NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 513 MHz vs 425 MHz
13.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 417 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 February 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	513 MHz vs 425 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	417 vs 31

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 31

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	83 vs 31

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
PassMark - G2D Mark	31	83
PassMark - G3D Mark	417	31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		64

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	C68
Launch date	12 February 2007	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$269
Place in performance rating	1636	1638
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	513 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	143 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
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