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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTS 250 512MB

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB uses a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 112 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

Compare that to the GeForce GTS 250 512MB, which has core speeds of 738 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 105 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 512MB 145 Watts
Difference: 40 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTS 250 512MB is 22% faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 70400 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 12800 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB should be much (more or less 41%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 47232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 13632 (41%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB will be quite a bit (more or less 23%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 11808 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2208 (23%)

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 GT 512MB GeForce GTS 250 512MB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Oct 2007 March 3, 2009
Code Name G92 G92a/b
Memory 512 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 738 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 2200 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 145 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 70400 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 47232 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 11808 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 128
Texture Mapping Units 56 64
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 65/55 nm
Transistors 754 million 754 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

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

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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB

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Comments

One Response to “GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTS 250 512MB”
sergio says:

que bueno como me ayudo a decidirme ,GRACIAS.......

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