GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which has GPU clock speed of 732 MHz, and 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also features 448 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 40 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 126 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is 275% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 105600 (275%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 will be a lot (approximately 55%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14592 (55%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is much (approximately 344%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22680 (344%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.