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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB vs GeForce GTS 250 512MB

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB makes use of a 90 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 513 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 792 MHz on this card. It features 96 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 20 ROPs.

Compare that to the GeForce GTS 250 512MB, which features core clock speeds of 738 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 143 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 512MB 145 Watts
Difference: 2 Watts (1%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 70400 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 63360 MB/sec
Difference: 7040 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB should be much (more or less 92%) better at AF than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 47232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 24624 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 22608 (92%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB should be a small bit (about 15%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 11808 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 10260 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1548 (15%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB GeForce GTS 250 512MB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Feb 2007 March 3, 2009
Code Name G80 G92a/b
Memory 320 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 513 MHz 738 MHz
Memory Speed 1584 MHz 2200 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 143 watts 145 watts
Bandwidth 63360 MB/sec 70400 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24624 Mtexels/sec 47232 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10260 Mpixels/sec 11808 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 128
Texture Mapping Units 48 64
Render Output Units 20 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 320-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 65/55 nm
Transistors 681 million 754 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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