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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs GeForce 8800 GT 1GB

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The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 comes with clock speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 700 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB, which features core 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.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 47 Watts
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 105 Watts
Difference: 58 Watts (123%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 57600 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 22400 MB/sec
Difference: 35200 (157%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is quite a bit (about 289%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 33600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 24960 (289%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 9600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 5280 (122%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 GeForce 8800 GT 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 Dec 2007
Code Name G84 G92
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 600 MHz
Memory Speed 1400 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 105 watts
Bandwidth 22400 MB/sec 57600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 33600 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 9600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 112
Texture Mapping Units 16 56
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 65 nm
Transistors 289 million 754 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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