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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB vs GeForce GTS 450 1GB
IntroThe GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB makes use of a 90 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 513 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 792 MHz on this card. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 20 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all that to the GeForce GTS 450 1GB, which has core clock speeds of 783 MHz on the GPU, and 902 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 192 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthIn theory, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB is 10% quicker than the GeForce GTS 450 1GB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTS 450 1GB is a bit (more or less 2%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce GTS 450 1GB is quite a bit (more or less 22%) better at AA than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB, and should be capable of handling higher screen 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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied 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. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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