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GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce GT 430 1GB

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM works at a frequency of 900 MHz on this card. It features 112 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, which has a core clock frequency of 700 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised 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 1GB 60 Watts
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 105 Watts
Difference: 45 Watts (75%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should be much (approximately 200%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is quite a bit (about 243%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 9600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB 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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GT 1GB GeForce GT 430 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Dec 2007 October 2010
Code Name G92 GF108
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 700 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 60 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 28800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 11200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 2800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 96
Texture Mapping Units 56 16
Render Output Units 16 4
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 585 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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