While providing some really nice features which I have listed later in this article, the GT430 is designed for the average user since over 90% of these GPUs will be sold through the normal distribution channel to system integrators rather than retail outlets or etailers.

Nividia already has EVGA, ASUS, Zotac, Palit as board partners and Acer, ASUS, Dell, Samsung, Lenovo and Samsung, MSI , Sony for laptops only and HP for their desktop lineup only as OEM partners. That means that when you buy a new motherboard or a new computer, you may get the Nvidia GT430 as part of the package.

The GT430 has been specifically designed to replace integrated graphics by providing the 260.89 driver update which is the first Windows Hardware Quality Labs certified driver release. This driver adds support for

• DirectX  11
• High definition 3D graphics.
• Blu-ray
• DTS-HD master audio
• Dolby TruHD audio bit streaming
• high definition 24-bit, 96 and 192 KHz multi-channel audio sampling rate support
• Adds NVIDIA 3D Vision streaming support for Firefox 4 and Google Chrome web browsers Adds or enhances SLI profiles for PC games
• Adds support for OpenGL 4.1

• Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe CS5
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring using NVIDIA System Tools software

I say it is about time that the motherboard manufacturers and OEM company decided to provide a high quality GPU with their off the shelf PCs.