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GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon HD 3850 X2
IntroThe GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 uses a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 999 MHz on this particular model. It features 216 SPUs along with 72 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 3850 X2, which comes with a core clock frequency of 668 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 828 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is made up of 320(64x5) SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksMemory BandwidthTheoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be 6% quicker than the Radeon HD 3850 X2 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a lot (approximately 94%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 3850 X2. (explain)
Pixel RateIf using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon HD 3850 X2 is a better choice, and very much so. (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. 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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Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum 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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