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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB vs Radeon HD 4850 512MB
IntroThe GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB has a clock frequency of 513 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 792 MHz. It also uses a 320-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 90 nm design. It is comprised of 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 20 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 4850 512MB, which has a clock speed of 625 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 993 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is made up of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthPerformance-wise, the Radeon HD 4850 512MB should theoretically be a small bit better than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 4850 512MB will be a little bit (more or less 2%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB is a bit (approximately 3%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4850 512MB, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)
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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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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One Response to “GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB vs Radeon HD 4850 512MB”I like how all of your tests are done in the highest possible resolution. Because the lower physical memory of the 8800 gts couldn't possibly bottleneck it at those resolutions. The results on a lower resolution where the cards are more equally matched would be better suited.