Galaxy GeForce GT 430 1GB Review - NVIDIA moves Fermi to HTPC
The GeForce GT 430 GPU
The world of budget graphics cards isn't sexy, but it is incredibly important to all players involved. NVIDIA and AMD have made a lot of money on these sub-$100 graphics cards as the years have gone on but now the threat of CPU/GPU hybrids is putting the segment on a death watch. That future is probably a year or more out so for now the competition between the two primary discrete GPU manufacturers is crucial.
Today NVIDIA is releasing to the desktop world the GF108 GPU, the smallest iteration of the Fermi architecture available. It has already been released and for sale in the mobile market but is just now seeing a retail release.
This GPU offering from NVIDIA is obviously not going to be a great card for those of you that want a PC gaming machine but with a target of HTPC with just as touch of gaming, it could turn out to be a good option. NVIDIA wouldn't give a firm MSRP instead saying that it would be dependent on their partner's offerings. The Galaxy-provided card that we are testing today is going to sell for about $79 putting it in a very crowded space.
Potential competition, other than the GeForce GT 220 from NVIDIA, is the Radeon HD 5500 series of cards like the HD 5570 and HD 5550. Cards with those GPUs range from $49 to $89 putting them and are going to prove to be a tough battle for NVIDIA's newest Fermi.
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