GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which has a GPU core clock speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 1344 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 660 Ti		150 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti should in theory be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		144000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 86400 (150%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti should be much (more or less 393%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 81680 (393%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 111%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		21960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11560 (111%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.