GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which has GPU core speed of 1290 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, 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 GTX		155 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (107%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8800 GTX in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 28288 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be a lot (approximately 68%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25120 (68%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a lot (about 199%) better at AA than the GeForce 8800 GTX, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27480 (199%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is 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 ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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.