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GeForce 9800 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTS 250 1GB

Intro

The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB uses a 65/55 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this specific card. It features 112 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTS 250 1GB, which comes with core speeds of 738 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 105 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 1GB 145 Watts
Difference: 40 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTS 250 1GB should be 22% faster than the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB 70400 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 12800 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 1GB is a lot (approximately 41%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB 47232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 13632 (41%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTS 250 1GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB 11808 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2208 (23%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9800 GT 1GB GeForce GTS 250 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year July 2008 March 3, 2009
Code Name G92a/b G92a/b
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 738 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 2200 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 145 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 70400 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 47232 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 11808 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 128
Texture Mapping Units 56 64
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 65/55 nm
Transistors 754 million 754 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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

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GeForce 9800 GT 1GB

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