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    Nvidia welcomes you to 2001.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Meaker@Sager, Oct 12, 2010.

  1. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    It's been 9 YEARS and Nvidia has decided that cards like the radeon 8500 had the right idea and it's outfitted its geforce GT 430 with 4 ROPS. :eek:

    NVIDIA's GeForce GT 430: The Next HTPC King? - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

    EDIT: looking at the benchmarks its similar to the mobile 5670 with DDR3 but really hurts in some games.

    I'd advise not using any AA though.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 12, 2010
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    Mastershroom wat

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    I don't think anyone would really be buying a 430 for gaming anyway...at least, I wouldn't.
     
    Mastershroom, Oct 12, 2010
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    When you look at the face of it, it looks like a DX11 250M with 96 shaders and 128bit GDDR3, only it is not.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 12, 2010
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    Phinagle Notebook Prophet

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    The people who buy an Alienware M11x would be. The GF108 )in the form of a GT 435M) is the GPU most likely to replace the GT 335M.


    It's a 64 shaders part with 32 extra shaders in reserve that can get used when a scheduler is free.



    Honestly this all looks like Nvidia admitting the end of the low end discrete market.
     
    Phinagle, Oct 12, 2010
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Well with the new integrated ones it is, we need to see 5770 performance in the desktop arena and 5670 and above in the notebook arena.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 12, 2010
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    That makes sense, considering the quality of the on-core integrated graphics Intel provides starting with Sandy Bridge. Nvidia saw the writing on the wall.
     
    Paralel, Oct 12, 2010
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    subliminal microsoft messages in how I met your mother
     
    LakeShow89, Oct 12, 2010
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    There was no such thing last time I checked. You meant Mobile HD5650 or desktop HD5670?
     
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    To be fair, the HD4350 has 4 ROP, too...
     
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    Sorry yeah :D mobile 5650.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 12, 2010
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    thinkpad knows best Notebook Deity

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    I don't really tend to understand the justification for all the complaining people do about how low-end cards should perform just as good as high end cards, it's the low end, not high end, there will never be a day when a low end card will somehow be on par with a high end card on the same spectrum of the same generation.
     
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    It's about the lowest common denominator.

    PC game makers want EVERYONE to buy their game, the more intensive the game the less people who can play it.

    So making these slow cards means that either PC games look worse or they are not made at all.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 13, 2010
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