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GeForce 9800 GX2 vs Radeon HD 4830 512MB

Intro

The GeForce 9800 GX2 features a core clock frequency of 600 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It features 128 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4830 512MB, which comes with a core clock speed of 575 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is made up of 640(128x5) SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4830 512MB 95 Watts
GeForce 9800 GX2 197 Watts
Difference: 102 Watts (107%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 9800 GX2 should perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4830 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GX2 128000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4830 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 70400 (122%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GX2 should be a lot (approximately 317%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 4830 512MB. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GX2 76800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4830 512MB 18400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 58400 (317%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GX2 should be quite a bit (approximately 109%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4830 512MB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GX2 19200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4830 512MB 9200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10000 (109%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9800 GX2 Radeon HD 4830 512MB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year Mar 2008 Oct 21, 2008
Code Name G92 RV770 LE
Memory 512 MB (x2) 512 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz (x2) 575 MHz
Memory Speed 2000 MHz (x2) 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 197 watts 95 watts
Bandwidth 128000 MB/sec 57600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 76800 Mtexels/sec 18400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 19200 Mpixels/sec 9200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 (x2) 640(128x5)
Texture Mapping Units 64 (x2) 32
Render Output Units 16 (x2) 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit (x2) 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 55 nm
Transistors 754 million 956 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high 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 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 the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 9800 GX2

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