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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)
IntroThe GeForce 8800 GT 512MB has a GPU clock speed of 600 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 112 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.Compare all of that to the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92), which comes with a core clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 970 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 128 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthAs far as performance goes, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should in theory be a small bit superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is much (approximately 24%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should be a bit (approximately 8%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)
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
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum 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 clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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