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Buying a GT430 and a GT610 at BestBuy

VirtualLarry

VirtualLarry

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I'm not sure how wise it was, but I have a client whom has been having a problem with their PC shutting off (or so they claim). I had it running in my lab for a number of hours, and have been unable to reproduce the problem, although I found temp problems with the included stock heatsink when running OCCT:linpack 64-bit. I replaced the heatsink, and that problem was fixed. I ran OCCT for the full hour and it didn't crash or overheat. So I returned the system, and they said that they have the same problem.

I remembered that the VGA port on the mobo was rather loose when I connected it, so I'm currently focusing on that as the problem.

I needed a PCI-E video card pronto, and those two were among the cheapest that BestBuy carried.

The 610 has 48 SPs, the 430 has 96 SPs. Neither requires additional PCI-E power.

How do they compare, as far as cheap cards go? Not really planning on gaming on either one of them.
 
well the gt430 is clearly the faster card but if not gaming then why would you care how they compare? just get the cheapest one.
 
Both will do as good as you could want in 2d/windows/video. Both are absolutely terrible at basically any gaming, though that's a non-issue with a business PC.

Get whatever's cheaper imho. FWIW I usually grab a 5450 for the type of situations you describe, they're often $20-$30 at micro center, and probably the same price at BB as the cards you describe.

As to the problem you're describing : do they have some cheap stock PSU? If you have a spare, I'd swap that out and see if it fixes things before going the GPU route, unless the video port is physically damaged in some way.
 
I can just imagine you rolling your eyes as the customer wants a really cheap card for a really cheap price (less than a carton of Marlboro) and wants to run Metro 2033 at 2560x1600 on Ultra quality at 100 fps+.
 
GT610 is a Fermi based 48 Shader, 64-bit 14.4GB/sec memory bandwidth, 8 TMUs, 4 ROPs
GT430 is a Fermi based 96 Shader, 128-bit 25.6 GB/sec bandwidth, 8 TMUs, 16 ROPs

Even GT620 < GT430.

Desktop GT610/620/630 cards are only GeForce 600 by marketing.
 
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GT 610/620 = GT 520
GT 430 is faster.

RussianSensation said:
GT610 is a Fermi based 48 Shader, 64-bit 14.4GB/sec memory bandwidth, 8 TMUs, 4 ROPs
GT430 is a Fermi based 96 Shader, 128-bit 25.6 GB/sec bandwidth, 8 TMUs, 16 ROPs

Even GT620 < GT430.

Desktop GT610/620/630 cards are only GeForce 600 by marketing.
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GT 430 = 4 ROPs and 16TMUs

but GT 520/610/620 have only 8 TMUs
 
GT 430's are actually quite phenomenal cards for the money. Now, this probably doesnt apply since its bought at bestbuy, but ive owned like 3 or 4 different model GT 430's. On top of some mild gaming in certain games that can be done, they do everything else great. Its probably the best low end bang 4 buck cards out there. When I had mine, I got it during sales for $10-25.
 
Magic Carpet said:
Larry,

Get 610. Most likely it's passive, so less headache for everybody.
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Nope, it has a fan. Also include LP brackets, kind of nice. I actually picked up one of each, I wasn't really trying to choose between them.

I might throw the 430 into my Q9300 desktop rig, if my GTX460 loses the other fan.
 
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