GeForce 8800 GT 256MB vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which features GPU clock speed of 1290 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 768 Stream Processors, 48 Texture Address Units, 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 GT 256MB		105 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		44800 MB/sec
	Difference: 69888 (156%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a lot (more or less 84%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28320 (84%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31680 (330%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.