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GeForce 9800 GT 1GB vs GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
Intro
The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB has a clock speed of 600 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It is comprised of 112 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.Compare that to the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB, which comes with core clock speeds of 600 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 112 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Both cards have the same power consumption.Memory Bandwidth
Both cards have the exact same memory bandwidth, so in theory they should perform the same. (explain)
Texel Rate
Both cards have exactly the same texel fill rate, so in theory they should be equally good at at AF. (explain)Pixel Rate
Both cards have exactly the same pixel fill rate, so theoretically they should perform equally good at at FSAA, and be able to handle the same resolutions. (explain)
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
| Model | GeForce 9800 GT 1GB | GeForce 9800 GT 512MB |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | July 2008 | July 2008 |
| Code Name | G92a/b | G92a/b |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 600 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 105 watts | 105 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 57600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 33600 Mtexels/sec | 33600 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 9600 Mpixels/sec | 9600 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 112 | 112 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 56 | 56 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 65/55 nm |
| Transistors | 754 million | 754 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe x16 2.0 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
GeForce 9800 GT 1GBAmazon.com
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GeForce 9800 GT 512MBAmazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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