GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1607 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2432 Stream Processors, 152 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 204544 (355%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 627%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 210664 (627%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be much (about 971%) better at AA than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 93248 (971%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount 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 number of colour ROPs 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.