GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which has core clock speeds of 732 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 448 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 40 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 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 126 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (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 is much (more or less 55%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering 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 should be quite a bit (about 344%) better at FSAA 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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.