Nvidia GeForce GT 430 - 1GB

As on of entry level graphics card from Nvidia, Geforce GT 430 has comes with many features, this card has powered by 1GB of DDR3 and 700 MHz of graphics card clock speed (GPU), it's look good enough for playing PC games on medium resolution and don't try it with highest resolution for latest PC games which it required more speed and more performance. Okay, basically, the key features from Nvidia GT 430 is directX 11 features, and you can use this cheap Nvidia graphics card for playing games which comes with directX 11 version. So let see the specs below.

Nvidia GeForce GT 430 - Reference Version

Nvidia GeForce GT 430 Specifications

• CUDA Cores : 96
• Graphics Clock (MHz) : 700 MHz
• Processor Clock (MHz) : 1400 MHz
• Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) : 11.2
• Memory Clock (MHz) : 800 - 900 (DDR3)
• Standard Memory Config : 1 GB DDR3
• Memory Interface Width : 128-bit
• Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) : 25.6 - 28.8
• NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready
• NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology* : HD
• NVIDIA PhysX™-ready
• NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology
• Microsoft DirectX : 11
• OpenGL : 4.1
• Bus Support : PCI-E 2.0 x 16
• Certified for Windows 7
• Maximum Digital Resolution : 2560x1600
• Maximum VGA Resolution : 2048x1536
• Standard Display Connectors : HDMI, VGA (optional), Dual Link DVI
• Multi Monitor, HDCP, HDMI
• Audio Input for HDMI : Internal
• Height : 2.713 inches
• Length : 5.7 inches
• Width : Dual-slot
• Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) : 98 C
• Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) : 49 W
• Minimum Recommended System Power (W) : 300 W

For your reference, you can see at the benchmark game performance below, it comes with 1280x720 of resolution, and results in Average Frames per second

GeForce GT 430 1GB GDDR3 gaming benchmark result :
1> Left 4 dead 2 : 73 FPS with highest settings, no AA, 8xAF
2> Crysis 2 : 33.6 FPS with High detail preset
(benchmark via TomsHardware with Intel Core i5-2500K (4GHz) and 4GB memory system)

Not the best but still comfortable for playing some PC games with 1280x720p of resolutions, even you can play it with highest setting on some games. Geforec GT 430 1GB prices is not expensive, it's under $100, so if you want to build your performance or mainstream desktop gaming computer with HD resolution, GT 430 is one of the best for you, I will update the GT 430 products from other brands in the next post. Good luck and enjoy the games !!.