GeForce GT 430 1GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which has core clock speeds of 822 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (183%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 99456 (345%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be a lot (about 370%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41408 (370%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is superior to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23504 (839%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.