GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, which has GPU core speed of 550 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 850 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 96 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (75%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (750%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB is much (approximately 878%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15800 (878%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB is much (approximately 389%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM), and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3500 (389%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of 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 applied in one second.

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