gtx 285 v gtx 460

[nexgenasain]

I'm looking at the stats. It would seem the 460 would destroy the 285. 336 shaders vs 240. What gives, are the 460's shaders that inefficient?

I understand the 285 has more BW and more TMUs. 159.0 vs 115.2 and 80 vs 56 respectively

So are those the difference makers?

It's also possible those stats were from older 460 drivers too?

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2010-gaming-graphics-charts-high-quality/compare,2485.html?prod[4511]=on&prod[4519]=on

However, if these are all correct then wouldn't you think Nvidia's ratios are not at their best and the 336 shaders could be starved and the BW and TMU's are bottle-necking it?

 

[Graogrim]

The 285 does enjoy a considerable advantage in both raw fillrate (51.8 GTex/s vs 37.8 for the stock 460) and memory bandwidth (159 MB/s vs ~87/115 on the 460), so even though the 460 has more sophisticated technology under the hood there will be some cases where the 285 pulls ahead. It's like comparing a classic muscle car to a modern tuner. The outcome of the race depends on the length of the straights versus the trickiness of the turns. Also, the 460 has features that the 285 completely lacks, and there are in some cases performance costs associated with having those features enabled.

 

[nexgenasain]

I'm starting to see more and more charts with the 460 pulling away. I guess the drivers are helping. With a little more BW I think the 460 should totally
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2010-gaming-graphics-charts-high-quality/compare,2491.html?prod[4511]=on&prod[4519]=on