GeForce 8800 GS vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 950M, which features GPU core speed of 914 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce 8800 GS		105 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (91%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 8800 GS should in theory be a little bit superior to the GeForce GTX 950M overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GS		38400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M will be quite a bit (about 38%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GS. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10160 (38%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950M is superior to the GeForce 8800 GS, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8024 (122%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.