GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 460

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 460, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this specific card. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 57600 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 will be quite a bit (approximately 238%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26600 (238%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 is superior to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13400 (479%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.