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GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon HD 7770
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB comes with a clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It is made up of 64 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 7770, which comes with clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 7770 |
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80 Watts |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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95 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon HD 7770 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 7770 |
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72000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 7770 will be much (approximately 92%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)| Radeon HD 7770 |
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40000 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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20800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 7770 should be quite a bit (about 54%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| Radeon HD 7770 |
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16000 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GT 1GB | Radeon HD 7770 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | Feb 2008 | February 2012 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | Cape Verde XT |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 4500 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 95 watts | 80 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 72000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 20800 Mtexels/sec | 40000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 16000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 64 | 640 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 40 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 1500 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.2 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce 9600 GT 1GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 7770Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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