GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which has a core clock frequency of 1020 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1350 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 229 Watts (382%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 295 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 137376 (159%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 is a lot (about 126%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 51360 (126%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 295 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15936 (98%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can 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 ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.