GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which comes with a clock speed of 1290 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 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 GTS (G92)		135 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (80%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
	Difference: 52608 (85%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a lot (more or less 49%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92). (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20320 (49%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30880 (297%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 are applied in one second. This 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 graphics 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 the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.