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    Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    Specifically, i'm talking about this card here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500221

    ***Please note this is a PCI card, not a PCIe card. It is the fastest PCI card available***

    I highly recommend this card for anyone who has an open PCI slot - especially in the older Pentium 4 systems where that's probably the only options there are, and anyone with any system where you're out of PCIe slots or are too near your power supply's wattage limit to risk another PCIe GPU. This card does not have any additional plugs. 100% of the power is drawn from the motherboard's PCI slot (25W, give or take), and because it has such a low power requirement, there's a 99% chance you won't even have to consider upgrading your power supply to run it.

    The card only takes up 1 slot, and has no cooling fans to add additional noise to your system. I was a bit skeptical about how well the heatsink would perform, especially when overclocked and right next to an ATI 5870. Was also concerned about how much it might increase the temp of the 5870 with a heat source near it, but i found there's nothing to worry about. With an ambient temp of 75F (~24C), the overclocked GT 430 raised the 5870 @ 900MHz by 1C (74C to 75C). Increasing the fan from 40% to 41% brought it back to down to 74C.

    Stock Specs:
    Core Clock: 700MHz
    Shader Clock: 1400MHz
    Memory Clock: 1200MHz

    My Overclocked Specs:
    Core Clock: 839MHz
    Shader Clock: 1678MHz
    Memory clock: 1320MHz
    GPU temp @ 75F ambient: 65C
    Credits/day @ DistRtGen: ~87,580 http://boinc.freerainbowtables.com/d...state=3&appid=

    87.5k credits/day from a PCI slot using 25W? Damn right. Over 3x the performance of the 9500GT PCI cards and cost $25 less than the 9500GT i had. Unbeatable.

    Also, if you're a gamer, this card is perfect for dedicated PhysX

    EDIT: one more thing, the length of the card is more than short enough that it won't block the air intake on most GPUs.
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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    John

    Awesome stuff! This is the type of thing that people like me don't even know about and have been wondering about how to stuff lots of cards in all the slots. I know that I will be buying a few of these for my old slow rigs that I have no intention of upgrading other than sticking one or more of these in.

    Thanks!

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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    So, it's roughly the same as a 9800GT? I'm getting about the same times when I leave a core open for the GPU.
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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    Quote Originally Posted by trigggl View Post
    So, it's roughly the same as a 9800GT? I'm getting about the same times when I leave a core open for the GPU.
    Correct, except the 9800GT was PCIe, 2 slots wide (in most cases) and used more than 2x the power.


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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    Quote Originally Posted by John P. Myers View Post
    Correct, except the 9800GT was PCIe, 2 slots wide (in most cases) and used more than 2x the power.
    I missed the "PCI" part.

    My 9800 does happen to be a single wide, but it does require the extra power connector.

    That is actually pretty spectacular for a regular PCI slot.
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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    Any idea how that would compare to a gtx 260-216. If it's better I may get one for my brother and co-opt is machine for boinc.

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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    Quote Originally Posted by spingadus View Post
    Any idea how that would compare to a gtx 260-216. If it's better I may get one for my brother and co-opt is machine for boinc.
    The 260-216 would be about 2.5x faster, uses ~4x more power, and is 2 slots wide, but this is not the point lol

    The 260 is a PCIe card, not a PCI. The GT 430 i'm talking about here is a PCI card. In fact, the fastest PCI card in existence (at least between Nvidia and AMD - i don't really pay attention to other GPU manufacturers). This is about getting the most out of your unused/poorly used PCI slots. It is about adding 1 or more GT 430s to systems that have no PCIe slots, or PCIe slots that are already used, but still with open PCI slots



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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    i have a gtx-260-216, can i run 2 of these in my open pci slots alongside of the gtx-260?



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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

    Quote Originally Posted by bmwr606 View Post
    i have a gtx-260-216, can i run 2 of these in my open pci slots alongside of the gtx-260?
    Yes Using 2 of them, even at stock speeds, you'll gain an extra ~142k credits/day crunching DistRtGen


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    Re: Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

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