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GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)
IntroThe GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 comes with a clock frequency of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 999 MHz. It also uses a 448-bit bus, and uses a 65 nm design. It features 216 SPUs, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), which features core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 850 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
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Memory BandwidthTheoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 will be 3% faster than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 will be just a bit (about 14%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)
Pixel RateIf using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) is a better choice, by far. (explain)
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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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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 are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
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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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