GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which has core clock speeds of 822 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (325%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be 1904% quicker than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 121856 (1904%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be a lot (more or less 2823%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 50808 (2823%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is quite a bit (more or less 2823%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM), and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25404 (2823%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.