Computex 2011: Silent and Single Slot GPUs

[zombie67]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4429/c...ngle-slot-gpus

The thing that caught my eye is a GT 430 **PCI** card (yes you read that right). Finally something faster than the 9500 GT that so many of us use.

On the NVIDIA side of things, Zotac where showing two silent models. The first is actually a PCI card, rather than PCIe – a GT 430 with 512 MB DDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus, running at 700 MHz core speed and1600 MHz memory. A purely silent card, it has a single slot design and supports DVI-I, HDMI, and VGA. It’s interesting to see a PCI card on sale – they have their uses mainly in industrial applications, but due to the PCI specifications there’s a bandwidth limitation which may hinder any significantly faster GPU.

[Mumps]

Which, according to Fire$torm's GPU compatibility article, implies Dual Precision for aged PCI only machines!

[Fire$torm]

Interesting. Take a look at pricing here. BTW you can change the zipcode to see total price for your area.

[zombie67]

Interesting. Take a look at pricing here. BTW you can change the zipcode to see total price for your area.

Those are PCIe. PCI is not out yet.

[Fire$torm]

Those are PCIe. PCI is not out yet.

Errr, DUH! I knew that......... (Liar!)

[Maxwell]

*building up to future nerdgasm...*

[zombie67]

Next we get to hear about a sticky keyboard. Ick.

[joker]

Selling monitor covers........................

[dan]

I just bought a 430 for my older box, that I only can put single form factor cards in. They're good for about 80,000 a day credit.

Dan

[Fire$torm]

I just bought a 430 for my older box, that I only can put single form factor cards in. They're good for about 80,000 a day credit.

Dan