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GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GT 430 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) features a core clock frequency of 540 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 400 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 80 nm design. It features 32 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, which comes with clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 96 SPUs as well as 16 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) |
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47 Watts |
| GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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60 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 430 1GB should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) in general. (explain)
| GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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28800 MB/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) |
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12800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GT 430 1GB is quite a bit (more or less 30%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GS (OEM). (explain)| GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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11200 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) |
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8640 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) |
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4320 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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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 GS (OEM) | GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | April 2007 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | G84 | GF108 |
| Memory | 256 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 540 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 47 watts | 60 watts |
| Bandwidth | 12800 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 | DDR2 | 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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per 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 - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce 8600 GS (OEM)Amazon.com
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GeForce GT 430 1GBAmazon.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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