GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 700 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a speed of 900 MHz on this model. It features 96 SPUs along with 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 GT 1GB		105 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (75%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should be quite a bit (approximately 200%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22400 (200%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6800 (243%)

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 transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 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.