GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which has GPU clock speed of 1290 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 768 Stream Processors, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce 8800 Ultra		171 Watts
	Difference: 96 Watts (128%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce 8800 Ultra overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		103680 MB/sec
	Difference: 11008 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is much (about 58%) better at AF than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		39168 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22752 (58%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		14688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26592 (181%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.