NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 513 MHz
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 45 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 513 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	45 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

10x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 419 vs 42

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	419 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

419

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G2D Mark	45	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	419

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Tesla
Code name	C73	G80
Launch date	4 October 2007	12 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1618	1621
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Transistor count	112 million	681 million
Floating-point performance		228.1 gflops
Pipelines		96
Texture fill rate		12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		143 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		320 MB
Memory bandwidth		63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		320 Bit
Memory clock speed		1584 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3