GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 732 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 448 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 40 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (320%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 118400 (463%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is much (approximately 366%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32192 (366%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24880 (565%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.