GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 285 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, which makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 648 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a frequency of 1242 MHz on this model. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 144 Watts (240%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 285 2GB should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		158976 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 130176 (452%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 285 2GB is a lot (about 363%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40640 (363%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 285 2GB is superior to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17936 (641%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.