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GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs GeForce GT 210
IntroThe GeForce 8400 GS 512MB comes with a core clock speed of 650 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 400 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 80 nm design. It is made up of 16 SPUs, 8 Texture Address Units, and 4 ROPs.Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 210, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 589 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 800 MHz on this specific card. It features 16 SPUs as well as 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe GeForce GT 210 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce 8400 GS 512MB is just a bit (about 10%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)
Pixel RateIf using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB is a better choice, not by a very large margin though. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.
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11 Responses to “GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs GeForce GT 210”Dentre essas duas prefiro a GeForce 8400 GS, embora eu tenha a 9400 GT 1GB
Don't get either of these, get a Radeon instead.
Se me quemo la 8400 GS y me dieron una Zotac 210 GeForce diciendome que era mejor, me cagaron...
210 is 100x better
have both just cause 2 runs on 8400 9-15 fps in 210 25-30
nfs hp 8600 15-20 fps 210 20-35
"Get a Radeon"... AMD's drivers are nothing short of completely abysmal. Owned Geforce cards for over 10 years without ever an issue - drivers installed perfectly. Bought a budget HD5450 after my 7600GT died (lasted over 5 yrs) and have installed driver updates only for them to not work and each time having to use System Restore (on XP) to revert. I'm stuck with old drivers that came with the card. Photoshop is slow (font switching when cycling through options is lousy). I'd never go back to AMD. Buying a GTX 560 for my new PC over anything AMD offer.
I've never had anything but issues with nVidia cards... to each their own...
The whole nVidia vs. Radeon graphics depends on the processor you have installed. You have an Intel based processor? Pair it with nVidia. You have an AMD processor? Buy Radeon, it's made for AMD processors. If you've had bad experiences with either/or, it's most likely because you had one processor and the other graphics card. Don't be ignorant; know what's under the hood and how it works before you go and start saying this or that is better or worse.
la desvetaja que tenia la 8400 era la memoria ddr2, ahora hay de 1g ddr3 y es mejor que la 210. y lo digo con conocimiento de causa, tengo 2 maquinas un athlon x2 con una 8400gs ddr3 y un core i3 con una 210 y la mayoria de los juegos me corren mejor en el athlon, teniendo en cuenta que la compatibilidad nvidea-amd no es la mejor...
la veerdad, para mi gana la 210, ya que es mas nueva.
por ej, con la geforce 8400gs es del 2007 y puede que tenga mas potencia.
pero la geforce 210 es menos potente (por poco) ademas tiene nuevas caracterizticas y mas rapides.
trae pure video HD por ejemplo.
yo tengo una fuente generica de 450w y un dual core 2.0ghz intel.
la verdad la 8400gs entra bien , y la 210 entra justo.
yo me voy a comprar la 210 ya que es mas compatible con juegos, trae mas memoria y es mas nueva con mejores caracterizticas.
no es lo mismo jugar al battlefield 3 con esa 8400gs que andaria en todo low a 12 fps.
y jugar a 20 fps con la 210
Radeon vrs Nvidia has nothing to do with which processor you have. I have installed AMD Radeon Cards on both systems.
Most of the time when people have problems with Drivers it is because they purchased a "Cheap Brand" video card and need to get the drivers from the manufacture, not from AMD. It is "NOT" AMD's fault when you purchase a cheap card with a custom bios from the manufacture that causes you to need drivers direct.
I've also seen where people need to update the Bios from the manufacturer and never do.