ED#122 : NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 Details Leaked!

It looks like many folks are expecting a good Christmas ahead. First, Western Digital launches their latest media player, the WD Elements Play with 1-2 TB of storage built-in. Then we have word that they are very close to launching the new WD TV Live model and new hard disk drives. Seagate is also expected to release their 3 TB hard disk drives in time for the Christmas season too. Now, we receive word that NVIDIA is ready to launch the GeForce GT 430 on October 11, 2010!

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 will be a GF108 part fabricated using the 40 nm process technology. It will have 96 stream processors and 16 ROPs. The NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 will be available in a variety of models with different clock speeds, but the official reference model will have a core speed of 700 MHz with a 1.7 GHz shader clock and run 900 MHz (1.8 GHz DDR) GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit wide bus. Here's a quick comparison of its specifications :

Specifications GeForce

GTS 450 GeForce

GT 430 GeForce

GT 420

Stream Processors 192 96 48 Textures Per Clock 32 16 8 ROPs 16 16 8 Core Speed 783 MHz 700 MHz 700 MHz Shader Clock Speed 1566 MHz 1400 MHz 1400 MHz Pixel Fill Rate 12,528 MPixels/s 11,200 MPixels/s 5,600 MPixels/s Texture Fill Rate 25,056 MTexels/s 11,200 MPixels/s 5,600 MTexels/s Memory Bus Width 128-bits 128-bits 128-bits Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR3 GDDR3 Memory Speed 902 MHz 900 MHz 900 MHz Memory Bandwidth 57.7 GB/s 28.8 GB/s 28.8 GB/s Max. Board TDP 106 W 56 W 50 W

For more specifications, please take a look at the Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 will be a single-slot card with dual-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort output options. It's expected to be priced at US$ 99 (RM 300). That would make it US$ 30 (RM 90) cheaper than the recently-launched NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450.

Will this card be a hit, or a dud? Tell us what you think!

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