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GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)

Intro

The GeForce 8800 Ultra uses a 90 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 612 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM works at a speed of 1080 MHz on this specific model. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 24 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), which features clock speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 850 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 150 Watts
GeForce 8800 Ultra 171 Watts
Difference: 21 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) will be 5% faster than the GeForce 8800 Ultra in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 108800 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra 103680 MB/sec
Difference: 5120 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 Ultra will be a little bit (about 8%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 8800 Ultra 39168 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 36400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 2768 (8%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) should be quite a bit (about 42%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 Ultra, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 20800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra 14688 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 6112 (42%)

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

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Model GeForce 8800 Ultra GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2007 October 2010
Code Name G80 GF104
Memory 768 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 612 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 2160 MHz 3400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 171 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 103680 MB/sec 108800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 39168 Mtexels/sec 36400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 14688 Mpixels/sec 20800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 336
Texture Mapping Units 64 56
Render Output Units 24 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 384-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 40 nm
Transistors 681 million 1950 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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 8800 Ultra

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GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)

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