GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which features core speeds of 928 MHz on the GPU, and 1350 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 768 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (175%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti should in theory be much better than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 80000 (1250%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 3200%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57592 (3200%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti is a lot (approximately 1550%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM), and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13948 (1550%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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