GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which has a core clock frequency of 1290 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be 11% quicker than the GeForce 8800 Ultra in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is quite a bit (about 58%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		39168 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22752 (58%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 181%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8800 Ultra, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		14688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26592 (181%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in 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, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 applied per 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 number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.