The memory size is just 512MB which was reasonable in 2010s, but surely not today since even 2GB size is not enough for many recent games. But some version or retail of video card came 1GB size as well.
And with 700 MHz rated gpu clock, it's just a standard number for low entry product. Still, it's better than having HD 5450 or GT 210 for the computer.
As a part of product that released in 2010s, surely it can still play a lot of games. So let's check again for some heavy games released around 2010 or under, and you will find games such as Crysis, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Mass Effect 2, and Bioshock 2.
For the Prince of Persia the GT 430 can run the games well. Too bad we can't see the frame rate since the video we use as reference is made more than 10 years ago, and MSI afterburner had not been invented at the time.
For Crysis games, it still runs well in 1024x768 resolution with the frame rate fluctuates between 20 to 30 with fraps.
Mass Effect 2 runs perfectly with good setting when you equip the computer with GT 430, which is also nice. And similar result with Bioshock 2 too.
Now with 64 bit bus size GT 430 will be in the same range with GT 710 and also GT 730. But bus size only is not the only factor to determine the full power of a graphics card, since there are 256 bit graphics card that can be considered weak if the standard for today is used.
There are some low profile edition available with half board from Palit and ECS. And all version got different rated memory clock and GPU. With Gigabyte GT 430 OC as the strongest one for this series.
The max TDP is not high and rated at 49 W, but maybe you need consider it especially when a good Low Power Graphics Card to buy.
