GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which has GPU clock speed of 700 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR3 RAM set to run at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 96 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTX		155 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (158%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 GTX, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 57600 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTX is a lot (approximately 229%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25600 (229%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GTX is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11000 (393%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 is also dependant on quite a few 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.