GeForce 8800 GS vs GeForce GT 440 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 440 3GB, which has clock speeds of 594 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 144 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		56 Watts
GeForce 8800 GS		105 Watts
	Difference: 49 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 440 3GB should in theory be a little bit superior to the GeForce 8800 GS overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 4800 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GS is a lot (about 85%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GS		26400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12144 (85%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 3GB is quite a bit (approximately 116%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GS, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7656 (116%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.