Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB comes with clock speeds of 600 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 112 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all that to the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92), which makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 650 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a speed of 970 MHz on this model. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 105 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 135 Watts
Difference: 30 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) will be 8% faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 62080 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 4480 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is much (about 24%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 41600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8000 (24%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) will be just a bit (approximately 8%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 800 (8%)

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

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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.

Specifications

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model GeForce 8800 GT 1GB GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Dec 2007 Dec 2007
Code Name G92 G92
Memory 1024 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1940 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 135 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 62080 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 41600 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 10400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 128
Texture Mapping Units 56 64
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 65 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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video 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 number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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.

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield