GeForce 8800 GS vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 1030, which features GPU clock speed of 1265 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1502 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 Stream Processors, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 8800 GS		105 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (250%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce 8800 GS overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 10752 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be quite a bit (more or less 53%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GS. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14080 (53%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13640 (207%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 fill 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 get to the maximum fill rate.