GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 700 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 96 Stream Processors, 16 Texture Address Units, and 4 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX+		145 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 9800 GTX+ should be much faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		70400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (144%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ should be much (about 322%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		47232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36032 (322%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ is a lot (more or less 322%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		11808 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9008 (322%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.