So, I got a GT430 yesterday and stuck it into my HTPC and started folding right away. It is running at stock clocks, as shown, and there is nothing else running to use up resources. This is on Win7 Ult 64 and using jedi95's GPU Tracker V2 program. I was actually hoping I would get at least one 611 pointer for comparison, but it looks like we either chewed them all up or they got removed because of all the failures. Without further ado, here is a SS of what I have gotten so far.
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Maybe a little more ado...hehehe
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Remember, this is a GT430, so 96 shaders, 1400 memory clock (only one in stock @ EVGA.com right now), and $79.99 ($69.99 after $10 MIR).
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http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=01G-P3-1430-LR
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Are you ready?
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Pretty darn good for the price so far.
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EDIT:
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Ran for a bit OCed to 800, 1600, 700 (1400 eff.) and got these results.
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Currently testing for the max OC that I can get.
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Stay Tuned!
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Preliminary Update:
Max stable OC I could get was 820, 1640, 775 (1550 eff.) on 0.990V (Stock - could not adjust).
First wu (11255 [912 pts.]), at 45% completion, is showing 8755.2 PPD in HFM.
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Second wu (10951 [925pts.]), at 40% completion, is showing 9402.35 PPD in HFM.
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SS coming when more wu are completed.
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And the verdict is.......
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....so far.
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I will update if/when this card picks up anything other than a 912 or 925 wu.
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Well, got a bunch of 611s completed, so adding the SS.
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611's may drive the PPD down significantly, that's why these numbers are early results, not final. Also, this is all stock, so not sure how much OC it could take or what the PPD would be @ OC'd settings.

I can tell you for sure that the drop from a 470 to a 465 is about 4500ppd when working on 10632.

according to hardware canucks review it gets 4k ppd on the 612 pointers and up to 8k on the 912's
 

 

Those are some great numbers for such a cheap card! New htpc video card in my near future???

Thank you Thank you Thank you for this report, although like you say not knowing what the 10632s will do to it kinda s6ck$, but at least its a "real world" test by one of the members.
 Correct me if Im wrong though, I have read the little things dont like to OC very good, which even if they didnt it still is nice production for a inexpensive GPU set for just folding.

Well Ill definitely be keeping an eye on this thread, I figure if they keep folding good enough for their size Ill sell a GTX275 and a GTX280 and build another RIG with these 430s. The money saved on a power supply and the 430s alone make it very interesting in itself. IMO anyway. A step up to a tri sli board and a low cost quad core....make for a whole new game!!

thanks rjbelans, keep us updated. I'm still eyeballing these cards if i put the p6n rig back together, still unsure if Im going to rebuild that rig or do a past due overhaul of my main rig.

As far as I know, the gpu3 client is still in beta which is why some are getting the occasional failed unit. For now, the 450 is getting the same PPD as the 470 for 30% less power demand and 60% less cost, but I'm confident (hoping) this won't last.

at $80 for the GT 430, very low power usage, 4 - 8K is actually not that bad, I might consider getting a couple cause I'm always trying to go for best PPD to Power Usage ratio that I can + they are cheap.

Wish the 430's were in B-stock :>

mrbigshot

i think a 430 for physix would be a waste of money. a used 8 or 9 series card could be had for not much over $30-$40. if your going to use it for foling as well i think it would be a wise chose. mabey save a few bucks and get a used 260gtx and use that for a folding physix card. i think once we stop seeing these high point beta units the cards numbers will go back to what they should be. same with the 450's they benefit greatly from the gpu3 beta units.

Yeah, but if you're wanting the fastest single slot card for folding/Physx, it seems the 430 may not be a bad choice. I just wonder how it stands up to the 9800GT and GT240 in Physx...

The OC is probably limited due to power usage since it runs off the PCI-E slot.
 
let us know the PPD when you get some 611's

kram36

Afterburner probably hasn't been updated to give voltage control to the GT 430.

 
Maybe. I will keep an eye out for an update.

kram36

Couldn't you run the client without the -advmethods flag and get the P10632 wu or do we no longer need that flag?

Not with GPU Tracker V2, it doesn't have a place to turn that flag off, at least not that I have found yet.

Damned sexy for the price and watts used!