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GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

The GeForce 8800 Ultra has clock speeds of 612 MHz on the GPU, and 1080 MHz on the 768 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 24 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050, which features a core clock frequency of 1354 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 75 Watts
GeForce 8800 Ultra 171 Watts
Difference: 96 Watts (128%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be a little bit superior to the GeForce 8800 Ultra in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra 103680 MB/sec
Difference: 11008 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (more or less 38%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra 39168 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 14992 (38%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra 14688 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 28640 (195%)

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 8800 Ultra GeForce GTX 1050
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2007 October 2016
Code Name G80 GP107-300
Memory 768 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 612 MHz 1354 MHz
Memory Speed 2160 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 171 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 103680 MB/sec 114688 MB/sec
Texel Rate 39168 Mtexels/sec 54160 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 14688 Mpixels/sec 43328 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 640
Texture Mapping Units 64 40
Render Output Units 24 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 384-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 14 nm
Transistors 681 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends 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 maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 8800 Ultra

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