GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1290 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 768 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTX		155 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (107%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should perform much faster than the GeForce 8800 GTX overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 28288 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a lot (approximately 68%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25120 (68%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be a lot (about 199%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 8800 GTX, and also able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27480 (199%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.