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GeForce 9800 GX2 vs Radeon HD 4830 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 9800 GX2 has clock speeds of 600 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 128 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 16 ROPs.Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 4830 1GB, which has clock speeds of 575 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR4 RAM. It features 640(128x5) SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 4830 1GB |
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95 Watts |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 |
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197 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9800 GX2 should be much faster than the Radeon HD 4830 1GB in general. (explain)
| GeForce 9800 GX2 |
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128000 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 4830 1GB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9800 GX2 should be a lot (approximately 317%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 4830 1GB. (explain)| GeForce 9800 GX2 |
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76800 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4830 1GB |
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18400 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce 9800 GX2 is a lot (more or less 109%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4830 1GB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)| GeForce 9800 GX2 |
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19200 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4830 1GB |
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9200 Mpixels/sec |
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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.
Price Comparison
GeForce 9800 GX2Amazon.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.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9800 GX2 | Radeon HD 4830 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | Mar 2008 | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Code Name | G92 | RV770 LE |
| Memory | 512 MB (x2) | 1024 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 | GDDR4 |
| 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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
GeForce 9800 GX2Amazon.com
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Radeon HD 4830 1GBAmazon.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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