GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which features a GPU core clock speed of 700 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 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 GTS (G92)		135 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (125%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 33280 (116%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is much (about 271%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30400 (271%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7600 (271%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video 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 number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.