GeForce 8800 GS vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications 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 RAM. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GS		105 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (62%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GS in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 89856 (234%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be a lot (about 99%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GS. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26208 (99%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is superior to the GeForce 8800 GS, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19704 (299%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.