GeForce 8800 GS vs GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 8800 GS |
99 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition . |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 8800 GS | | GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition | |
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GPU Name | G92 (G92-150-A2) | vs | GT200B (G200-350-B3) |
Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 55 nm |
Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 470 mm² |
Transistors | 754 million | vs | 1,400 million |
Shaders | 96 | vs | 240 |
Compute Units | 6 | vs | 10 |
Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 648 MHz |
ROPs | 12 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 48 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 8800 GS | | GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition | |
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Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 512 bit |
Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 1242 MHz
2484 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 384 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 8800 GS | | GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition | |
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TDP | 105 watts | vs | 204 watts |
Release Date | 31 Jan 2008 | vs | 15 Jan 2009 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better