GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which comes with a clock frequency of 1500 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is made up of 1536 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 237312 (412%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti will be a lot (approximately 329%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 110400 (329%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62400 (650%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.