Test Setup And Benchmarks
The cards we chose for comparison can all be found within $5 of the GeForce GT 430’s MSRP of $79, including the GeForce GT 220 DDR3, the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5, the Radeon HD 5570 DDR3, and the Radeon HD 5670 GDDR5.
To better represent a level playing field (and to address some of the concerns we've seen in the comments section), all of these cards have been set to reference clock rates for testing.
Test System | |||
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Motherboard | Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Socket AM3, AMD 785G, BIOS 0410 | ||
Processor | Phenom II X4 970 3.5 GHz, Quad-Core, 6 MB L3 CacheOverclocked to 4.0 GHz | ||
CPU Cooler | Cooler Master Hyper TX3 | ||
Memory | Crucial DDR3-1333 Dual-Channel 2 x 2048 MB, 669 MHz, CAS 9-9-9-24-1T | ||
Graphics | Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI (GeForce GT 220) 1 GB DDR3, 720/1566 MHz GPU/Shaders, 800 MHz MemoryAsus ENGT430 (GeForce GT 430) 1 GB DDR3, 700/1400 MHz GPU/Shaders, 800 MHz MemoryGigabyte GV-N240D5-512I (GeForce GT 240) 512 MB GDDR5, 550/1340 MHz GPU/Shaders, 850 MHz MemoryRadeon HD 5570 Reference 1 GB DDR3, 650 MHz GPU, 900 MHz MemoryRadeon HD 5670 Reference 512 MB GDDR5, 775 MHz GPU, 1000 MHz Memory***all clock rates set to reference specifications for the purposes of benchmarking*** | ||
Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 1000 MB 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache SATA 3Gb/s | ||
Software and Drivers | |||
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 x64 | ||
DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | ||
Graphics Drivers | AMD Catalyst 10.9, GeForce 260.77 beta (GeForce GT 430), GeForce 258.96 (all others) |
Benchmark Configuration | |
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3D Games | |
Crysis | Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool General Benchmarks: Low Quality, Textures, Shadows, Physics, Shaders, Water, and Sound to MediumAnti-aliasing Benchmarks: Low Quality, Textures, Physics, Water, and Sound to Medium, Shaders to High |
Just Cause 2 | Version 1.0.0.2, in-game benchmark,Low Settings, Shadows and Water to Medium, No AA, 2x AF |
Aliens vs Predator | Benchmark Tool, Medium Settings, SSAO Off, Dx11 tesselation and shadow sampling off, no AA, 8x AF |
StarCraft II | Version 1.1.1, Custom Tom's Hardware BenchmarkHigh Quality Preset, No AA |
DiRT 2 | In-game benchmarkDirectX 11, High Quality Preset, No AA |
Synthetic | |
3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.01, Total System score |