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GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 4870 1GB
IntroThe GeForce GTX 550 Ti comes with core clock speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1026 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 192 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4870 1GB, which features core clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 800(160x5) SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthPerformance-wise, the Radeon HD 4870 1GB should in theory be a bit better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 4870 1GB should be a bit (about 4%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce GTX 550 Ti is much (more or less 80%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon HD 4870 1GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
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3 Responses to “GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 4870 1GB”[...] [...]
Wow!
I bought the 550 Ti last week... but I didn't realize it would give me such good performance... even for a hardcore gamer like me \m/
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Hello! 😉
I bought recently the ASUS GTX550 Ti DirectCU because my 8800GT 'crashed and burned' and I'm really very pleased with it!
It has an amazing cooling system and allready brings a factory OC, it also has a volt tweak (VCore) to increase performance up to a stunishing 50%!
All these functions are controlled by an ASUS application, you can do it manually or let it auto-configure (like the 'HyperDrive' feature)....and the temperatures are always between 35º/45º, incredible!
In theory, with the OC and VCore enabled, this card can be superior to the 'normal' GTX560....wow!!
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