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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB vs Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB
Intro
The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB features core clock speeds of 513 MHz on the GPU, and 792 MHz on the 320 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 96 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 20 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB, which has a GPU core clock speed of 825 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 320(64x5) SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB should be much faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB |
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115200 MB/sec |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB |
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63360 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB will be just a bit (about 7%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB. (explain)| Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB |
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26400 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB |
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24624 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB is quite a bit (approximately 157%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB, and also able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)| Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB |
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26400 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB |
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10260 Mpixels/sec |
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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.
One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.
Price Comparison
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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.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB | Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | Feb 2007 | Jan 28, 2008 |
| Code Name | G80 | R680 |
| Memory | 320 MB | 512 MB (x2) |
| Core Speed | 513 MHz | 825 MHz (x2) |
| Memory Speed | 1584 MHz | 1800 MHz (x2) |
| Power (Max TDP) | 143 watts | (Unknown) watts |
| Bandwidth | 63360 MB/sec | 115200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 24624 Mtexels/sec | 26400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10260 Mpixels/sec | 26400 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 320(64x5) (x2) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 48 | 16 (x2) |
| Render Output Units | 20 | 16 (x2) |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 320-bit | 256-bit (x2) |
| Fab Process | 90 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 681 million | (Unknown) million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16/(internal PCIe 1.1 x16) |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MBAmazon.com
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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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Comments
One Response to “GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB vs Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB”[...] led me to beleive other wise, This is my old card, the 8800 gts and the 3870 x2 down from mine http://www.hwcompare.com/4846/geforc...3870-x2-512mb/ (iv put the 512mb on in here as that shows the game benchmarks) To me that seems like a pretty [...]