Will a GT430 be a bottle neck?

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donkru

Discussion Starter · Apr 10, 2011

I am thinking of getting a GT430 for my mom's computer so that my nephews can play on it and not mine! She has a Pentium Dual Core E2180 with 3gb DDR2667. Right now it is using the igp from a 945 chipset. It sucks bad, only WoW runs on it. If i add a GT430 128bit 1gb version will it be the bottle neck or will the cpu hold back? The monitor runs at [email protected](I know its low). Think it can push games like Crysis/CS:S/JC2 with reasonable graphics quality? I don't mean maxed out but with at least some eye candy.
Also if you think another gpu will do it let me know.

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Speedster159

· #2 · Apr 10, 2011

Don't waste your money on a 1GB version, buy a 512 version, or get a GTS 450.

Look at my sig rig..

But if you go with that, it won't bottle neck..

dudemanppl

· #3 · Apr 10, 2011

I'm thinking he probably doesn't want to buy a separate powersupply, which explains why he would be using a GT430. Go for it, if it doesn't run, lower the quality.

donkru

Discussion Starter · #4 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by Speedster159;13070553
Don't waste your money on a 1GB version, but a 512 one and get a GTS 450..

Look at my sig rig..

But if you go with that, it won't bottle neck..

Problem is I haven't found a GTS450 low profile card and also the PSU isn't that powerful.. And I think it would be overkill for 1024x768.

Speedster159

· #5 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by dudemanppl;13070560
I'm thinking he probably doesn't want to buy a separate powersupply, which explains why he would be using a GT430. Go for it, if it doesn't run, lower the quality.

True, but the GTS 450 comes with one of those, 2x 4pin to 1x 6pin

taintedmind

· #6 · Apr 10, 2011

I agree with the above poster, get a GTS450.

On the bottlenecking-side, I doubt it would (be) bottleneck(-ed).

Speedster159

· #7 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by donkru;13070568
Problem is I haven't found a GTS450 low profile card. And I think it would be overkill for 1024x768.

Expect if your mom decides to buy a 1080p monitor.

But i would say go for the GT 430, or find a sparkle GTS 450 Low Profile Card

Edit: Here is a pic

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Booty Warrior

· #8 · Apr 10, 2011

You could go for a GT 440. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162076&cm_re=gt_440-_-14-162-076-_-Product

It's essentially a 430 with higher clocks and GDDR5 VRAM. At that res, it should give "playable" fps on low settings.

Speedster159

· #9 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by Booty Warrior;13070590
You could go for a GT 440. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162076&cm_re=gt_440-_-14-162-076-_-Product

It's essentially a 430 with higher clocks and GDDR5 VRAM. At that res, it should give "playable" fps on low settings.

Then why not just OC the GT 430 to the GT 440 clocks?

Booty Warrior

· #10 · Apr 10, 2011

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Then why not just OC the GT 430 to the GT 440 clocks?

GDDR5 VRAM won't be bottlenecked quite as badly by the 128bit bus width as DDR3. Whether that even matters with low end cards like this I have no idea though, haha.

Still, they're almost the same price anyway.

Norlig

· #11 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by Speedster159;13070595
Then why not just OC the GT 430 to the GT 440 clocks?

GDDR5 ram on 440

Speedster159

· #12 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by Booty Warrior;13070606
GDDR5 VRAM won't be bottlenecked quite as badly by the 128bit bus width as DDR3. Whether that even matters with low end cards like this I have no idea though, haha.

Still, they're almost the same price anyway.

I don't think that would matter...

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And a GTS 450 would be the way to go for me..

But if you really don'w want to get a GTS 450, get the GT 430 or GT 440

donkru

Discussion Starter · #13 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by Booty Warrior;13070590
You could go for a GT 440. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162076&cm_re=gt_440-_-14-162-076-_-Product

It's essentially a 430 with higher clocks and GDDR5 VRAM. At that res, it should give "playable" fps on low settings.

that card is to long, In the case it has to be only 1/2 inch longer than slot, Max. It's a small HP case. not much room in there at all. Also I doubt mom will be getting a new monitor without upgrading her pc. She follows a similar upgrade cycle to me just instead of every 3 1/2 years that I do she does every 5 years, and then only a $500 budget. She only does pogo and paper work.

Booty Warrior

· #14 · Apr 10, 2011

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that card is to long, In the case it has to be only 1/2 inch longer than slot, Max. It's a small HP case. not much room in there at all. Also I doubt mom will be getting a new monitor without upgrading her pc. She follows a similar upgrade cycle to me just instead of every 3 1/2 years that I do she does every 5 years, and then only a $500 budget. She only does pogo and paper work.

Too long? Are you sure? It's only 5.7 inches. I'm not seeing any 430s that are shorter.

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Speedster159

· #15 · Apr 10, 2011

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that card is to long, In the case it has to be only 1/2 inch longer than slot, Max. It's a small HP case. not much room in there at all. Also I doubt mom will be getting a new monitor without upgrading her pc. She follows a similar upgrade cycle to me just instead of every 3 1/2 years that I do she does every 5 years, and then only a $500 budget. She only does pogo and paper work.

If thats the case, get the GT 430 then, and oc it to hell..

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Booty Warrior

· #16 · Apr 10, 2011

Ah here ya go, some footage of Crysis on a GT 430 (1600x900):

Seems playable at least. That's better than I expected.

Speedster159

· #17 · Apr 10, 2011

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Ah here ya go, some footage of Crysis on a GT 430 (1600x900):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVkZoSdfajk

ninja ed...

I was about to post that, xD

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donkru

Discussion Starter · #18 · Apr 10, 2011

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Too long? Are you sure? It's only 5.7 inches. I'm not seeing any 430s that are shorter.

Sorry I meant tall. I need a low profile card that is only as long as the slot. I have been looking but I haven't seen many different cards available, I found a 1gb sparkle that would fit for $60. I wish i could find them used for cheaper.

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That play through has 83% more pixels than 1024x768, That must mean that at the lower resolution I should be very playable. Im sure it can max out all the source games.

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Speedster159

· #19 · Apr 10, 2011

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Sorry I meant tall. I need a low profile card that is only as long as the slot. I have been looking but I haven't seen many different cards available, I found a 1gb sparkle that would fit for $60. I wish i could find them used for cheaper.

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That play through has 83% more pixels than 1024x768, That must mean that at the lower resolution I should be very playable. Im sure it can max out all the source games.

Is that a 430 or a 450?

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Booty Warrior

· #20 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by donkru;13070671
Sorry I meant tall. I need a low profile card that is only as long as the slot. I have been looking but I haven't seen many different cards available, I found a 1gb sparkle that would fit for $60. I wish i could find them used for cheaper.

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That play through has 83% more pixels than 1024x768, That must mean that at the lower resolution I should be very playable. Im sure it can max out all the source games.

Yeah you should be fine with a 430. Looking at other YT videos it actually performs pretty well for an entry level card.

ME2 on "Good Quality" (res not specified)

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIpqjyflUBM[/ame]

Dirt 2 at 1824x1036

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQf0UINIBiA[/ame]

I really underestimated this card.

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