GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which has clock speeds of 1500 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 1536 SPUs along with 96 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 237312 (412%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be quite a bit (about 329%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 110400 (329%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62400 (650%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.