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GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GT 340
IntroThe GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) features a clock frequency of 450 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 400 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 80 nm design. It is comprised of 8 SPUs, 4 Texture Address Units, and 2 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 340, which comes with a clock frequency of 550 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 850 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 96 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthPerformance-wise, the GeForce GT 340 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GT 340 should be much (about 878%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce GT 340 should be much (about 389%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM), and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - 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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