39.50 fps | 99.25 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 38.80 fps | 97.48 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 37.20 fps | 93.47 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 38.00 fps | 95.47 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 34.60 fps | 86.93 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 34.20 fps | 85.92 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 33.20 fps | 83.42 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 32.10 fps | 80.65 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 32.10 fps | 80.65 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 30.70 fps | 77.14 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 28.50 fps | 71.60 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 24.50 fps | 61.56 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 21.90 fps | 55.03 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 18.20 fps | 45.73 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 16.60 fps | 41.71 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 15.20 fps | 38.19 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 13.90 fps | 34.92 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 12.30 fps | 30.90 % |
| more is better | ||
Far Cry 2
| Far Cry 2, 1920 x 1080, high details, 8xAA | Average | Percent |
| Palit GTX 580 SLI | 132.41 fps | 250.21 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 122.40 fps | 231.29 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (830 MHz / 5'000 MHz) | 120.76 fps | 228.19 % |
| Zotac GTX480 SLI | 118.04 fps | 223.05 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 | 113.17 fps | 213.85 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 | 111.46 fps | 210.62 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 SLI | 107.77 fps | 203.65 % |
| AMD Radeon HD6970 CrossFire | 98.50 fps | 186.13 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 | 98.36 fps | 185.86 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII | 95.27 fps | 180.03 % |
| ASUS ARES 5870X2 2DIS 4GD5 | 91.87 fps | 173.60 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII | 88.83 fps | 167.86 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 SLI | 86.87 fps | 164.15 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 285 SLI | 84.49 fps | 159.65 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top | 84.00 fps | 158.73 % |
| ASUS EAH5970 | 80.35 fps | 153.48 % |
| ZOTAC GTX 275 1792MB SLI | 79.51 fps | 150.24 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 2GB | 79.21 fps | 149.68 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII | 77.54 fps | 146.52 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock | 74.37 fps | 140.53 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 2GB | 71.40 fps | 134.92 % |
| Zotac GTX 480 | 68.87 fps | 118.80 % |
| nVidia GTX 295 | 66.72 fps | 126.08 % |
| ASUS GTX 470 | 64.51 fps | 121.90 % |
| EVGA GTX 460 EE | 60.66 fps | 114.63 % |
| Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock | 59.21 fps | 111.88 % |
| MSI HD 5870 Lightning | 55.66 fps | 105.17 % |
| ASUS EAH5870 | 54.99 fps | 103.91 % |
| ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU | 54.14 fps | 102.30 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 52.92 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH5850 | 52.92 fps | 100.00 % |
| ASUS GTX285 Matrix | 49.69 fps | 93.89 % |
| MSI GTX 275 Lightning | 42.31 fps | 79.95 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 22.08 fps | 41.72 % |
| ASUS ENGTS250 DK | 17.95 fps | 33.92 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 17.07 fps | 32.26 % |
| Zotac 9600 GT ECO | 16.49 fps | 31.16 % |
| EVGA 8800 GT 512MB | 15.73 fps | 29.72 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 13.33 fps | 25.19 % |
| ASUS EAH3870X2 | 10.21 fps | 19.30 % |
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Casual Gaming
Street Fighter 4 1280 x 1024, Medium details
| Street Fighter 4 1280 x 1024, Medium details | Average | Percent |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 210.59 fps | 191.90 % |
| Zotac GeForce 9600 GT ECO | 109.74 fps | 100 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 104.43 fps | 95.16 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 84.93 fps | 77.39 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 71.32 fps | 64.99 % |
| Higher is better | ||
DIRT 2 1280 x 1024, Medium details
| DIRT 2 1280 x 1024, Medium details | Average | Percent |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 128.1 fps | 200.51 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 69.0 fps | 107.48 % |
| Zotac GeForce 9600 GT ECO | 64.2 fps | 100 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 55.6 fps | 86.60 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 45.9 fps | 71.5 % |
| Higher is better | ||
Dawn of War II 1280 x 1024, Medium details
| Dawn of War II 1280 x 1024, Medium details | Average | Percent |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 86.04 fps | 134.21 % |
| Zotac GeForce 9600 GT ECO | 64.11 fps | 100 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 48.49 fps | 75.64 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 45.93 fps | 71.64 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 40.66 fps | 63.42 % |
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PCMark Vantage Video Playback
| Video playback - VC-1 HD DVD with HD content | FPS | Percent |
| Zotac GeForce 9600 GT ECO | 29.50 fps | 100 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 29.46 fps | 99.86 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 29.37 fps | 99.56 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 29.36 fps | 99.53 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 29.11 fps | 98.68 % |
| Higher is better | ||
| Video playback - MPEG-2 HDTV | FPS | Percent |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 53.83 fps | 245.69 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 47.23 fps | 215.56 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 46.84 fps | 213.78 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 27.56 fps | 125.79 % |
| Zotac GeForce 9600 GT ECO | 21.91 fps | 100 % |
| Higher is better | ||
| Video playback - MPEG-2 Blu-ray | FPS | Percent |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top | 23.57 fps | 101.16 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 | 23.56 fps | 101.12 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 | 23.53 fps | 100.99 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 | 23.52 fps | 100.94 % |
| Zotac GeForce 9600 GT ECO | 23.30 fps | 100 % |
| Higher is better | ||
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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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| 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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