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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB comes with a GPU clock speed of 600 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM runs at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 112 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 570, which has a core clock frequency of 732 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 950 MHz. It also uses a 320-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 480 SPUs, 60 Texture Address Units, and 40 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 105 Watts
GeForce GTX 570 219 Watts
Difference: 114 Watts (109%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570 152000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 94400 (164%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be quite a bit (about 31%) better at AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570 43920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 10320 (31%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 570 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570 29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 19680 (205%)

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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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GeForce GTX 570
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Oct 2007 December 2010
Code Name G92 GF110
Memory 512 MB 1280 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 732 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 3800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 219 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 152000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 43920 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 29280 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 480
Texture Mapping Units 56 60
Render Output Units 16 40
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 320-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 3000 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can 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 colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB

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Comments

One Response to “GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 570”
Roger says:

Hey guys why isn't the GeForce 630 GT and 640 on your list?

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