GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 260, which features GPU core speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 192 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 122 Watts (203%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 260 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 83088 (289%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 should be quite a bit (more or less 229%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25664 (229%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 260 is superior to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260		16128 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13328 (476%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated 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 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.