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GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)
Intro
The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 comes with a core clock speed of 540 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 700 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 80 nm design. It is made up of 32 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which has clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 96 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 |
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47 Watts |
| GeForce GT 430 (OEM) |
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60 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) should in theory be much better than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)
| GeForce GT 430 (OEM) |
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28800 MB/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 |
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22400 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GT 430 (OEM) is much (more or less 30%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)| GeForce GT 430 (OEM) |
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11200 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 |
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8640 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 will be quite a bit (more or less 54%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and also able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)| GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 |
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4320 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GT 430 (OEM) |
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2800 Mpixels/sec |
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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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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 | GeForce GT 430 (OEM) |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | April 2007 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | G84 | GF108 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 540 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1400 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 47 watts | 60 watts |
| Bandwidth | 22400 MB/sec | 28800 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 8640 Mtexels/sec | 11200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 4320 Mpixels/sec | 2800 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 32 | 96 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 16 |
| Render Output Units | 8 | 4 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 289 million | 585 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3Amazon.com
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GeForce GT 430 (OEM)Amazon.com
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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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