GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Radeon HD 7770

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7770, which comes with core speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
Radeon HD 7770		80 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 7770 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 430 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7770 is a lot (more or less 257%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		40000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28800 (257%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7770 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		16000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13200 (471%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.