GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTS 450

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTS 450, which has core clock speeds of 783 MHz on the GPU, and 902 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 192 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce GTS 450		106 Watts
	Difference: 1 Watts (1%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTS 450 should be a small bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTS 450		57728 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 128 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB is a lot (approximately 34%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTS 450. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 450		25056 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8544 (34%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTS 450 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTS 450		12528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2928 (31%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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