GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 965M, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 944 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 965M, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 57600 (900%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M should be much (approximately 3256%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 58616 (3256%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 965M is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29308 (3256%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes 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 the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

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