Compare any two graphics cards:
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GT 340 1GB
IntroThe GeForce 8800 GT 512MB makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular card. It features 112 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 ROPs.Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 340 1GB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 550 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 850 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 96 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.
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Memory BandwidthThe GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GT 340 1GB in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce 8800 GT 512MB should be a lot (about 91%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce 8800 GT 512MB will be much (approximately 118%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 340 1GB, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (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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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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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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