Axle GeForce GT 430 Review
Test System
| CPU: | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550S @ 3.75GHz (441×8.5) |
| CPU Cooler: | Thermaltake BigWater 760is |
| Motherboard: | ASUS P5E Deluxe X48 (Rampage Formula BIOS) |
| Hard Disk: | Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB (ST3500418AS) |
| Memory: | G.SKILL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2-1000 PQ |
| Video Cards: | AXLE GT 430 Classic AMD Radeon HD 5450 AMD Radeon HD 5570 |
| Display: | 24” Gateway FHD2401 LCD |
| Power Supply: | Cooler Master UCP (Ultimate Circuit Protection) 1100W |
| Chassis: | CM Storm Sniper – Black Edition – Mesh Version |
Software & Settings
- AMD Catalyst 10.12; highest quality mip-mapping set in the driver, Catalyst AI set to “Standard”
- Nvidia driver 260.99; highest quality filtering, all optimizations off
- Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate
- All games are patched to their latest versions.
- vsync is off in the control panel and is never set in-game.
- AA enabled or disabled in-game (charts denote how much is applied) and is never set in the driver.
- 16xAF is always applied.p
- All results show average frame rates except as noted.
- Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
- Windows 7, all DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths
- Windows 7, all DX11 titles were run under DX11 render paths
Benchmarking Notes
Throughout the testing, all of the hardware and software remained the same except for the video cards and their respective drivers. All game benchmarks were run at the 1440 x 900 resolution and in most cases at the highest possible settings unless otherwise stated. The Unigine Heaven 2.1 Benchmark was also run at these resolutions with Tessellation set to Normal. Both 3DMark tests were run at their default settings. PhysX was turned off for all tests.
Disclaimer
- The Axle GeForce GT 430 used in this review has a memory clock of 700MHz (1400MHz effective). This is slower than the reference 900MHz (1800MHz effective) clocks used by Nvidia.
- Overclocking was not tested on this card due to the fact that it is a low power card. Overclocking would only increase power draw and defeat the purpose for which the card was intended.
Specifications
The main specifications of the cards tested are as follows:
GT 430
- Core Clock: 700MHz
- Shader Clock (linked): 1400MHz
- Memory Clock: 1400MHz (Reference: 1800MHz)
HD 5570
- Core Clock: 650MHz
- Stream Processors: 400
- Memory Clock: 800MHz (3200MHz effective)
HD 5450
- Core Clock: 650MHz
- Stream Processors: 80
- Memory Clock: 900MHz (3600MHz effective)
I will keep my comments to a minimum as the charts generally speak for themselves.
