GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 670, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 915 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1500 MHz on this specific card. It features 1344 SPUs as well as 112 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 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 86 Watts (102%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 670 should in theory be much better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 153600 (400%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 is a lot (approximately 288%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76080 (288%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 670 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a 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 - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.