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).

 

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
  • 13.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 413 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 413 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
31
83
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
31
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
PassMark - G2D Mark 31 83
PassMark - G3D Mark 413 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 1635 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