GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560, which has core clock speeds of 810 MHz on the GPU, and 1001 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 89728 (234%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be quite a bit (about 72%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18960 (72%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 will be a lot (about 293%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19320 (293%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.