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GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Intro
The GeForce 8800 Ultra has a GPU core speed of 612 MHz, and the 768 MB of GDDR3 RAM is set to run at 1080 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 128 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 24 Raster Operation Units.Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1002 MHz on this card. It features 384 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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170 Watts |
| GeForce 8800 Ultra |
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171 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be 24% faster than the GeForce 8800 Ultra overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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128256 MB/sec |
| GeForce 8800 Ultra |
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103680 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a lot (more or less 34%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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52608 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 8800 Ultra |
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39168 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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26304 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 8800 Ultra |
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14688 Mpixels/sec |
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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
GeForce 8800 UltraAmazon.com
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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.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce 8800 Ultra | GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | May 2007 | January 2011 |
| Code Name | G80 | GF114 |
| Memory | 768 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 612 MHz | 822 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 2160 MHz | 4008 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 171 watts | 170 watts |
| Bandwidth | 103680 MB/sec | 128256 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 39168 Mtexels/sec | 52608 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 14688 Mpixels/sec | 26304 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 128 | 384 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 64 |
| 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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
GeForce 8800 UltraAmazon.com
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GeForce GTX 560 TiAmazon.com
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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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Comments
One Response to “GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti”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.
wow did you not know the ultra has a 384-bit mem bus and the gtx has 320-bit, you have read the wrong info and its very misleading, I own three of these ultra super ko and 1 is around 5% slower 2 beat it and 3 kill it, the weaknes is the ultras are dx10 cards and 2006 models