GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 928 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1350 MHz on this specific model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti should in theory be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 70400 (440%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti will be much (approximately 125%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32992 (125%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti is much (approximately 125%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8248 (125%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.